Here's my favourite example. We were renovating an old 1920s house and wanted to replicate the timber/wood/plaster look on a wall that needed replacing. The t

Here's my favourite example. We were renovating an old 1920s house and wanted to replicate the timber/wood/plaster look on a wall that needed replacing. The timber was cut to a certain profile. Went to the local builder supplies and asked about getting some timber cut to the profile of my sample. The guy behind the desk says: "Whaddya wanna do that for? Just chuck a bit of gyppie up mate, she'll be right!" Translation: Cover the wall with gyprock (sheet rock for Americans). Don't worry about making it look the same. It's an attitude, an instruction and a lifestyle rolled into one thing. I got the timber cut somewhere else.