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So true- I might add; the “ shiplap of today is not the stuff of your mother or grandmothers: much more inviting and if you live in the beach it’s very comfy; clean whites.

I can't imagine taking all this paneling down if 10 years. ugh!

I wouldn't be caught dead installing ship lap. I have too much dignity and self respect to stoop that low. To me asking that I put up ship lap is the equivalent of asking Rachel Ray to make a bologna sandwich. That also goes for galvanized sheet metal and faux beams. When I build a house it's a house, not a faux barn. I could rant about this for an hour, but its already too draining just thinking about it. Sorry folks, but this has been a pet peeve of mine for a while now. As you can tell.

Hilarious! Thanks for the early-morning giggle. 🙂

Maybe I found it so funny because you just described ME!

Closed cell insulation. We bought an old church building that is 100% shiplap interior- stem to stern.

Other than the shiplap trend, though, I do subscribe to other "pinterest" trends. My living room is grey, as is the couch and dining room chairs, and carpet in the bedrooms. I plan on repainting the kitchen cabinets white (yes, despite what commenters here think). Currently, they're an ugly buttermilk yellow, combined with original ugly 1964 rust brown tile backsplash. The same tile is in every bathroom too, ugh. I got it partially out of the guest bath in my remodel, but it's still in the shower. When I rip it out, I plan on putting in subway tile (another trend!). I figure it may be a trend, but it's also a classic and when I sell my house in a few years, someone won't walk in and say, "ew, look at that brown tile. Gross." I want it to be known (to potential buyers, as you do when looking at houses) as "the cute A frame house" not the "ugly kitchen" house. You don't want to know what I nicknamed the houses I saw when looking (The "die in a fire" house, the "serial killer" house, the "pinterest" house that was dark grey and bright yellow with chevrons on the wall, etc).

I guess all this rambling is just saying I don't see the point of shiplap or trends that aren't easily changed (don't remind me of the wallpaper I took down in the bathroom). Paint is easy, floors, painting cabinets. All easy changes, but tearing down panelling... I'm not even going to attempt it in my house.