At some point we'll properly plaster the entryway. and get rid of the yellowy patterned wallpaper. But as we've seen from our front room, this is an involved process. Stripping away 90+ years of wallpaper and paint is not our idea of a fun weekend.
So much like the British Conservatives with Brexit, we'll just kick the can down the road a bit longer. However, unlike our esteemed government - we will actually do this. Likely after we finish the loft. In the meantime, we'll just cover things up with white paint.
The base paint we used was Zinsser Wallpaper Cover-Up. We used the cover stain version in the front room and it did a nice job on the awful nicotine stains. So hopefully this version, designed to go over wallpaper, has a similar result. We also used cover stain on the coving.
Carolyn loves it when I take flattering live action photos of her DIY and post them in the internet. Luckily, I'm writing this post from Canada so hopefully it's forgotten by the time I get back :)
We had some obligatory Sugar Soap to clean the existing wallpaper and improve the adhesion of the paint.
This was followed by the stain blocking paint and then a couple of coats of matt white cotton Dulux paint.
End result looks pretty good. Much better than what was there before. Eventually this work will all be undone when we plaster the hallway. But this is likely still a while away so at least the first thing people see now when they come into our house isn't some yellowy walls.
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