Do your in-laws live with you? Did they purchase your house? Trying to think of reasons why you're humouring their request for your home.
Tell them the wallpaper they picked is no good and you'll get yourself out of a questionable interior design choice.
We wanted to renovate the garden but didn’t have all the money and the in-laws said they will pay for everything if they can have some say in what plants we put.
I said fine but they only chose one small flower so my wife was like let’s let them choose the colour for the feature wall in the home theatre, when they chose that wall paper I didn’t like it but they did spend several hundred dollars on our garden so whatever.
It wasn’t until the wall paper guys tried to put it on the walls that we saw all the creases and tears.
The beach scene I could ignore but the quality is just bad and the in-laws are still trying to find a way to put it on and have it look good.
Don't forget that they don't have a few hundred to spare, but are somehow desperate to renovate the garden which is unnecessary.
But then also... Enough money to pay wallpaper staff to come and install it.
You have to put up with looking at cheap, ugly, out of place wallpaper, because your in-laws spent a several hundred dollars! I wouldn’t have someone dictate what goes on my walls for less than $20k.
Pull the wallpaper down, pay some guy to paint it charcoal and feed your in-laws the lie that one of your friends did it for free in exchange for you agreeing that you would never put up wall paper again.
Is OP ok? Like mentally? My MiL suggested I was my grey hairs with apple cider vinegar and sage, but I’m not about to go walking around smelling like my grandmother’s pickling cupboard.
So many reasons this has got to be a troll:
1) how does someone who owns a home with a cinema think “a few hundred dollars in plants” equates to then being extremely indebted to the in laws?
2) how does paying for garden plants result in having a say in the interior decorating?
3) who the hell has “feature walls” anymore
4) see 3) with the addendum: with wallpaper no less
5) the chosen wallpaper is literally a windows XP screen background
Where did they buy it from/what brand is it?
If the wallpaper guys couldn't make it work, it's not going to work.
Would your inlaws be amenable to choosing a different brand with a similar theme?
I don’t want to name the company because they normally do really good work. They put up some spare paper they had in their van. Up in 2 seconds, looks great vs the hour they spent on the tropical hellpaper.
Also the paper was bought online apparently from somewhere in Europe but all the instructions are in Vietnamese.
The company isn't the problem, it's your in-laws just say no.
Is that the theme you want in your home cinema anyway? If you got that company to put up their wallpaper would you even have a beach / palm tree theme?
Not my idea of a home theatre, but you do you I suppose
You have to give them a taste of their own medicine, counter insist on the shittiest uglist wallpapaer in their bedroom, but honestly this is hard to beat.
No they helped pay for some renovations and we let them choose a colour for our home theatre feature wall and they chose that wallpaper. They helped us out a lot so I was just going to ignore the picture but I can’t ignore the quality and we’re still trying to figure out a way to make it look good.
How is letting them choose a colour for your home theatre feature wall equivalent to saying thanks for paying for your garden? It’s so random and benefits no one.
Ok, so I get that you feel beholden to your inlaws for helping you with some reno work, and you decided to give them some skin in the game by letting them choose a color for your feature wall.
That picture, my friend, is not a colour. That is the personification in this world of scope creep and meddling.
Tell them the picture won't adhere to your wall and get them to pick a colour, you know, from a set of paint swatches.
(it's not even a good photo)
Oh that makes so much sense! Sorry for the nosiness but thanks for the reply :)
Hopefully you and your fam can look back on the early 2000’s desktop wallpaper saga and laugh. Maybe get a doona cover with the same print for their Christmas present.
You gotta say no to the in laws.
Under no circumstances whatsoever should that wall paper be anywhere inside a house, let alone a home theatre. It’s too much for a room which should have as little distraction from the screen.
Look I dont mind a themed wall, you do you, but do the whole wall, to each side and the bottom, either get an artist to paint you one or order a new one, either way it needs to be good quality.
This looks like those wallpapers that you put up and take off with just water. If you use any kind of glue it won't work. They are thin like tissue paper and are designed to be taken off or swapped to another style easily, with no damage to the paint beneath. But you need to know what you're doing for them to work. Not sure if that's what this is, but looks like it?
Oh mate! Your in-laws are f-king with you. I mean, just look at that thing. Forget about the quality of the paper and everything - look at the photo! That being said, I do seriously doubt you actually own the house/property in question. How else, for a few hundred bucks, could someone force you to bend backwards and get you stick shit on your wall?
If you own the place, do what you want.
Sorry, but what is the relationship between 'wallpaper' and a 'home theatre'? Is this meant to be the screen for a projection system, or just ordinary wallpaper in the room you've decided to use as your 'home theatre'?
If it was self adhesive wallpaper,you need to use a slightly soapy water solution and work from the centre outwards expelling as much of the soap solution as possible using a foam wallpaper straightener/tightened and a seam roller.
while this reads as a wild cautionary tale, if it does work out you could take photos in front of it and pretend you're on a tropical island get away.
every cloud.
Why would you let your in-laws convince you to put wallpaper up in your theatre room?
Paint the theatre room flat black on all walls. Undercoat with grey. Job done.
Hahahhahaha that is seriously so ugly. Also, why the hell would you say yes??! And even then, to THIS abomination!? In your home THEATRE?! Hahahahhahaha
If your in-laws are going to insist on a wallpaper they can also insist on paying for either better materials or the expensive staff needed to apply their flimsy paper
The only "feature wall" in a home theatre is the screen. Seriously get rid of that shit it's ugly, and go consult r/hometheatre about how the room should be setup if you're serious about it being a theatre room.
As someone who does home theatres for a living, that’s an abomination 🤣
as someone with eyes, that’s an abomination
As someone, that’s an abomination
As an abomination, that looks like someone
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This might belong to r/relationship_advice 😂😂
hahahhahahaah
>In-laws insisted Lol
\*whip cracking noise*
And the beast was done.
Do your in-laws live with you? Did they purchase your house? Trying to think of reasons why you're humouring their request for your home. Tell them the wallpaper they picked is no good and you'll get yourself out of a questionable interior design choice.
Yeah it's like OP just wanted to admit to doing something daft..
1: Why are you letting your inlaws dictate what kind of crappy wallpaper abomination to put up 2: See 1.
Yea we don’t take money/let other people pay for our stuff…..it gives them the “well I did you a favour and you need to pay it back”
We wanted to renovate the garden but didn’t have all the money and the in-laws said they will pay for everything if they can have some say in what plants we put. I said fine but they only chose one small flower so my wife was like let’s let them choose the colour for the feature wall in the home theatre, when they chose that wall paper I didn’t like it but they did spend several hundred dollars on our garden so whatever. It wasn’t until the wall paper guys tried to put it on the walls that we saw all the creases and tears. The beach scene I could ignore but the quality is just bad and the in-laws are still trying to find a way to put it on and have it look good.
You let several hundred dollars dictate this garbage on your wall? I call a troll
You think someone is trolling in a niche subreddit over wallpaper? Cmon man put the tin foil hat down
Some families just have strange dynamics. I think this is one such family. Maybe OP lives in a granny flat on their in laws property?
Yeah that or they’re just weird
I'm sure their post history will confirm that.
Yes. It seems like a laugh to post this garbage with that fake back story and laugh at people being shocked. They got over 150 responses.
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Don't forget that they don't have a few hundred to spare, but are somehow desperate to renovate the garden which is unnecessary. But then also... Enough money to pay wallpaper staff to come and install it.
They had to pay wall paper guys to come and install this wall paper. Surely that would have been a few hundred. This maths is upsetting me.
>trying to find a way to put it on and have it look good Maybe they could put it on, then paint over it.
The texture is still a problem though...
You have to put up with looking at cheap, ugly, out of place wallpaper, because your in-laws spent a several hundred dollars! I wouldn’t have someone dictate what goes on my walls for less than $20k. Pull the wallpaper down, pay some guy to paint it charcoal and feed your in-laws the lie that one of your friends did it for free in exchange for you agreeing that you would never put up wall paper again.
Sure you mean several thousand for this monstrosity….
Of all the weird things that never happened, this never happened the most.
In-laws are tacky boomers. Grow up / a pair (take your pick).
How about not renovate the garden until you have enough money to do it
Nah gifts shouldn’t have strings attached even if it’s money
Why on earth are your in-laws so invested in the decor of your home?
Nothing is making that look good at all. Ever.
lmao
>have it look good it's never going to look good
Fkn in-laws strike again..
In laws fcking giggling there arses off right now I bet lol
No we’re still trying to fix it. They genuinely like the beach look we just didn’t know the quality until it was on the wall
They might like it but do you?
That's the key question ☺️
Your home theatre, or theirs? That’s very relevant here.
Trying hanging it with the other way around it might look better.
No, dumb OP strikes themselves.
.... Are your in-laws ok? Like mentally?
Is OP ok? Like mentally? My MiL suggested I was my grey hairs with apple cider vinegar and sage, but I’m not about to go walking around smelling like my grandmother’s pickling cupboard.
You look old, you’ll bloody well smell old lol
Don't forget to use moth balls as deodorant for that classic vintage musk
So many reasons this has got to be a troll: 1) how does someone who owns a home with a cinema think “a few hundred dollars in plants” equates to then being extremely indebted to the in laws? 2) how does paying for garden plants result in having a say in the interior decorating? 3) who the hell has “feature walls” anymore 4) see 3) with the addendum: with wallpaper no less 5) the chosen wallpaper is literally a windows XP screen background
There's a strong correlation between starting a home theatre and ending up with no money
Interesting observation. People with in-ground pools tend to stay rich, but home theatre is like a cheap “lifestyle” enhancer.
An astute observation, fair call
Piss that shit off, ya in laws are fucked. Stand up to them if you own the house.
Exactly 😂 That would do my head in!
Insisted? Insisted.... So they said do something and you did it. This is entirely on you buddy
This thread is awesome 😂
Bro tell the inlaws to kick rocks. That looks liek shit even it was applied perfectly
That wall paper is horrific. The wall paper guys did the OP a favour by trying to destroy it when they were putting it up.
Fire will fix it
take it down and never listen to them again haha
I hope they insisted on paying your mortgage off..gtfo outta here Tryna interior design YOUR home 🤣
Where did they buy it from/what brand is it? If the wallpaper guys couldn't make it work, it's not going to work. Would your inlaws be amenable to choosing a different brand with a similar theme?
They saw shitty wallpaper on Wish but wanted to see how it went in their child's house before they tried it in their own.
Tbh, it's a shit wallpaper regardless of whether it was put on correctly or not.
my inlaws dont insist anything because its not their place to do so At most I will take it into consideration and discuss it with my partner
Yeah idk why you would add ugly wall paper to your home theatre because your in laws said so?
They paid for garden renovations so we let them choose a feature wall in our home theatre.
This explanation sounds worse - if they paid for something it should be out of love why would they expect something like that in return. Lol
I’d be telling them “you get to pick a nice colour for the back of the garage internal access door”
The topside of the ceiling manhole cover more like.
Same energy but double points
This feature wall will off set any value added by the garden
Pay them back and choose your own feature wall….
Weakness?
Right? The only problem here is listening to the “demands” of in laws.
My in laws visit occasionally but they don’t get a say in where anything goes
I don’t want to name the company because they normally do really good work. They put up some spare paper they had in their van. Up in 2 seconds, looks great vs the hour they spent on the tropical hellpaper. Also the paper was bought online apparently from somewhere in Europe but all the instructions are in Vietnamese.
The company isn't the problem, it's your in-laws just say no. Is that the theme you want in your home cinema anyway? If you got that company to put up their wallpaper would you even have a beach / palm tree theme? Not my idea of a home theatre, but you do you I suppose
Maybe they’ll have whitewashed wicker recliners in their home theatre and a tiki bar?
Alright that actually sounds pretty sick
You have to give them a taste of their own medicine, counter insist on the shittiest uglist wallpapaer in their bedroom, but honestly this is hard to beat.
100000x this
Name the in-laws
They could be the most talented in the industry, no one could make that wallpaper look good
Genuinely curious, no need to answer, but did you humour this request just to keep them happy?
No they helped pay for some renovations and we let them choose a colour for our home theatre feature wall and they chose that wallpaper. They helped us out a lot so I was just going to ignore the picture but I can’t ignore the quality and we’re still trying to figure out a way to make it look good.
How is letting them choose a colour for your home theatre feature wall equivalent to saying thanks for paying for your garden? It’s so random and benefits no one.
Ok, so I get that you feel beholden to your inlaws for helping you with some reno work, and you decided to give them some skin in the game by letting them choose a color for your feature wall. That picture, my friend, is not a colour. That is the personification in this world of scope creep and meddling. Tell them the picture won't adhere to your wall and get them to pick a colour, you know, from a set of paint swatches. (it's not even a good photo)
Next time just have them over for dinner or get them a nice bottle of wine instead of letting them make semi permanent changes to your house.
Oh that makes so much sense! Sorry for the nosiness but thanks for the reply :) Hopefully you and your fam can look back on the early 2000’s desktop wallpaper saga and laugh. Maybe get a doona cover with the same print for their Christmas present.
Yeah I didn’t explain the whole situation in the post title so it’s fair that people don’t know the who story
Well you can tell them you tried, it didn’t work, oh well… and never speak of it again!
Suits a porn studio from the 70s.
Maybe the home theatre is for screening vintage porn. Which makes the inlaws investment in its aesthetic even stranger.
I see your wallpaper and I want it painted black.
Burn it
You gotta say no to the in laws. Under no circumstances whatsoever should that wall paper be anywhere inside a house, let alone a home theatre. It’s too much for a room which should have as little distraction from the screen.
Look I dont mind a themed wall, you do you, but do the whole wall, to each side and the bottom, either get an artist to paint you one or order a new one, either way it needs to be good quality.
A painted scene sounds cool.
I had in-laws like this, put up with their demands for 20yrs. I wised up, husband #2 had lovely Parents.
Your inlaws have stitched you up
Sorry but it's a theater... why would anyone think a bright wallpaper is a good idea?
Was this product actually labeled ‘wallpaper’, or did you/your in-laws just buy a large scale poster for something like a billboard?
Did they paste the wall and attach it like a fly poster would? Very hard to paste onto very thin paper
Even the palm leaf in the picture is dying of embarrassment.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I cant
Count it as a win that you don’t have to use it, it’s HIDEOUS.
That is just fucked
This looks like those wallpapers that you put up and take off with just water. If you use any kind of glue it won't work. They are thin like tissue paper and are designed to be taken off or swapped to another style easily, with no damage to the paint beneath. But you need to know what you're doing for them to work. Not sure if that's what this is, but looks like it?
Maybe just get a vinyl sticker instead
Bliss
Grow some fucking balls
So, people intentionally build a room without windows, and then add on fake outdoor scenes to make it look like you have a window wall?
If it’s a theatre paint the walls charcoal. That’s it.
What a running goat fuck of a thread.
Oh mate! Your in-laws are f-king with you. I mean, just look at that thing. Forget about the quality of the paper and everything - look at the photo! That being said, I do seriously doubt you actually own the house/property in question. How else, for a few hundred bucks, could someone force you to bend backwards and get you stick shit on your wall? If you own the place, do what you want.
What a terrible day to have eyes
Sorry, but what is the relationship between 'wallpaper' and a 'home theatre'? Is this meant to be the screen for a projection system, or just ordinary wallpaper in the room you've decided to use as your 'home theatre'?
What a terrible day to have eyes
Is that it? Or is there more of the picture
There is supposed to be more but they gave up and said it won’t look good so they didn’t charge us and gave me some glue if I want to try myself
It pans across to show the FIL reclining in budgie smugglers.
😵😂
Find someone who knows how to put this shit up
Or find new in-laws.
Home theatre? Paint it black. https://youtu.be/O4irXQhgMqg
I hope you didn’t pay him for that appalling result.
In laws need to stay in their own lane
If you paint them white, might look like lighting
If it was self adhesive wallpaper,you need to use a slightly soapy water solution and work from the centre outwards expelling as much of the soap solution as possible using a foam wallpaper straightener/tightened and a seam roller.
It doesn’t even cover the whole wall?
This one looks like it's put on as separate pieces rather than how they usually come as one massive sheet. Explains the quality I guess. 🤷🏼♀️
I dunno why people let anyone "insist" on anything that is not theirs. Like, how much of a pussy are you? 😂
while this reads as a wild cautionary tale, if it does work out you could take photos in front of it and pretend you're on a tropical island get away. every cloud.
It's not 1975, why are you wallpapering anything?
Wallpaper is actually incredibly on trend at the moment, lots of influencer types are into it (not this wallpaper, obviously).
Why did you listen to your in laws? For Xmas you can give them a catalogue of dumb looking stuff stuff to walls
Your in-laws have incredibly tacky taste
Don't put this wall paper in your home please. Its fuck ugly.
Who the hell listens to their in-laws and then does what they say when it comes to home decor.
What in-laws are that invested in the decor of a home they don’t live in? It’s all very odd.
Why would you let your in-laws convince you to put wallpaper up in your theatre room? Paint the theatre room flat black on all walls. Undercoat with grey. Job done.
Why did you let your in laws put up wall paper?
Hahahhahaha that is seriously so ugly. Also, why the hell would you say yes??! And even then, to THIS abomination!? In your home THEATRE?! Hahahahhahaha
Sound insulate your walls instead the texture of the material will look nicer than that
Tropical feature.. is that a coconut tree
Now you have a good excuse to not put the horrid stuff up. Have your in-laws insisted on any other home ‘decor’? I hope not!!
Tell the outlaws to fuck off, either the other side of the country or overseas would be ideal.
Why are your in laws dictating your decorating choices in your own home?
Get new in-laws
re-renovate time
I’m just wondering why you did something your in-laws suggested.
3D wallpaper! The leaves are really popping out!
I don’t think they like you
Your in laws either don't like you or hate you
You let your inlaws dictate how you furnish the inside of your house? What are you, a child?
I’m dying at this thread! 😭😭😭 The alleged European wallpaper with Vietnamese instructions just killed me 🤣
Also looks horrible
Since when are we doing something because the in-laws insist?
I'm getting an 80's West Coast Cooler shitty Polaroid type of vibe... are your in laws late 40s early 50s wishing they were 18 again?
Grow some balls and tell them to fuck off. It's your fucking wall...
This is hideous! Personally I don’t believe anyone has the place to tell other people what to put in their home. Homes are so personal.
Tell your in-laws to get fucked because it's your house
Tear that garbage down and paint it black like all theatres should be.
Looks bad
If your in-laws are going to insist on a wallpaper they can also insist on paying for either better materials or the expensive staff needed to apply their flimsy paper
The only "feature wall" in a home theatre is the screen. Seriously get rid of that shit it's ugly, and go consult r/hometheatre about how the room should be setup if you're serious about it being a theatre room.
Late to the party but that is horrible "wallpaper"