Why? Why would someone do this to poor innocent walls?
Why did these walls ever do to Previous Owner that he felt compelled to cover them with scratchy, knobby texture that looks like someone dropped a bag of sand in the paint bucket? Our best guess is: to cover up bad walls -- bumping taping, holes, or who knows what other remodeling sins.
We lived with this for years because we can't figure out an easy way to get rid of it. Now we have to figure out just how much of a liability walls that cause minor personal injury when you bang against them really is. And if a huge liability -- how to fix? And if not...do you think knobbies look good in the soft yellow we were planning on re-doing the living room in?
[Edit: I posted these questions over on DoItYourself.com...we'll see what they have to say.]
Comments (3)
you could always re-texture the walls into a more attractive texture. Or you could even make them nice and smooth again with enough time and spackle.
Posted by eff | September 15, 2007 8:58 PM
Posted on September 15, 2007 20:58
you could always re-texture the walls into a more attractive texture. Or you could even make them nice and smooth again with enough time and spackle.
Posted by eff | September 15, 2007 8:58 PM
Posted on September 15, 2007 20:58
http://theheadlemur.typepad.com/photos/smoothwall/index.html
Posted by Anonymous | September 20, 2007 11:35 PM
Posted on September 20, 2007 23:35