Painting Wallpaper--Just Say No!
Let me explain, I just bought an 1892 home in Lowell. Here I am, a proud new homeowner, anxious to get in there and make it my own. Wallpaper? A little steam, a little DIF, no problem! However, I took a good look at the back hallway, which is a hideous lime green color, and saw the seams of wallpaper beneath a coat or two of paint. I attacked...and got nowhere.
Sure, it sounds like a good idea, so easy, "well, I don't feel like removing the wallpaper so I'll just paint over it!" Good solution for you--but not for the next owner, who has to try and remove it (without damaging the original horse hair plaster)!
There could be a horror movie about this subject. It could have a nicely dressed couple walk into a friend's home to find them doing the unthinkable...painting wallpaper! (sound effects here--think darting camera views and screaming sounds) They urge their friends to stop and think about the future when other owners must spend countless hours scaping away the paint just to remove numerous layers of wallpaper! Those warned will laugh...until the Bad House Karma monster comes for them. Then they need to appease him by removing all paper and paint to the bare walls.
So, this is an SOS from a seriously budget-strapped homeowner who needs to remove the painted wallpaper from a good portion of the home without losing the original plaster walls.
And yes, I had been warned that buying a restoring an old home will make you insane. I did it anyway:)
Sure, it sounds like a good idea, so easy, "well, I don't feel like removing the wallpaper so I'll just paint over it!" Good solution for you--but not for the next owner, who has to try and remove it (without damaging the original horse hair plaster)!
There could be a horror movie about this subject. It could have a nicely dressed couple walk into a friend's home to find them doing the unthinkable...painting wallpaper! (sound effects here--think darting camera views and screaming sounds) They urge their friends to stop and think about the future when other owners must spend countless hours scaping away the paint just to remove numerous layers of wallpaper! Those warned will laugh...until the Bad House Karma monster comes for them. Then they need to appease him by removing all paper and paint to the bare walls.
So, this is an SOS from a seriously budget-strapped homeowner who needs to remove the painted wallpaper from a good portion of the home without losing the original plaster walls.
And yes, I had been warned that buying a restoring an old home will make you insane. I did it anyway:)
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Comment by Heather Cole on July 28, 2009 at 12:44pm - Love it! We have not had to deal with that particular nightmare, thank goodness!
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