"Centuries ago, Japanese homeowners sectioned off interior spaces using
shoji screens made of paper and wood.

"Today, materials of choice are tempered glass and aluminum, but the goal is
the same: to create interior walls easily, inexpensively and quickly."

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...s/6900052.html

So why can't you use paper and wood? The variety in wallpaper is endless and
would give an opportunity for easy, cheap, redecorating.

HeyBub wrote:
"Centuries ago, Japanese homeowners sectioned off interior spaces using
shoji screens made of paper and wood.

"Today, materials of choice are tempered glass and aluminum, but the goal is
the same: to create interior walls easily, inexpensively and quickly."

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...s/6900052.html

So why can't you use paper and wood? The variety in wallpaper is endless and
would give an opportunity for easy, cheap, redecorating.


Traditional Japanese houses, with the screen walls and matting-covered
floors, burned pretty good. Don't think I could fall asleep in one
unless I personally extinguished all open flames first.

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aem sends...

On Mar 7, 11:49*am, "HeyBub" wrote:
"Centuries ago, Japanese homeowners sectioned off interior spaces using
shoji screens made of paper and wood.

"Today, materials of choice are tempered glass and aluminum, but the goal is
the same: to create interior walls easily, inexpensively and quickly."

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...s/6900052.html

So why can't you use paper and wood? The variety in wallpaper is endless and
would give an opportunity for easy, cheap, redecorating.

....because I have kids and pets.

DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Mar 7, 11:49 am, "HeyBub" wrote:
"Centuries ago, Japanese homeowners sectioned off interior spaces
using shoji screens made of paper and wood.

"Today, materials of choice are tempered glass and aluminum, but the
goal is the same: to create interior walls easily, inexpensively and
quickly."

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...s/6900052.html

So why can't you use paper and wood? The variety in wallpaper is
endless and would give an opportunity for easy, cheap, redecorating.

...because I have kids and pets.

Oh. Of course.

The Japanese only used that stuff in bachelor pads.

I forgot. Sorry.

On Mar 7, 5:55*pm, "HeyBub" wrote:
DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Mar 7, 11:49 am, "HeyBub" wrote:
"Centuries ago, Japanese homeowners sectioned off interior spaces
using shoji screens made of paper and wood.

"Today, materials of choice are tempered glass and aluminum, but the
goal is the same: to create interior walls easily, inexpensively and
quickly."

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...s/6900052.html

So why can't you use paper and wood? The variety in wallpaper is
endless and would give an opportunity for easy, cheap, redecorating.

...because I have kids and pets.

Oh. Of course.

The Japanese only used that stuff in bachelor pads.

I forgot. Sorry.

You asked: "So why can't you use paper and wood"

In this case, "you" is "me" and I answered for "me" and "me" only.

I've seen what *my* kids and *my* pets can do to walls made of
plaster, so I'm pretty sure paper wouldn't stand up very well in *my*
house.

Maybe Japanese kids and pets are much gentler than mine. I can't say.

The again, we don't know how often they repair/repaired their paper
walls either. That info might help answer your question also.