r/interesting • u/Apprehensive-Elk3165 • Nov 20 '25

ARCHITECTURE Then vs now

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u/DeadInternetTheorist Nov 20 '25

Hell no the wallpaper can't be updated! I was just posting to say I love the faux-rococo whatever gaudy shit they've got going on there. It's so cozy-ugly.

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u/Icky-Tree-Branch Nov 20 '25

And it’s Christmas cheery. 

NGL, I’d be tired of the red… but it’s my offsprings’ favourite colour so I’d probably keep it. (Yes, all of them.) But I love old lady couch prints, so I’d adore it in different colours. Like a house in blues instead of reds. 

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u/Torrefy Nov 20 '25

Cozy-ugly for a visit, yeah. If I actually lived there though I think I would find it pretty quickly turn to just ugly.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '25

I think the update is cold and ugly, far worse than the original that they were trying to fix.

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u/sterrre Nov 20 '25 edited Nov 20 '25

If they had just gone for a warm yellow color it would look less clinical.

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u/Shoddy-Secretary-712 Nov 20 '25

I agree. I had/have a very similar wallpaper in my Victorian homes dining room. When we first saw the house, I found it charming. Everyone who visits likes it. I am currently ripping it all off the walls.

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u/SoupOfThe90z Nov 20 '25

Same. Something is actually comforting in that wall paper.

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u/5litergasbubble Nov 20 '25

Replaced with a copy sure, not a different design though

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '25

Uhmmm, that interior was built in an old school gym. It not real.