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Painted Ceilings and Floors

By Gary Woltal

Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams Realty 0575737

June 22, 2008 12:25 PM

I know some of these photos have circulated around on the Internet but they arrived back in my InBox again today and I thought I would share with all the interior designers and painters within the group. These kind always have me tripping and I don't know if they are real or some kind of Photoshop illusion but if you were to do these in a house I KNOW your visitors would be tripping.

YOU GOTTA LOVE THIS ONE.

THIS IS A CEILING MURAL IN A SMOKER'S LOUNGE.

Painted Ceiling

Now, imagine you are at a party. It's the tenth floor of a high rise building. And then you have to visit the bathroom. Let's say maybe you've had a drink or three.

YOU OPEN THE DOOR

NOW, REMEMBER

THE FLOOR IS JUST A PAINTED FLOOR.

KINDA TAKES YOUR BREATH AWAY DOESN'T IT??

Painted Floor

Would this mess up your mind? Would you be able to walk into this bathroom? The amazing power of paint and the mind!!!

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Brigita McKelvie, Associate Broker

Cindy Stys Equestrian and Country Properties, Ltd. - Lehigh Valley, PA

The Broker with horse sense and no horsing around

Gary,

These murals are great! Do you think the smokers would get the idea? LOL

Jun 23, 2008 12:03 AM

Becky Respess

Broker/Associate Century 21 Judge Fite Co - Cedar Hill, TX

ABR, CRB, CRS

Gary, I love the pics. Especially, the one in the smokers lounge. Do you think it might give smokers the incentive to stop smoking?

Jun 23, 2008 02:55 AM

William Feela

WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN

Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

Gary...Love the pics...the get right to the point. I got a chuckle, thanks!

Jun 23, 2008 04:25 AM

Leesa Finley

RED Properties - Wake Forest, NC

RED Properties - Raleigh NC Real Estate

Wow - those are crazy! I would have anxiety attacks in any of the rooms that you pictured! Especially the grave one - YIKES!!!

Jun 23, 2008 06:27 AM

Sharon Tara

Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH

Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

I really think I would get dizzy in that bathroom. I know it is mind over matter but I think, in this case, matter would win!

Jun 23, 2008 07:04 AM

Tori Lynn Wallitsch

Prudential Ambassador / Ross Designs, LLC - Omaha, NE

I have seen some of those and always get a kick out of them! Thanks for posting.

Jun 23, 2008 07:07 AM

Karen Turney

Homesmart - Phoenix, AZ

Phoenix Real Estate

Great Photos, wonderful use of imagery. I had a client that painted his kids college apartment floor like a basketball court, he figured they would ruin the carpet anyway.

Jun 23, 2008 03:11 PM

Michelle Hall

Century 21 Hecht - Denver, NC

Gary, this is too funny. I was laughing at the thought of having one too many and walking into that bathroom. Thanks for the laugh.

Jun 25, 2008 03:48 PM

Gary Woltal

Keller Williams Realty - Flower Mound, TX

Assoc. Broker Realtor SFR Dallas Ft. Worth

Trey: The bathroom is eerie.

Brigita: I hope the smokers get it.

Becky: I hope so.

William: Absolutely to the point.

Leesa: Yikes, for the grave!!!

Sharon: Matter wins, I agree.

Tori Lynn: They have been around awhile.

Karen: That's funny with the basketball court.

Michelle: After drinking, you'd think you were REALLY messed up with that floor.

Jun 25, 2008 04:19 PM

Penny Florence

Midvale, UT

Those were so neat, I don't know if I could use the bathroom-I hate hights!

Jun 25, 2008 04:35 PM

Gary Woltal

Keller Williams Realty - Flower Mound, TX

Assoc. Broker Realtor SFR Dallas Ft. Worth

Penny: I think the bathroom would make you wonder if you were going to fall through it.

Jun 25, 2008 04:43 PM

Jim Albano

Prudential Damiano Realty - Little Falls, NJ

Team - Jean-Marie Vantuno / Realtors North Jersey Real Estate

Gary, those are fantastic. Thanks for sharing them.

Jun 27, 2008 09:05 AM

Anonymous

Bottom one is a Photoshop picture

Just a heads up. The bathroom photo is actually someone's Photoshop contest entry. Someone cropped the Worth1000.com information from the bottom of the photo (On the bottom of the photo, on the rim of the tub, you can see a white pixel or two from the "W"). You may want to check out Worth1000; much of what is circulated on the internet as photographs of real phenomena are wonderfully creative Photoshopped photos submitted to Worth1000 contests.

-Allison

Jul 10, 2008 05:35 AM

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Virginia Tatseos

Stage-Show-Sell - Bloomfield Township, MI

So this means that putting a register trademark etc on your photos is no protection!!

I had to look at the bathroom many times to see the man floating in space.

that's great.

Jul 10, 2008 07:16 AM

Gary Woltal

Keller Williams Realty - Flower Mound, TX

Assoc. Broker Realtor SFR Dallas Ft. Worth

Jim: You are welcome.

Allison: Thanks for the heads up. I thought these were probably Photoshop stuff not real architecture. Everyone knows everything here.

Virginia: Eerie stuff, I know.

Jul 10, 2008 05:19 PM

Anonymous

Allison

The photo of the smoker's lounge may be real, but people are spreading around both photos, which therefore links them in people's minds.

By the way, I just saw an interior designer's website- a very serious one- with that same bathroom photo. He says it's a bathroom on the 10th floor of a highrise! Where could he have gotten such information, I wonder! The Worth1000.com information is clearly visible at the bottom of his photo yet he obviously did not visit the site - and he's an INTERIOR DESIGNER. It is very easy to fool us with faked images and captivating stories, isn't it?

Jul 11, 2008 05:09 AM

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Anonymous

Sharon

Might want to check your info. on things like this. For full explanation, go to this url: http://www.hoax-slayer.com/bathroom-painted-floor.shtml

Another case of don't believe everything you see or read. :)

Also, watch out. You are infringing on an artist's copyrighted material, I'm sure. I'd take these off your website unless you have the author's/artist's permission to publish it on your website. Most of the pictures sent through emails are scanned from books originally and are, therefore, illegal. Don't be part of this by forwarding them on to others or by posting (publishing) them on your own website.

Aug 01, 2008 04:43 AM

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Gary Woltal

Keller Williams Realty - Flower Mound, TX

Assoc. Broker Realtor SFR Dallas Ft. Worth

Allison: This started as a forwarded email kind of joke pictures that I forwarded on to the blog so more people knew about this one then I thought. There's a lot floating out there on the Internet. Thanks for the background.

Sharon: Good point. I usually do just original stuff but I thought this was fascinating from a humor perspective.

Aug 01, 2008 05:11 AM

Anonymous

sage

it's too bad the bathroom floor and the ceiling are products of photoshop.

Feb 08, 2009 02:04 PM

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Anonymous

Sertre

That is soooo funny

Apr 16, 2011 08:19 AM

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