Home Depot and Mexican immigration brought home the image that building and construction was merely a physical activity, not a skill and talent, in other words anyone with a pick-up truck and who was willing to get sweaty was suddenly an expert tile man, a landscaper, a roofer, a painter, a carpenter, sheet rock man, concrete expert, roofer, or whatever, and man does it show in modern America.
which is why rooms aren't square and walls aren't straight.
Yes. My home was built after the war, in the late 40s, quickly b/c there was a housing shortage at that time.
I have a beautiful, original tiled bathroom - some of the tiles were chipped and I wanted to have them replaced - called a reputable tiler that came highly recommended (tiling is a highly skilled craft) - he absolutely admired the tiling in my bathroom, said it was done extremely well, carefully and was very precise - said “tiling like that isn’t done any longer unless you want to pay thousands of dollars for it!”
Unfortunately, I was unable to have the tiles replaced and had to have new tiling installed.