In the new house (not yet ready for pics) I have an office. The walls are a flat ocean blue and the desk/shelving (still under construction) will be a dirt brown with white trim all coated in satin ...

Then they covered that with an open-cell foam board that’s ¾-inch thick. It seemed the smart thing to do is tear all this off, and I started to do just that, but then I thought to ask you before I go ...