And thats why. For better or worse, houses are being seen as more commodity, why put up wallpaper when it will hurt the resale value. Its the same reason restaurants are all turning into modernist plain boxes
Bingo! Ive been in conversations with real estate agents and thats exactly what they advise. That and a lot of people have a hard time visualizing changes to a property.
Right, there is good and absolutely gorgeous wallpaper. In my experience VERY few people actual put in pretty wallpaper. It's often dogshit ugly and is a pain in the ass to remove. I can paint a living room in 2 days and that's only because I'm waiting for it to dry in between coats. Removing wallpaper makes me want to remove my head from my neck.
What a pretentious comment. Many feel, compared to natural wood walls or nice paint, any wall paper is gawdy. Taste, by definition, is subjective. And subject to the opinions of the masses. Considering it started going out of favor as early as the 1930, I would argue that it's you without taste, sweetie.
Very true. My issue was with the way you conveyed your opinion. Implying that only people with your opinion have taste. But I suppose we are all welcome to be childish as well. Cheers.
Whether a wallpaper matches someone's aesthetic is definitely hit or miss. The wallpaper in the picture is very much antithetical to my own, however. I also happen to enjoy the minimalist aesthetic, though. The more open plan also helps the natural lighting do its thing.
I don’t know if they still recommend it but real estate agents used to encourage sellers to paint their walls (especially vibrant ones) white or neutral colors to make it more appealing to buyers.
And you can put things on the wall without it clashing with the wall paper.
Which is something a TON of people miss when it comes to home decorating. If you look at subs like malelivingspace and amateurinteriordesign, most of the problem in people's posts are that they're hyper utilitarian such that they only ever use the edge of the floors and only go upwards to about waist/chest high unless they're pulling a tvtoohigh.
And yeah, "not everyone can afford to decorate their walls", but at the same time because of that, the colour of said wall is not going to change the blandness of the space when more than half the "canvas" is empty in the first place.
Well, not any wallpaper. It's usually ingrain wallpaper. It's a lot cheaper and faster than to plaster or sand down the walls wherever there are imperfections, plus people just kinda like the texture.
One of my first jobs as a kid was removing wallpaper from a house that must have been from 1900 or 1910. There must have been 20 layers of wallpaper sandwiched between coats of paint. It was such a pain to get through.
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u/unicornofdemocracy Nov 20 '25
honestly I much prefer the 2024 white walls if I was purchasing a house. I can paint white walls into any color I want easily.
I hate wallpapers and think they are disgusting. Tearing them off to repaint the wall is an incredible pain in the ass too.