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I recently bought a house that had used that ‘70s paneling as a sort of wainscoting in the kitchen; the panels had been cut to 4’ and applied in various ways (everything except just fucking nails) around the base of the walls. It had been painted white so it wasn’t quite as hideous as its original state and I didn’t feel like replacing it all, but I did have to repair one section of it that had been badly water-damaged. I was surprised to find that Lowe’s still has that shit in stock so I bought a piece of it and brought it home … and discovered that it wasn’t really like the original stuff. It looked the same but the grooves between the alleged “boards” were not recessed, they were just printed on the surface, so once it was painted it would have just looked like flat board. So I ended up having to rip that shit into fake planks and nail them up separately with small grooves between them. All that work just to simulate '70s hideousness.
Thank god there was no shag carpet in that house.
are you talking about bead board? I’m surprised that the blue store doesn’t have that. the orange store does.
No, I’m talking about the '70s faux-wood paneling, like what’s in the picture on this post. Nobody makes it any more.
This was my family room.
Milliard reaction irl
That first step is a doozy.
other then the carpet I like it
Yeah, the upholstery is just too ‘matched’ with the walls. I would imagine if it was a light colored tile, and the couch was a solid color, it would almost seem like a modernish house.
Meanwhile millennial having everything greyscale, definitely not going to be a sign of the times lol
Don’t you talk shit about my grayscale. I got a gray cat to match and he blends perfectly into the couch, thank you.
As a guy who grew up in the 70s - this looks perfect. I’ll take it
Just roll in some labatts stubbies and shitty weed oil in a beer cap and we’re locked in for life
I kinda like it, feels cozy :)
Same! Its comfy, natural and “worn in” much better than empty gray or beige
These colours were chosen specifically so we wouldn’t notice the nicotine coating everything.
I miss it
90% of my furniture comes from them, at least it’s repairable and high quality.
A million times better than what the average person buys nowadays
The furniture is great. If not wood, it’s still paint worthy. The hexagon end table is a great item in any color. If it’s paint grade, you can slap a little bondo in any dings, paint, poly, and it will likely last another 30yrs.
Wow, I can smell that. Musty basement with a Tyco slot car race track in it.
And a ping pong table with tons of shit stacked on top of it.
And years of stale cigarette smoke baked into every surface in the house.
“And the brown and the beige and the brown and the beige and the brown!”
some vintage story shit
Looks cozy af
