I am not from Texas but curiosity has taken over. I have never seen a wall with veins. Do you mind sharing a photo?

I'm with emmarene, would like to see what this looks like! Also the orange peel texture - I've heard it mentioned but never seen it. I think these things are pretty regional. I've never seen anything but smooth walls here unless it is a deliberate attempt to create texture as part of a specific decor. Our kitchen had these weird thickly textured walls when we first moved in, maybe supposed to be some plaster-type treatment I can't really describe, and although I didn't mind the look, it was a huge dust and grease catcher, particularly in a kitchen.

Heavily textured wall...

I am from Canada and this is very rare here we tend to like smooth walls , but o would get rid of those for sure.

Orange peel, especially light, is pretty common here in the south. The rough texture in your photo should be replaced.

Thanks for the advice... I agree too that it is not a flattering look but what do I know since I'm from the Midwest!? I'm redoing the kitchen and its in the kitchen and the eat in area. To me, it just doesn't go with anything.

Is it an old home? Watch HGTV Fixer Upper, see if there is ship lap under that not so great texture wall! Smile.

Yuck. If it were artistically done, that would be different, but it's just joint compound slathered on by laborers (it's cheaper and faster than doing a good finish job on the joints).

Tatts.....its a look out here...we looked at tons of home before we moved and in Texas it is everywhere...not yuck just not your style I guess...our home believe me is not cheap...I really am starting to love the look.

That is actually a lot like our kitchen walls when we moved in, this is in CT and we moved into the home in 1998 (built 1972, I'm
sure the texture wasn't original, but don't know when it was done.) But it was more than that, a lot more. (Probably done by the same folks who put in pink and green carpets and wallpaper w green borders and faux marble laminate everywhere). We were advised to paint it with a semigloss finish which made it easy to wipe off, but even so in the kitchen it always attracted grime in the crevices. When we redid the kitchen we got rid of it and I don't miss it!

I would have already had the sander out. Thank you for posting the picture. I learn a lot here.

I grew up near Chicago and moved to Texas 35 years ago. Those walls would have to go for me. I think they look dated and like the texture is trying to hide something.

It is pretty popular in Texas. I believe it is similar to a Venetian plaster skip trowel finish. I love it - but then I also live in Texas !

Looks like someone used heavy plaster to cover sheet rock lines. I don't like it and have not seen the popularity of it.

My son was house shopping in Texas and also came across those heavily textured walls. When he questioned the builder about it, he was told that the texturizing covers up a multitude of sins when the workmanship might be substandard. Pretty sad, but probably an accurate assessment.

I am born and bred Texan and that skip trowel look got popular about 10 ago and can hide those terrible cracks from foundation problems that plague us in Dallas with those clay soils. it is much faster to slap on than a standard knock down texture with is really more common. I have done both in bath room updates. It may be harder to sand or take lots of texture compound to change that skip trowel. Go with what you like and don't worry if it is a Texas thing or not.

I live in Texas...we have owned two older homes here. One was built in the 70's and one in the 80's, and neither had this type of texturing...I have seen it in some newer homes. Is it supposed to resemble stucco, and be kind of a southwestern look, maybe?

My sister used to live in a home that was "custom built" in 1999. It was in a suburb north of Dallas. She had that sort of texture but it was trying to emulate "old world look". The house was that way when she bought it. We both grew up in an older home in an upscale part of Dallas built in 1941 that had the normal orange peel.

Maribel - i am buying a house that has this texture. I really dont like it. I am curious to know what did you end up doing??

I am from the midwest and we bought a house that a GC lived in and sold us. We have textured walls just like that, however the faux painted walls looked great. But I hate that every room has weird kind of texture, I think he was practicing different techniques. I is a lovey house, but I like more continuity. And yes I believe it is a dated look.

It is actually a cheap option. The TX builders get by cheaper throwing joint command on or spraying texture on the walls. Plus it hides all their crappy building errors. I’ve lived all over the US and TX takes the cake for horrible construction and choices.

this thread is 3 years old!

Looking for current threads on the texture issue. My husband INSISTS we must texture our walls after removing wallpaper & I don’t know how to politely tell him that I think he’s wrong.

If walls are not smooth and damaged from wallpaper removal a slight texture does help hide damage...

I live in Texas and have very heavy textured walls and found that I love the look..but do not like the orange peel look.

It’s easy enough (read that as time consuming and a total pain) to fix walls after removing wallpaper. Shellac prime to seal everything, skim coat where needed, prime again, done. Much nicer than texture but I live in the southeast where no one uses texture.

Maybe it's supposed to resemble stucco? For a southwest "flavor"? I don't mind it. The house I grew up in (circa 30s or 40s), my dad painted my room and used a small corn hand broom to paint a half circle texture on the walls. I thought it was pretty neat back then. If done well, I still think it's neat - in the right setting.

I just moved to Houston from Canada. Having an interior design back ground I find the wall texture in Texas very out dated. I feel generally the over all style of design too is on more traditional side and out dated.
But hate the textured walls.

@fali52 I agree! We moved to Houston from Sweden 8 years ago and it was like travelling back in time.. LOL. I’m slowly scandifying my Texas-home. :)

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I live in Texas in the Houston area. That faux finish was very popular several years ago when Tuscan was the trend. No new builds have it now as far as I can tell.

Options are to sand and float the entire ceiling. Apply light orange peel with a flat paint. PatchCo Drywall Metroplex

With all respect, have you read the thread? Nobody likes orange peel or any other texture.