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Title: Wallpaper
Post by: ben ji on August 28, 2012, 10:17:52 AM
Is there anything worse?

-Tacky? Check
-Looks terrible? Check
-Pain to remove? Check
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: Unruly on August 28, 2012, 10:20:02 AM
And here I was thinking this was going to be a cool desktop wallpapers thread.

Got my hopes up.  :shakesfist:
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: pissclams on August 28, 2012, 11:18:33 AM
easy to clean  :thumbs:
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: ednksu on August 28, 2012, 11:27:13 AM
far more durable than paint
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: Brock Landers on August 28, 2012, 11:32:25 AM
My grandparents moved into a house in the early 80's and one of the bedrooms was decked out in some totally bitchin' 70's Star Wars wallpaper.  I was devastated when they eventually took that wallpaper down.
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: Mikeyis4dcats on August 28, 2012, 11:52:03 AM
not hard to remove if installed properly, but most people don't do it correctly.
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: pissclams on August 28, 2012, 12:48:14 PM
laminated wallpaper :love:
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: Bloodfart on August 28, 2012, 01:14:38 PM
They make some pretty elite wall paper these days.
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: bringonthecats on August 28, 2012, 01:20:14 PM
i hear from my interior design friends that wallpaper's making a comeback. i have no idea how good of designers they are though
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: pissclams on August 28, 2012, 01:26:11 PM
i hear from my interior design friends that wallpaper's making a comeback. i have no idea how good of designers they are though

*Pro TiP*  - everything, at some point, will be making a comeback
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: bringonthecats on August 28, 2012, 01:45:04 PM
i hear from my interior design friends that wallpaper's making a comeback. i have no idea how good of designers they are though

*Pro TiP*  - everything, at some point, will be making a comeback
i really hope frosted tips are the exception to the rule
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: 8manpick on August 28, 2012, 02:26:05 PM
i hear from my interior design friends that wallpaper's making a comeback. i have no idea how good of designers they are though

*Pro TiP*  - everything, at some point, will be making a comeback
i really hope frosted tips are the exception to the rule

(https://encrypted-tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRMbYNsA7FetCEIJXE4JfB8Ot7Da4yuRpYPV5SyGoTj3VURiyVk)

Not really you don't.


The kitchen at my house junior year had chicken and egg wallpaper that I didn't notice until we were cleaning the walls to move out.
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: michigancat on August 28, 2012, 02:28:46 PM
I thought this was about the bay area pop star in the making.
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: 8manpick on August 28, 2012, 02:32:30 PM
I thought this was about the bay area pop star in the making.

Hey look guys, michigancat is hip and cool and listens to another band almost none of us have heard of!  :dance:
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: michigancat on August 28, 2012, 02:34:44 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT3ntm6QnIc&feature=player_embedded
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: 8manpick on August 28, 2012, 02:38:48 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT3ntm6QnIc&feature=player_embedded

Song: :sdeek:

Video: :lol:
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: Unruly on August 28, 2012, 03:43:51 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT3ntm6QnIc&feature=player_embedded


 :goodbyecruelworld:
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: CNS on August 28, 2012, 03:52:17 PM
The kind of wallpaper that I would actually not mind having is not worth it.  Would be less expensive to laminate $5 bills to the wall.

I am much more of a paint person. Love changing colors. 
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: star seed 7 on August 28, 2012, 03:54:51 PM
No suprise here that paperclams loves wallpaper since wallpaper sucks.
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: DOOM_Catz on August 28, 2012, 04:52:37 PM
I'm actually installing wall paper in my office next week. Dry Erase wall paper to be exact. I'm actually very  :excited:

They said, "hey doom_Catz, we can just get you a dry erase board." I said no... I want the whole wall to erase.

Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: Belvis Noland on August 28, 2012, 04:57:10 PM
super elitey designer types refer to wallpaper as wall covering.

FWIW.     
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: wetwillie on August 28, 2012, 05:26:51 PM
Paint is superior
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: pissclams on August 28, 2012, 07:24:15 PM
paint, wallpaper, wallpaper, paint.  does it really matter in the grand scheme of things?  probably not but it's great that we have this bbs to exchange such ideas. 

some wallpaper, some paint?  some paint and a lot of wallpaper?  i don't know the answer, who do i look like, david bromstad? (i wish!) :lol:

regardless of where you fall on this issue, i won't judge you. i won't pretend that my way is better, that it better be my way or it's the highway.  because that's just not the case. 

just like maverick and goose said in Top Gun, "I feel the need—the need for speed!"
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: chunkles on August 28, 2012, 07:30:12 PM
super elitey designer types refer to wallpaper as wall covering.

FWIW.     

VWC

also, don't install on the inside face of exterior walls. 
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: slobber on August 28, 2012, 08:08:16 PM
paint, wallpaper, wallpaper, paint.  does it really matter in the grand scheme of things?  probably not but it's great that we have this bbs to exchange such ideas. 

some wallpaper, some paint?  some paint and a lot of wallpaper?  i don't know the answer, who do i look like, david bromstad? (i wish!) :lol:

regardless of where you fall on this issue, i won't judge you. i won't pretend that my way is better, that it better be my way or it's the highway.  because that's just not the case. 

just like maverick and goose said in Top Gun, "I feel the need—the need for speed!"
This was enjoyable.
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: FP TC etc. on August 28, 2012, 08:41:53 PM
paint, wallpaper, wallpaper, paint.  does it really matter in the grand scheme of things?  probably not but it's great that we have this bbs to exchange such ideas. 

some wallpaper, some paint?  some paint and a lot of wallpaper?  i don't know the answer, who do i look like, david bromstad? (i wish!) :lol:

regardless of where you fall on this issue, i won't judge you. i won't pretend that my way is better, that it better be my way or it's the highway.  because that's just not the case. 

just like maverick and goose said in Top Gun, "I feel the need—the need for speed!"
This was enjoyable.

Really?

I thought it was stupid.
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: Cartierfor3 on August 29, 2012, 12:16:59 AM
I just paint right over the wallpaper. 
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: Tobias on August 29, 2012, 12:19:31 AM
I just paint right over the wallpaper.

i was waiting for this.  you will be kicked in the balls at some point in the near future.
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: Tobias on August 29, 2012, 12:20:40 AM
i think i have some mental disability which manifests itself in me enjoying stripping wallpaper.  wallpaper away, folks.
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on August 29, 2012, 08:53:10 AM
I just paint right over the wallpaper.

Yeah, I mean who wouldn't? Dumbasses, that's who.
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: steve dave on August 29, 2012, 08:54:23 AM
I just paint right over the wallpaper.

 :sdeek:
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: ben ji on August 29, 2012, 08:58:30 AM
i hear from my interior design friends that wallpaper's making a comeback. i have no idea how good of designers they are though

I'm sure wallpaper will make a comeback once everyone forgets what a pain in the ass it is to remove. It will be all the rage for 10 years until people go to take it off and once again realize that wallpaper is the dumbest idea ever.
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep on August 29, 2012, 09:04:09 AM
I'm actually installing wall paper in my office next week. Dry Erase wall paper to be exact. I'm actually very  :excited:

They said, "hey doom_Catz, we can just get you a dry erase board." I said no... I want the whole wall to erase.

Just found out last week that my cube has a dry erase board running around the whole thing. Obviously, I've been writing stuff on it since.  :dance:
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: jmlynch1 on August 29, 2012, 09:33:59 AM
i think i have some mental disability which manifests itself in me enjoying stripping wallpaper.  wallpaper away, folks.
I enjoy it too. Take that for what its worth.
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: ben ji on August 29, 2012, 09:39:29 AM
i think i have some mental disability which manifests itself in me enjoying stripping wallpaper.  wallpaper away, folks.
I enjoy it too. Take that for what its worth.

Hey guys! Want to come over(Prairie Village) sometime this week or weekend(not saturday) and help me strip some wallpaper off my gpa's old house? I've got one room 3/4 done and another room and hallway to work on.

I'll buy beer and snacks(OK Joes bbq)!!!!
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: jmlynch1 on August 29, 2012, 09:44:06 AM
I would if I were in KC. Are you using vinegar & water?
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: ben ji on August 29, 2012, 09:49:01 AM
I would if I were in KC. Are you using vinegar & water?

No DIF solvent, hot water and sponge. Score, soak, wait 10 min, soak again, start peeling. I get the main wallpaper section off but the backing never comes off.

Its some sort of shitty waterproof wallpaper that doesnt let the water get absorbed
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: WildcatNkilt on August 29, 2012, 09:50:53 AM
I had two rooms that went like this: paint on wallpaper on paint on wallpaper on paint.  People are rough ridin' lazy.  I stripped it all off (good house karma to remove wall paper and not paint over it) and the rooms look great.   :thumbs:
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: WildcatNkilt on August 29, 2012, 09:51:32 AM
Also to all you wallpaper removing rookies, Tide has an enzyme in the detergent that helps loosen the paper.
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: schreds21 on August 29, 2012, 01:02:28 PM
i think i have some mental disability which manifests itself in me enjoying stripping wallpaper.  wallpaper away, folks.
I enjoy it too. Take that for what its worth.

Hey guys! Want to come over(Prairie Village) sometime this week or weekend(not saturday) and help me strip some wallpaper off my gpa's old house? I've got one room 3/4 done and another room and hallway to work on.

I'll buy beer and snacks(OK Joes bbq)!!!!

I would but I don't think I would be of much help as I would constantly be on the lookout for Southern Copperheads.  Actually, that might not be a bad idea.  I could just drink beer and eat BBQ while maintaining snake watch thus ensuring your wallpaper stripping safety.
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: Gooch on August 29, 2012, 07:35:19 PM
I would if I were in KC. Are you using vinegar & water?
He is trying to remove wallpaper not get rid of that not so fresh feeling.
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: dmartin on August 30, 2012, 08:31:02 AM
My grandparents moved into a house in the early 80's and one of the bedrooms was decked out in some totally bitchin' 70's Star Wars wallpaper.  I was devastated when they eventually took that wallpaper down.

In the early 80s I had some bitchin' Star Wars wallpaper.  Looked like vehicle plans and schematics.  Parents would only let me have it on one wall in my room though.
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on August 30, 2012, 08:34:44 AM
My grandparents moved into a house in the early 80's and one of the bedrooms was decked out in some totally bitchin' 70's Star Wars wallpaper.  I was devastated when they eventually took that wallpaper down.

In the early 80s I had some bitchin' Star Wars wallpaper.  Looked like vehicle plans and schematics.  Parents would only let me have it on one wall in my room though.

Your parents sound like a couple of real hard asses, dmartin.
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: puniraptor on August 30, 2012, 08:47:41 AM
Did we just find out that dmartin is Brock's dad?
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: Belvis Noland on August 30, 2012, 09:19:01 AM
I'm putting wall"covering" on an accent wall in one of my bathrooms. 

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi13.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fa279%2Fmirak%2Fakoya_lifestyle_wallcovering_1.jpg&hash=0efc8c0ef90f61ce1b9262ac0cf2cd11bad85e72)

 :dance:
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: dmartin on September 07, 2012, 02:32:27 PM
Did we just find out that dmartin is Brock's dad?

Crap, just what I need, another mouth to feed.
Title: Re: Wallpaper
Post by: sys on September 08, 2012, 02:10:36 AM
i hear from my interior design friends that wallpaper's making a comeback. i have no idea how good of designers they are though

yeah, it is.  fight it if you want, but you'll lose.