SOMA Living December 2023

HOME DESIGN “Wait, you mean the whole wall? Ceiling to the floor? Not just to the chair rail?” she inquired. “Yup,” I replied. “And all the walls?” she asked. “Yup.” “Oh, Doog...” she sighed. “Doog” is the way my name is affectionately pronounced by my good friend and investor partner, Madeline. We were standing in the dining room at our latest venture, “The Chloe Project” (#ChloeProject). I was holding up a sample of wallpaper. “Do you really think that people are going to like that? Not the wallpaper, that’s beautiful, but having this much of it. I mean, I love chocolate, but too much of it makes my head spin,” she expressed her concern. “We’ve used wallpaper before,” I argued. “We’ve done a powder room or two, that’s it,” she countered. “True. And I do have a great wallpaper picked out for the powder room. It’s going over the garden trellis,” I explained.

“Wait! Over the what?” she looked at me wide-eyed, then let it drop. “Never mind,” she continued, “I don’t want to know. You and your powder rooms... But this is the dining room. People are going to think they’re stuck with this.” “Ahhh...but they’re not,” I reassured her. “These days when you buy a good quality paper, removal is a cinch. Wallpaper with a non-woven backing can be peeled off dry, and the only clean up is perhaps some paste on the wall that can be cleaned with soapy water. And the peel and stick wallpaper, that’s super easy to remove,” I explained confidently. “So don’t be afraid of wallpaper because if it makes your head spin, you can always remove it!” Madeline happily concluded. “Exactly!” I replied.

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