Who knew that painting and wallpaper could be so expensive?
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Does painting old wallpaper make it much harder to remove later?
Comments (3)I have an old house from 1780. We bought it last year. Every room is wallpapered. We removed the paper in the kitchen and one bathroom. These rooms had sort of a semi-gloss paint under wallpaper and it wasn't that hard to remove the paper. Now I started in the upstairs hallway and boy that paper is stuck but good. Raw plaster (horsehair) underneath. So I call in the pros who had given me a $300 estimate to remove the paper in both of the hallways and up the stairs. Well after working on just one long wall, they say that it will cost about $3000 since the paper is so well-adhered. So I say stop stripping the paper and what are my options. They suggest sealing the paper and painting over it. I said fine, I can do that. So I tested some primer on it and nary a bubble appeared. So my solution is to just paint over it. Not my preference, but definitely easier on my wallet!...See Morenever knew I had a 'before' kitchen! (painting 80s melamine cabs)
Comments (32)natesgram, thanks, I've actually seen that link before, and it's what really pushed me towards painting. It really has a lot of helpful info too. As much as I would love to get new doors (shaker is my favorite!), I'm going with paint for now. The wallpaper...yes, I don't see what's wrong with it either. I took a really close up shot just to show the blue specks, but it really just looks like textured cream colored walls. I would like to know if the suggestions to remove it are because it's ugly/dated or more for resale purposes where painted walls are the preference for most buyers??? alabamanicole, now that I look at it some more, I agree the track lighting needs to go. It should be easy and inexpensive ($100-150?) to change it out. I love the look of bronze, but would it work with my ss appliances and ss cabinet pulls? Or should I get bronze pulls and faucet...CAN you have a bronze faucet and a stainless steel sink? Confusing! Also, thanks for your kitchen idea. The rest of my house is decorated with warm creams, reds, greens. I love organic stuff like wicker, stone, metal, and I love shaker style, country style, and arts-n-crafts style. I really like cream cabinets, but I already have enough cream with the counter, the tile, and the wall. The breakfast bar opens into the dining room, which is has cream furniture and red and green as the accent colors. The kitchen doesn't have to be matchy-matchy with the adjoining rooms, but it should flow colorwise. I'm going for a sleek, simple, yet casual and warm look with bluish/green cabinets. Below are kitchen looks that I love. Some won't work with my sleek cabinets, but it's just to everyone an idea of the look and feel that I hope to achieve... I love the color on this wall...if I ever take down my wallpaper! lol I love the warmth and casualness of cream cabinets. My dream kitchen...if I could start from scratch! :) Here, I love how the bottom cabinets are darker than the top cabs. Cute chandelier, and the island color is gorgeous! Ok, since I also LOVE the idea of two cabinet colors, what if I paint my top cabs cream and my bottom cabs blue/green? I really can't decide between my two colors below, and painting all the cabs either color will be too much cream in the room, or too much blue/green in the the room...no? I'm also open to sage green. If I go with using two colors, what if I paint the storage wall like the storage wall below (where the top and sides would be the blue/green color)?...See MorePainting over expensive string wallpaper...
Comments (10)I have nothing but the utmost respect for funcolors, so certainly you should consider other options. But to me, you have lived 12 years with the finish you hate. If it were paint, you would not hesitate to change the color - in fact, you would have changed it long before. But because it is wallpaper and was expensive is no reason to not feel that you have paid your dues by living with it for 12 years. Cars are expensive, but no one would fault someone for getting rid of one after 12 years. Furnaces and dishwashers and fridges and couches are expensive, but 12 years is a long relationship with anything like that. So you have my permission, LOL, to paint away, and perhaps transform the space into something you love, giving it new life and perhaps some more regular use. This is your house, the place that is your refuge from the world You shouldn't have to live with someone else's choices that you hate - and you have done that for long enough. What if you did a paint in a lighter warm brown, to really get rid of the red/taupe/pink you hate, and then a dry brush of a darker brown or two to highlight the texture, and a final satin sealer glaze over top, to create almost a bamboo look?...See MoreWhy is painting so expensive? And should I do it myself?
Comments (21)If this is just drywall, that's one thing. Baseboard, crown, etc, each piece of trim adds more lines to be cut in, can slow things down, and may cause DIY frustration. Painting can be deceptive. It looks simple. After all, it's just painting. But well done paint jobs will look terrific for years to come. Not-so-good paint jobs may look good for the short term, but over time they can look natty. Really good painters are really, really good. No exaggeration. A bad painter can trash the aesthetic of a house. No exaggeration there either. Some DIYers can do excellent work. Others fall in to the not-so-good category. If you pursue this yourself and you have a lot of flat surfaces to cover, consider investing in an 18" roller set-up. A nice all metal Wooster 18" frame, an 18" tray, a quality extension pole, and several rollers. Add a couple of canvas drop cloths and a couple of quality brushes (trim, cutting in, etc) and you'll have most of the equipment needed. A spinner helps for cleanup. For $200, maybe $250, you can have a decent setup. Start in the least public room to get experience. If you're going to make mistakes, why not make them there? After doing the other rooms, you can go back and correct any mistakes. Plan your way around the room, taking trim, windows and doors into account. Cut in as needed. Load the roller, place the paint, roll it out. Don't overwork it which can lead to orange peel. Don't speed roll, it can lead to splatters. Keep a wet edge and develop a rhythm. I highly recommend a paint brush and roller spinner for cleanup. Watch the DIY shows on TV and do the exact opposite of what they do....See Moredan1888
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