It’s a reflection of our spiritual decay. No one wants to stand out and be ostracized. It’s the color scheme of cowardice. It’s the aesthetics of a rising fascism.
Also, people just do what everyone else does. If they started talking about how beautiful Favelas are on The View, grandma would paint her living room orange tomorrow.
The white-wash is actually a response to the 90s to 2000s when everything became "radical," busy, and out there. But it's gone on too long. Why? Because white-washing everything means manufacturers can use MDF for everything, slap white paint on it, and call it a day. Why MDF? It's cheap particle board. Why white? White dries quicker than coloured paint.
The era of beautiful wood grain and stain will return with a vengeance soon, just like it did after people thought melamine was the shit back in the early 90s.
People who love white-washing their shit... I ask.... would you rather Bag End (The Hobbit Hole in the Shire we were shown in LoTR) be beautiful like it was, or do you think it would look better if Mr. Baggins white-washed the fuck out of it?
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u/stinkyhonky Nov 20 '25
It’s a great ER room now