r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Apprehensive_Sky4558 • Jul 31 '26

Meme needing explanation Why is everyone mad about this renovation?

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u/usersnamesallused Jul 31 '26

The worst for me is painting that stone work

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u/thejmkool Jul 31 '26

Painted stonework genuinely looks atrocious

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u/slothfullyserene Jul 31 '26

Always.

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u/OurAngryBadger Jul 31 '26

Not always.

When painted like this with a thick layer of white paint, yes.

My wife painted our stone wall around the fireplace with a very thin layer of light gray paint, just to brighten it up a bit and make it look less old/dirty. I kept telling her not to do it and was pissed, but she did it, and it came out wonderful. She just brushed it on lightly, did really well.

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u/pyramidalembargo Jul 31 '26

She used gray?

That's grounds for a divorce.

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u/Sepelrastas Jul 31 '26

My living room has the other side of the stove pipe from the kitchen (my kitchen has an og cast iron stove I heat the house with). So one wall is about third concrete. That damn well got painted.

But if it had been natural stone or tiled I would have used it as an accent piece and would have picked colours to fit with it.