Friends are coming to visit from abroad at fairly short notice. The wallpaper in our spare room is really tired and faded (as it was when they last visited 5 years ago!)
We still haven’t got round to decorating because there’s a chance that when we remove the wallpaper, plaster will come with it so it becomes a bigger, longer job.
Eventually we will need to do it properly but even in the unlikely event we could find a plasterer and decorator at such short notice, there really isn’t enough time.
I’ve been consudering a stop gap which is painting the wallpaper (it’s flat, not anaglypta or wood chip). We could do this ourselves fairly quickly.
I’ve googled and believe this can be done successfully if you use a special wallpaper sealant first so that the paint doesn’t soak into the paper, improving the finish and stopping the moisture from making the paper peel.
Has anyone done this and had decent results?
if anyone is willing to post photos of the finished result that would be appreciated.
thanks