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Message:: [QUOTE="Rufus@frockstarvintage, post: 4298998, member: 5939"]Gotta say, respectively of course - the problem with your opinion is there is very clearly a slope here... and IMHO such disregard for *lesser* older items is the soap that makes it all slippery. The more permissive we are, the more we liberally advocate this DIY/ReDo/Upcycle trend, then the more people doing so.... the more NEW!!! websites urging "freshening old junky thrifted brown furniture" -- etc ad nauseum..... It naturally follows that the voices of those who oppose such "artistic expression" are drowned out by the paint-smeared "influencers" and the less preservation - minded types are acknowledged....which means that the truly wonderful and special pieces ALSO inevitably fall into the FUNKY PAINTED FURNITURE abyss -- since no one knows or cares about old things anymore except as *ugly *brown* makeover candidates reborn as tacky candy colored "fun" "statement" "funked up" garbage..... of course, the more anyone objects, the voices who have a RIGHT to DOOO WHAT I WANNA DOOOO rise in unison, albeit in a chorus that sounds off-key... at least to me. One last thing -- I am old enough to remember the horrible *freshened-up *antiqued* pieces which were the victims of similar "trendsetters" during the 50s&60s.... which produced the rabid *JUST STRIP IT!!!* type during the 70s & 80s. Wasn't a fan of those guys either! .... /rant[/QUOTE]