Not to discourage using wallpaper, but often a new buyer of the house does NOT like wallpaper of any kind. Personally I like wallpaper, but on all buy and remodel homes I have worked on all wallpaper is the 1st to go. Perhaps your area may be different and I do not think it will stop a sale.
I have learned both in homes and in business (stores) that everyone wants to put their own personal touch on it. Have you considered textured paint? I think you can even make any paint textured by adding sand. Not sure what sand to buy though. Never done this, just remember seeing textured paint in the stores a decade ago.
--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, Cindi Waters <clean_boost@...> wrote:
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> thanks, sharry. The problem is that I'm fixing it up so I can sell it -- but I have a feeling the wrinkles will come out with paste and water. If not, i'll just have to buy better wallpaper. :-) I found a couple of places on the net that sells textured wallpaper, which will make it easier than painting for the hallway & kitchen, because they already have wallpaper that is peeling off and the paste under it is hard to get off in order to have a smooth paint job, so I think that textured wallpaper will be a whole lot better and easier. And if new owners want to change it, let them. but right now I only want to make it look nice and clean, if possible.
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> Just a thought for you Cindi, if you can't put this on the wall, you can place it in the back of bookcases, lots of uses for wallpaper; hope your project works out ok, assume you are hanging on the wall.
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> >I got a few rolls of wallpaper, no refund. They weren't too expensive, but I'd like to use them. The problem is they have folds, or dents, and when I unrolled it, the dents (like a paper fold) cannot be smoothed down by hand. I just tried, I didn't hang it yet but I don't know about wallpaper. Can somehow it be smoothed out or am I ruined?
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