This weekend I was watching one of my favorite home make over shows–Sell this House–and my girl-crush Tanya Memme was explaining how they were going to paint over wallpaper because it had been applied to the wallboard without the wallboard being primed or painted. If they had attempted to remove the wallpaper, the paper from the Sheetrock below would have come off too. After they had painted it, the walls looked good; but, of course, this was on television. In all the homes we’ve owned with wallpaper, we’ve always taken it down–letting loose a string of expletives while doing so, let me assure you–but I was wondering if anyone has attempted painting over wallpaper. If so, did it look good after? Could you tell you painted over wallpaper and not wallboard? Would you do it again??? (Ugly wallpaper pic courtesy of theledger.com)
P.S. There’s some GREAT before and after pics on the Sell this House website!
