Wall Texture

2026-01-13

I have a family friend who really likes house and car upgrades. He was a car mechanic and is currently remodeling his place. He helped me redo my garage which involves redoing the dry wall, adding power outlets, adding primer, paint, and texture.

And this is when I realize that all of our house has has texture, as well as drywall, primer, and paint. And so my question is, why? Some of these have obvious answers:

Drywall: Cheaper than lathe and plaster, nicer than plywood, separates us from the outside and is easy to replace if broken.

Primer (and sealer): This is also pretty obvious, we want our walls to be water resistant and white, we want to protect the drywall.

Paint: Color looks nice than white walls.

Texture: Hmm not sure.

And this is where I was stumped, I am not sure why we have texture on our walls. I think it is because it looks better but that is my only guess.

Here is a wall with texture: https://greenberg.design/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/knock-down-texture.jpg

Here is a wall with no texture: https://alittlekooky.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IMG_5798.jpg

I did do a small google search and it mentioned that texture is used for decoration, sound proofing, and hiding imperfections. And I do think it is cool if texture is done in a consistent manner, like all of the downstairs has a sponge texture on the walls and all of the upstairs has some dots. That seems like a good use of texture.

But the last one reason also resonated with me, hiding imperfections. If you get a slightly dented or cracked piece of drywall, if the screw goes too deep and pulls on the drywall too much, then I complete understanding having textures hides those types of thing. If given then chance I too would like to hide my mistake with some decoration.

-Gary