I'm tired of scraping wallpaper, and now it's the living room's turn. We're considering covering the walls with beadboard paneling.
Do you think it will be too much to cover an entire room with this, aesthetically speaking? Feel free to post picture examples if you have any... Other opinions are gratefully received. Or if you have tips on other wall coverings that can be slapped up over existing wallpaper...
Do you think it will be too much to cover an entire room with this, aesthetically speaking? Feel free to post picture examples if you have any... Other opinions are gratefully received. Or if you have tips on other wall coverings that can be slapped up over existing wallpaper...
My living room was clad with paneling. Not beadboard, but tongue-and-groove paneling from the 60s. It was too much paneling for me, so I removed the upper two-thirds and placed drywall there instead. In the hallway, however, I've put up full-height beadboard. It's a smaller room where it's more useful for the walls to be a bit more durable. But of course, it's a matter of taste.
Are the wallpapers poorly adhered, or why should you scrape them off? New wallpaper can be slapped over old wallpaper if they aren't very poorly adhered. Otherwise, you can put up renovation drywall which can be painted or wallpapered, but that involves some joint compound work.
Are the wallpapers poorly adhered, or why should you scrape them off? New wallpaper can be slapped over old wallpaper if they aren't very poorly adhered. Otherwise, you can put up renovation drywall which can be painted or wallpapered, but that involves some joint compound work.
In some program (might have been "hustoppen") there were some people who had installed paneling up to about 2 meters and aligned it with windows and doors.
Above it, they had painted or wallpapered with a quite distinctive color.
I was very impressed by it!
But it should probably be in an older house.
Above it, they had painted or wallpapered with a quite distinctive color.
I was very impressed by it!
But it should probably be in an older house.
The thing is, the previous owners put up patterned/texture wallpapers in every room, which are now starting to fall down in places. After tearing these down in three rooms, then putting up easy cover and wallpapering over, we've simply gotten tired of this tedious work. Sure, it would be possible to put renovation plasterboard over it and then wallpaper as usual, but we were a bit tempted to try something different. Since we don't want to be without our living room for too long, panel boards felt like a simpler and quicker alternative. I also hate plastering, so the idea of renovation plasterboard is not very appealing...
My personal opinion is that beadboard and other panel boards rarely suit larger spaces. I have panel boards in the outer hall and in the laundry room, areas of just a few square meters. In the kitchen, there is wainscoting made of real beadboard of coarse dimension that has been there since the 1800s, it goes up to 160 cm in height if I remember correctly, with wallpaper above. Fits well in an old farmhouse kitchen.