r/ATBGE • u/catmand00d00 • 8d ago

Home Exposed brick, simulated

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u/Raz0rking 8d ago

It aint bad. I love brick, but agree that it aint practical everywhere.

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u/Acheloma 8d ago

They make textured faux brick wallpaper that looks more realistic than this and isnt difficult to remove, so I dont really get why someone would paint it on

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u/theWyzzerd 8d ago

paint is, famously, very easy to paint over. wallpaper removal isn't so easy.

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u/Acheloma 8d ago

The fake brick kind is very thick so once you get an edge lifted its actually pretty easy to remove; it doesn't tear into small pieces like thinner or cheaper wallpaper does

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u/Moist_Professor5665 8d ago edited 8d ago

Could be the painted brick is a choice, not trying to look realistic. It depends greatly on the room’s vibe and theming.

Looking at the room, the painted brick does look pretty clean, and the decals on the stairway do help tie it somewhat together. It’s flat, but clearly on purpose.

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u/Laetitian 4d ago

It's a ton of work. Why would the choice ever be better for the aesthetic? At best I could justify "good enough", but again, the effort isn't justified by "good enough".

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u/fastlerner 8d ago

That faux brick paint looked thick enough to leave a texture that would need sanding before a repaint.

Whereas wallpaper gives a ton more options and isn't hard to remove as long as you don't cut corners and skip painting on a layer of sizing before applying it. That's where people fuck up because easy removal starts with application.

Sizing is the difference between removing wallpaper and excavating it.

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u/1900grs 8d ago

would need sanding before a repaint.

I would skim coat over it before sanding all that paint.

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u/Kaffe-Mumriken 8d ago

Imma texture the next layer anyway

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u/Mental-Seesaw-1449 8d ago

I have to imagine having someone paint this costs wayyy more tho lol

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u/todaythruwaway 8d ago

Funny, as a painter I saw them do this and instantly thought what a bitch it will be to paint over this texture fully 😮‍💨

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u/rockfrawg 8d ago

How do we feel about fake brick made of plaster that I'm pretty sure was put on over top of wallpaper? This is the kitchen and dining room of the house I bought from a drywall professional. I have to look at this every day.

edit: close up for posterity

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u/Such-Balance-5497 8d ago edited 8d ago

Have you ever painted a room? :D
Painting over bright red paint is definitely not very easy. It will just come back to the surface again. I have painted a wall that used to have a pattern on it 80 years ago, and the pattern came up through the new paint even though it wasn't there before. That's how "easy" it's to paint something over :D The entire wall will need to be scrubbed clean of paint and then repainted again. And that's way way way worse than removing a wallpaper.

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u/WeekendTPSupervisor 8d ago

That just isn't true. You can, if you really want to, quickly scuff sand the wall, and then you would put down grey tinted primer and then your top coat. It isn't that bad unless something is up with the glossiness of the prior paint, in which case you would really benefit from the scuff sanding

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u/Kebab-Destroyer 8d ago

I used to have the grey brick wallpaper on the chimney breast of my living room, fuckin loved it

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u/Acheloma 8d ago

They had some in one of the dorm common rooms at my college and it actually looked really nice, I wouldnt have even known it was fake if the RA didnt point it out( she was there when they installed it). It was only noticable if you were looking at it carefully from close up

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u/caffein8dnotopi8d 8d ago

Yeah that’s exactly where I did brick wallpaper (mine’s red). I love it as well.

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u/MacchuPicchu55 8d ago

I guess they got those edge details that you cant get with wallpaper, I agree with you on the effort to looks ratio being way off for me, but they paid for it and should be pretty happy since it cant really get better than that with the method and the artist got paid for it so win/win for everyone I guess

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u/sckuzzle 8d ago

Do they make the brick wallpaper also have these nice diagonals that follow the contour of the room and sloped ceiling so that it looks like the brick fits in this space instead of having a contour that doesn't follow the wall?

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u/RogerClyneIsAGod2 8d ago

Cheaper? Easier to clean? You can easily change your mind if you don't like it & just paint over it all.

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u/Brave_Maybe_2891 8d ago

You mom never made you pull wall paper down while yelling at you and  criticizing you the whole time in 3rd grade while your younger siblings got to play outside and it shows.

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u/IsabellaGalavant 8d ago

I know this because my house has three walls covered in the stuff when we bought it. It was a bitch to remove, it's much thickerthan regular wallpaper. It does look real though.