Foreign Cultures, Foreign Habits
April 14th, 2009
How on earth can you explain to an English plasterer that you will, of course, have woodchip wallpaper on top of his finest art?
I failed. The best I could come up with was “’coz we’re German,” which is an accepted umbrella excuse for any strange requests on a building site, but I couldn’t help feeling sorry for the good man.
He’s done a super job in providing an extra-smooth finish, and I like it that way. It’s the perfect surface to apply wallpaper to, but he seemed saddened that we plan to cover his best efforts.
The wallpapering thing is just one of these things we don’t think twice about. Of course, we’ll have woodchip wallpaper. What a question!
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