Wallpaper - to paint, or not?

[Scott_W]

If you have textured wallpaper is might even look better than just painted flat wall. Peeling wallpapers off and then making walls flat sounds as a challenge if you're going to do it by yourself. So just pick up good paint and make a base on the wallpaper. Good luck with your painting!

[davewill0001]

If you want to change your wallpaper, you should peel it off first before putting any paint so that there will be no wallpaper residues in your wall. Oh, either way, you should peel it off first.

[JacklynA]

Painting for me. I always love to see 3 combined colors such as red, white, and black. Then I will match it with floral curtains.

[Emma]

I think that wallpapers can be painted over, but it’s important to buy a good quality primer, especially if the wallpapers you want to cover are darker than the color of the paint.

[Gumball]

Its definitely worth repainting over. Not only is painting over it cheaper, it will save you time.
I'd recommend using white as its a neutral colour and will make the room feel cleaner, bigger and will go well with almost any furniture. This is escpecially important if you decide to rent out the property as you have to appeal to as many people as possible.

[petercmfjohn]

if there is no kids (below 4yrs) in the house wall paper is the best. else painting is better as most companies wont sell same kind of wallpaper in the next years.

[ambition]

If you could I would advise stripping paper, skim plaster the walls and double coat paint with white primer coat....just my opinion

[New Homes Expert]

The only thing to do is to remove the wallpaper, repair the wall with filler and paint.
Easier is to repaper, but it is old fashioned and takes longer than painting.