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For the past year we have been totally refurbishing our house. When we bought it there was no plumbing and no septic tank. There was-and still is- a two seater outhouse in the backyard. We live on the side of a mountain [we are working on handicap accessability] and there were 43 huge. crumbling [some mostly missing] crumbling concrete steps going up to our house.
We initially tried repairing the steps, but realized that we had to replace each and every step. It was long and hard work. So was everything else we had to do. It is a work in progress, but I absolutely love my house.
The other day, someone said, "Wow, I guess in some ways it is a good thing that this place was never upgraded all these years or you would've had popcorn ceilings to get rid of. And that made me think. We have done SO MUCH on this place. and we have SO MUCH left to do [we are enjoying it most of the time though, and we do average only 2 hours of work on it a day] and if there were popcorn ceilings, I am not so sure that we would get rid of them.
Had we bought this place ten years ago, if there were popcorn ceilings that would have probably been at the top of my list for aesthetic improvements. Now, I just wouldn't care.
And it is not that I no longer care what my house looks like. In fact, that is more important to me than ever before. It is important to me that my furniture is attractive and comfortable for anyone to sit in. Though I don't have a particular "style" [someone told me '"Your house is SOOO vicky!"] it is important that there is a soothing flow, that there are plenty of fun little surprises hidden about, that there is a balance to how I place furniture and other obects in it. And I mixed together cookie dough that I keep in the freezer so that I can pop some in the oven if someone stops by.
So, I do care what my house looks like, but if I had popcorn ceilings, or something else that was totally out of style-say avocado kitchen appliances, or a pink bathtub- I really don't know that it would be something I had to get rid of, immediately if not sooner!
In the past, I probably would not even allow anyone in my home until I got rid of these "atrocoties," Nowadays, I think I might get a kick out of them.
I was wondering, has anyone else had this change in how they view things, or is just a "Vicky" thing?
What I don't like is people that try to change the house too much. I say stay in the period it was built. With the exception of heating and AC I would try to stay in the period.
The other day I saw a beautiful 1920's Tudor and they put granite counter tops in.
With popcorn ceilings people hear asbestos and panic. Don't worry about them.
I have popcorn ceilings in my abode (condo, circa 1987) and find them to be ascetically acceptable. (The popcorn texture is very fine in size; not large.)
The blanket statement made by home shoppers on those HGTV shows ("the popcorn ceilings have to go") makes me chuckle. It is not common in my area to remove the popcorn texture when renovating. Why take on that extra work and mess?
Last edited by Nancy-NJ-NY-ME?; 07-01-2018 at 12:16 PM..
Reason: Fix typo
What is the issue with popcorn ceilings? I have never thought of them one way or the other (although don't think I've ever had them in an apartment- always lived in really old beat-up conversions from the 1920s). Is it that it is a dated format? Is it really an HGTV thing or is there some genuine drawback?
So, I do care what my house looks like, but if I had popcorn ceilings, or something else that was totally out of style-say avocado kitchen appliances, or a pink bathtub- I really don't know that it would be something I had to get rid of, immediately if not sooner!
I love pink bath fixtures, could live with avocado appliances if I had a vintage kitchen, but I loathe popcorn ceilings. In our previous home we had them scraped. It was messy and pricey but the end result was worth it. Our current home was built after they went out of style, thank goodness.
Ya never know, popcorn ceilings could come back as popular in the future.
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