Wallpaper

When I had my house, it was a new build, with almost perfect, emulsioned walls. No wallpaper. I've tended to stick to that and just emulsion walls antique white. Our hotel room at the weekend had a feature wall with beautiful wallpaper. It's put me in the notion to do the same with my bedroom.

Are you plain walls, or do you prefer a nicely patterned wallpaper?

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Alice I used to enjoy papering walls, my walls are all plain now it makes it easier to keep them looking good.
I would not want a 'feature wall', like all the other fashion fads eg the dado rail they date very quickly.

A lot of the 'feature walls' seem to 'feature' the exact same paper too

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I had a new build house before i got this one, and it was painted in an off white just the same, i think it's to give you a blank canvas so you can do whatever you want with it. I just left it as it was and it felt no different to paper really, as i introduced some warm Reds so it didn't have a cold feel.
Now in this house being older and lived in, it has the usual paper and Anaglypta and Artex ceilings with coving. But really i rather have wallpaper you can change the rooms look and make it your own style.

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Meg it definitely is easier to keep plain walls. In here it's mostly anaglypta wallpaper, already here when I arrived! I've emulsioned over some of it. So much more to do. Although that wallpaper in the hotel room was nice, I couldn't go back to patterned wallpaper throughout. That would just be too much Dado rails were nice in their time, and wallpaper borders. I had them all, but just want an easy life nowadays I did like that wallpaper though......

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I used to love wallpaper still do if I can find something I like sadly most seem to be huge patterns and bright colours whereas I like a smaller pattern and keep away from the neons.

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All rooms chez Apricot are plain magnolia painted, bar one which has, even though I say it myself, very nice wallpaper.

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All our rooms are wallpapered...

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Mags, in here has been wallpapered too, but the hall was replastered as I tried to take the wallpaper off and the plaster came off with it . It'll be a case of emulsioning walls in here as I'd hate there to be plaster everywhere. That wallpaper at the hotel was so rich looking. It looked great and complimented the furniture.

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I've always painted. Habit, I guess, but I am not really keen on wallpaper. I do use colour in places, though.

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I do like to have one wall in the room wallpapered, it just adds a bit of interest. I couldn't afford to do a whole room anyway, so I like to pick the best I can afford.