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Walked through a 1920s house in Savannah and the plaster walls were still perfect.
Made me think about how we used to take a week on a single room, but now the schedule wants it done in a day. Anyone else miss when the craft had that kind of time?
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bethj447mo ago
My grandpa was a plasterer in Chicago. He talked about the three coat method like it was a religion. Now they slap up drywall so fast the seams crack before the paint dries. That old plaster in Savannah has a hundred years of patience in it. We traded that patience for speed and it shows in every corner of a new build.
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willow_martin7mo ago
That line about trading patience for speed really hits home... I see it in everything now, not just walls. We used to make things to last generations, now we make them to last until the next trend. My grandma's cast iron skillet is older than my dad, but my nonstick pan flaked in a year. It's like we forgot how to wait for anything good.
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murray.rowan6mo ago
Read an article that called it "the tyranny of the fast schedule." Totally get what @bethj44 means about her grandpa, that three coat method was about pride not just speed. We just don't build in that kind of care anymore.
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