My ex rented a house one summer that was had pine panelling like OP's pic on all the walls and ceilings. The panels had darkened so much over the years the entire house had a dirty sombre feel to it. Not distinguished style sombre, just "I hate the world and want to die" style sombre.
It's a desk for an 18th century landlord to pore over his deeds and accounts on. If anyone works in there these days they're hunched over a laptop in the least ergonomic position possible, pecking at the keys.
And if they're doing serious work it's in a hidden room with a real working setup. This is the "for show" office.
wait, i just realized something that i wouldnt just say like that irl but since we're here: do you think the term "homosexual" comes from gay dudes rubbing their penises together?
This. All wood is perfect for an even backdrop of uneven decoration. Bar signs, hunting trophies, sports pictures, bookshelves full of whatever. Anything that used to be up in a den before they all started getting called man caves.
Too much wood? No
Too much of the same color? Absolutely.
Sand and refinish the floor to be a darker color (or put a rug down). Add some paintings, framed posters, or other decor to the walls. That room will be super comfy after that.
>Where can I find decent wood paneling these days?
You can't, unless you pay $$$$$ to have it custom made. The boomers cut down all the trees in the 50s-70s so now we only have really shit wood left, unless you know a guy with a mill.
>Mom turns on HGTV/Discovery H&H: the homosexual designer tell some jokes and wants to demolish all the wood, replacing it with some gay white bar. >Owners love it.
EVERY FRICKING TIME.
>You're going to get a black, white, and grey interior and going to like it!
Funny these "modern" interior designers are some of the biggest con artists in the world. Cheap as frick stainless steel appliances, press board wood work painted white to prevent showing it's cheap garbage, vinyl and laminate floors (Seriously if you want hard wood floors, stop being a cheapass and get the real shit), painting white or grey over brick fireplaces (Also frick those numale gas ones) and the list goes on. And these morons believing that shit add value to their house.
Also that pic is from a house in Northern Wisconsin of all places, and they asking a quarter of million for that ugly shithole.
>And these morons believing that shit add value to their house. Also that pic is from a house in Northern Wisconsin of all places, and they asking a quarter of million for that ugly shithole.
I agree 100% with your criticisms of this awful shit but flippers and builders do this crap precisely because it sells. It's "on-trend." That and cheapo nu-farmhouse HGTV aesthetic.
>And these morons believing that shit add value to their house.
sorry moron, but buyers in the USA actually like seeing shiny "modern" surfaces everywhere more than dull woodwork from your grandparents time, and this increases the saleability and value of the house in many cases.
They're just giving tasteless, dull consumers what they want.
The average consumer cannot distinguish the difference between real wood floors and a wood look laminate. Same with cabinets.
I had to talk my boomer dad out of painting his custom oak cabinets white. Like YOU installed them and paid probably $1k a cab. Why would you paint QS oak???
Paint natural wood is fricking heresy (strangely americans do it a lot). Months ago, saw 2 fat lesbos on TV (that Laura Spencer renovation show) spraying a piano made of brazilian cherry.
>Why would you paint QS oak???
Same reason why these morons are painting bricks white, they want to make house look like a surgical ward (That's insult to surgical wards since the old ones had cool green tiles). And God forbid you have any color besides white, grey and black in it. It's all these flippers shows promoting the modern garbage design, yet they wonder why the house takes forever to sell after they "modernize" it, and top of that they ruin neighboring properties because of the pie in the sky asking prices.
Flippers are scum, plain and simple.
Because during the QS oak age everyone was like “put identical pieces of quartersawn oak fricking everywhere” and the entire place looks like one big striped pyjama.
It can look good but putting it everywhere was a fad that started to look boring pretty soon after. Just like
https://i.imgur.com/0BWwIaw.jpg
Is there such a thing as too much wood paneling?
became boring in 2000 and
https://i.imgur.com/CL6p3IP.jpg
>You're going to get a black, white, and grey interior and going to like it!
Funny these "modern" interior designers are some of the biggest con artists in the world. Cheap as frick stainless steel appliances, press board wood work painted white to prevent showing it's cheap garbage, vinyl and laminate floors (Seriously if you want hard wood floors, stop being a cheapass and get the real shit), painting white or grey over brick fireplaces (Also frick those numale gas ones) and the list goes on. And these morons believing that shit add value to their house.
Also that pic is from a house in Northern Wisconsin of all places, and they asking a quarter of million for that ugly shithole.
will be considered boring in 2030.
The only arguably timeless design is
https://i.imgur.com/X7xULu8.jpg
Not if you're doing it correctly.
but that cost a fortune back then and even more today, because actual thought was put into it: details, colors, contrasts etc. Those lamps were put in later and ruined it a little bit tho. Now that I look closer this is probably some kind of museum display (the books have never been opened, the chair is too close to the bookcase, the books on the floor are just stupid and placed the wrong way) which makes it a lot easier as the hard part of interior design is making it both aesthetic and usable
>Now that I look closer this is probably some kind of museum display (the books have never been opened, the chair is too close to the bookcase, the books on the floor are just stupid and placed the wrong way)
Or it's a rich people's office with "for show" books.
When the wood used is pine full of knots, then any of it is too much, unless its a hunting/summer cabin on a mountain.
No
Not if you're doing it correctly.
My ex rented a house one summer that was had pine panelling like OP's pic on all the walls and ceilings. The panels had darkened so much over the years the entire house had a dirty sombre feel to it. Not distinguished style sombre, just "I hate the world and want to die" style sombre.
That desk is tacky as frick.
The waste bin is the tacky part
I agree, the desk was too much.
It's a desk for an 18th century landlord to pore over his deeds and accounts on. If anyone works in there these days they're hunched over a laptop in the least ergonomic position possible, pecking at the keys.
And if they're doing serious work it's in a hidden room with a real working setup. This is the "for show" office.
gods i love that aesthetic, shame its marred by a few things. That desk isn't big enough and is way too close to the walls
no if it is aesthetic, not some 90's working class bar.
Anyone that ever said "there's too much wood" is a homosexual.
But having too much wood around is how you end up needing to bundle it into a homosexual in the first place.
wait, i just realized something that i wouldnt just say like that irl but since we're here: do you think the term "homosexual" comes from gay dudes rubbing their penises together?
It's supposedly israeli (big shocker)
Looks cozy and warm. You could improve it with some sort of tin ceiling cover to add contrast.
No.
Wood panel ceiling.
In your picture it is too bare. Some cheesy neon signs or a large rug to break up the floor would help.
This. All wood is perfect for an even backdrop of uneven decoration. Bar signs, hunting trophies, sports pictures, bookshelves full of whatever. Anything that used to be up in a den before they all started getting called man caves.
Too much wood? No
Too much of the same color? Absolutely.
Sand and refinish the floor to be a darker color (or put a rug down). Add some paintings, framed posters, or other decor to the walls. That room will be super comfy after that.
And don't forget to paint the ceiling.
nope
I lived in a log home with knotty pine paneling and cabinetry for a year, and I got so sick of looking at it. A single plank is too much.
Basement bar at the vfw? Or Elks lodge? Where can I find decent wood paneling these days? I want to cover the concrete walls in my basement.
>Where can I find decent wood paneling these days?
You can't, unless you pay $$$$$ to have it custom made. The boomers cut down all the trees in the 50s-70s so now we only have really shit wood left, unless you know a guy with a mill.
All Pine Trees are reserved for the Crown.
thems fightin words
>Mom turns on HGTV/Discovery H&H: the homosexual designer tell some jokes and wants to demolish all the wood, replacing it with some gay white bar.
>Owners love it.
EVERY FRICKING TIME.
>You're going to get a black, white, and grey interior and going to like it!
Funny these "modern" interior designers are some of the biggest con artists in the world. Cheap as frick stainless steel appliances, press board wood work painted white to prevent showing it's cheap garbage, vinyl and laminate floors (Seriously if you want hard wood floors, stop being a cheapass and get the real shit), painting white or grey over brick fireplaces (Also frick those numale gas ones) and the list goes on. And these morons believing that shit add value to their house.
Also that pic is from a house in Northern Wisconsin of all places, and they asking a quarter of million for that ugly shithole.
Agreed.
Picrel is exactly the same lame shit everywhere, again and again. Total soulless.
>And these morons believing that shit add value to their house. Also that pic is from a house in Northern Wisconsin of all places, and they asking a quarter of million for that ugly shithole.
I agree 100% with your criticisms of this awful shit but flippers and builders do this crap precisely because it sells. It's "on-trend." That and cheapo nu-farmhouse HGTV aesthetic.
McMansion Hell's term for this look is "Greige."
>And these morons believing that shit add value to their house.
sorry moron, but buyers in the USA actually like seeing shiny "modern" surfaces everywhere more than dull woodwork from your grandparents time, and this increases the saleability and value of the house in many cases.
They're just giving tasteless, dull consumers what they want.
The average consumer cannot distinguish the difference between real wood floors and a wood look laminate. Same with cabinets.
What's more, the average consumer is going to rip out the cabinets in 10-20 years so why bother make them nice?
I had to talk my boomer dad out of painting his custom oak cabinets white. Like YOU installed them and paid probably $1k a cab. Why would you paint QS oak???
This.
Paint natural wood is fricking heresy (strangely americans do it a lot). Months ago, saw 2 fat lesbos on TV (that Laura Spencer renovation show) spraying a piano made of brazilian cherry.
Everyone around got mad.
>Why would you paint QS oak???
Same reason why these morons are painting bricks white, they want to make house look like a surgical ward (That's insult to surgical wards since the old ones had cool green tiles). And God forbid you have any color besides white, grey and black in it. It's all these flippers shows promoting the modern garbage design, yet they wonder why the house takes forever to sell after they "modernize" it, and top of that they ruin neighboring properties because of the pie in the sky asking prices.
Flippers are scum, plain and simple.
Because during the QS oak age everyone was like “put identical pieces of quartersawn oak fricking everywhere” and the entire place looks like one big striped pyjama.
It can look good but putting it everywhere was a fad that started to look boring pretty soon after. Just like
became boring in 2000 and
will be considered boring in 2030.
The only arguably timeless design is
but that cost a fortune back then and even more today, because actual thought was put into it: details, colors, contrasts etc. Those lamps were put in later and ruined it a little bit tho. Now that I look closer this is probably some kind of museum display (the books have never been opened, the chair is too close to the bookcase, the books on the floor are just stupid and placed the wrong way) which makes it a lot easier as the hard part of interior design is making it both aesthetic and usable
>Now that I look closer this is probably some kind of museum display (the books have never been opened, the chair is too close to the bookcase, the books on the floor are just stupid and placed the wrong way)
Or it's a rich people's office with "for show" books.
The books on the floor is a trashcan. That's a shitty interior design picture.
LGR will hunt you down and kill you if you keep saying shit like that.
No. That ceiling needs some.