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Hipsters are pretending to hate painted brick houses

My feeds now are somehow filled with pictures of brick house...
chocolate locale
  06/19/25
this is a longstanding view in interior design type posting,...
canary candlestick maker
  06/19/25
cr, I didn't paint any of the drywall and spackle in my hous...
Bistre Trailer Park
  06/19/25
lol if your studs and insulation aren't fully exposed you're...
pink site
  06/19/25
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Bistre Trailer Park
  06/19/25
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Domesticated maniacal digit ratio
  06/19/25
I sleep in a tent on a bare lot I've paid off with overgrown...
Aromatic emerald parlour boistinker
  06/19/25
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Bistre Trailer Park
  06/19/25
Authenticity. Most people just dont get it.
Sickened Den
  06/20/25
Also it's bad for the house. It promotes mold growth. Also i...
rose metal giraffe bawdyhouse
  06/19/25
the redbrick represents a sort of authentic utilitarian pove...
Sick prole
  06/19/25
wtf is a hipster
Flesh stag film
  06/19/25
some red brick houses are nice. others are ttt. virtually al...
pink site
  06/19/25
10 Downing St is a brick house painted black. It was origin...
Bistre Trailer Park
  06/19/25
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canary candlestick maker
  06/19/25
painting brick white is retarded as all fuck, "oh look ...
Brindle legend heaven
  06/19/25
CR. I've always thought this, regardless of design trends. D...
Irradiated Apoplectic Elastic Band Pit
  06/19/25
I have a lot of painted brick houses around me. Some are whi...
Domesticated maniacal digit ratio
  06/19/25
the entire fucking point of brick is that it is very durable...
Brindle legend heaven
  06/19/25
i like red brick and i think that painted bricks look dumb ...
Crystalline Razzmatazz Macaca University
  06/19/25
BRICKS | ARE | SHIT 🧱 💩 😎 👌
Aphrodisiac Violet Forum
  06/19/25
If you're not knocking on the doors of painted brick houses ...
Bistre Trailer Park
  06/19/25
Bricks need to breathe
Indigo Potus
  06/19/25
Painting wood makes sense. Its maintenance , but so is rotte...
Sickened Den
  06/20/25


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Date: June 19th, 2025 9:09 PM
Author: chocolate locale

My feeds now are somehow filled with pictures of brick houses painted white, and hipsters shouting "why would anyone do this it looked so much better before!"

But I totally understand why people would do this because 95% of red brick houses look like shit, and they look okay when painted white.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5740681&forum_id=2#49033600)



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Date: June 19th, 2025 9:10 PM
Author: canary candlestick maker

this is a longstanding view in interior design type posting, people like the original materials

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5740681&forum_id=2#49033606)



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Date: June 19th, 2025 9:14 PM
Author: Bistre Trailer Park

cr, I didn't paint any of the drywall and spackle in my house. Kept the original, authentic color. Get a lot of compliments on it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5740681&forum_id=2#49033618)



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Date: June 19th, 2025 9:23 PM
Author: pink site

lol if your studs and insulation aren't fully exposed you're behind the times. good luck getting anywhere close to market when it's time to sell.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5740681&forum_id=2#49033658)



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Date: June 19th, 2025 9:23 PM
Author: Bistre Trailer Park



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5740681&forum_id=2#49033660)



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Date: June 19th, 2025 9:38 PM
Author: Domesticated maniacal digit ratio



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5740681&forum_id=2#49033686)



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Date: June 19th, 2025 10:37 PM
Author: Aromatic emerald parlour boistinker

I sleep in a tent on a bare lot I've paid off with overgrown grass and Home & Design magazine won't leave me alone.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5740681&forum_id=2#49033774)



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Date: June 19th, 2025 11:04 PM
Author: Bistre Trailer Park



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5740681&forum_id=2#49033840)



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Date: June 20th, 2025 8:54 AM
Author: Sickened Den

Authenticity. Most people just dont get it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5740681&forum_id=2#49034347)



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Date: June 19th, 2025 11:24 PM
Author: rose metal giraffe bawdyhouse

Also it's bad for the house. It promotes mold growth. Also it's pretty much irreversible because of brick being so porous. If you change your mind hahaurfuckt

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5740681&forum_id=2#49033886)



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Date: June 19th, 2025 9:13 PM
Author: Sick prole

the redbrick represents a sort of authentic utilitarian poverty that hipsters strive to emulate

as usual though they don't get that the people who actually had to live in these buildings without other options would often paint them themselves just to add color and some cover-up to a situation defined by real poverty, not just affected poverty

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5740681&forum_id=2#49033611)



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Date: June 19th, 2025 9:13 PM
Author: Flesh stag film

wtf is a hipster

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5740681&forum_id=2#49033612)



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Date: June 19th, 2025 9:21 PM
Author: pink site

some red brick houses are nice. others are ttt. virtually all painted brick houses are ttt because the nice ones don't get painted.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5740681&forum_id=2#49033647)



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Date: June 19th, 2025 9:25 PM
Author: Bistre Trailer Park

10 Downing St is a brick house painted black. It was originally yellow brick, but turned black from centuries of smog and soot. When they cleaned it one day, they were surprised to learn this. Then they thought it looked too weird in its original color and repainted it black because it's what people were used to.

https://www.businessinsider.com/why-10-downing-street-door-is-black-2015-12

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5740681&forum_id=2#49033671)



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Date: June 19th, 2025 10:33 PM
Author: canary candlestick maker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5740681&forum_id=2#49033767)



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Date: June 19th, 2025 9:30 PM
Author: Brindle legend heaven

painting brick white is retarded as all fuck, "oh look at me I would like to spend money every single year for the rest of my fucking life keeping my shitty white brick from being covered in mold and then repainting it because I don't like the look of...bricks"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5740681&forum_id=2#49033680)



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Date: June 19th, 2025 9:36 PM
Author: Irradiated Apoplectic Elastic Band Pit

CR. I've always thought this, regardless of design trends. Don't paint brick, don't paint wood (you can stain it so the wood still shows through), don't paint stone. Why would you do this? And then you have to repaint and maintain it, too.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5740681&forum_id=2#49033685)



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Date: June 19th, 2025 9:43 PM
Author: Domesticated maniacal digit ratio

I have a lot of painted brick houses around me. Some are white. But there are also blue and pink. I don't think they have to spend money every year (or ever) to keep the paint being covered with mold. I don't think this is a thing. It's a special kind of paint they use, so this is not a concern. I haven't heard any of my neighbors mention it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5740681&forum_id=2#49033692)



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Date: June 19th, 2025 9:46 PM
Author: Brindle legend heaven

the entire fucking point of brick is that it is very durable and low maintenance, you are literally making it worse and ensuring that it will require maintenance, paint is not eternal

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5740681&forum_id=2#49033697)



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Date: June 19th, 2025 9:39 PM
Author: Crystalline Razzmatazz Macaca University

i like red brick and i think that painted bricks look dumb

also the painted look gets weathered and damaged over the years and looks much worse than bare brick

looks like the hipsters are cr on this one

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5740681&forum_id=2#49033689)



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Date: June 19th, 2025 10:35 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac Violet Forum

BRICKS | ARE | SHIT

🧱 💩 😎 👌

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5740681&forum_id=2#49033768)



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Date: June 19th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: Bistre Trailer Park

If you're not knocking on the doors of painted brick houses and calling the owners fags to their faces, you're part of the problem.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5740681&forum_id=2#49033839)



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Date: June 19th, 2025 11:28 PM
Author: Indigo Potus

Bricks need to breathe

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5740681&forum_id=2#49033896)



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Date: June 20th, 2025 8:57 AM
Author: Sickened Den

Painting wood makes sense. Its maintenance , but so is rotted/molded wood. Stain alone is not enough in most climates.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5740681&forum_id=2#49034355)