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Do you prefer wallpaper or painted walls?

I prefer painted walls- Wall paper is a constant pattern w/ variations depending on the pictures and accesories on the wall. A painted wall can be changed and draped and temporarily changed to your liking.

Stephanie, 24
TX  USA

paint, and none of that cheep stuff either.

Jaden, 21
Brampton, Ontario  CANADA

It's funny that this question was asked..I'm in the middle of doing my first real interior decorating project for our new condo. I like paint best.  I'm obsessed with what color I'm going to paint the living room, and what color of couches I want. I'm only going to do wallpaper in the kitchen. My mother-in-law will help me with all of this stuff. It's all very intimidating

Susan, 31
Chicago
, IL   USA

Paint... nice and simple

Joseph, 19
Glassboro
, NJ   USA

Painted walls.

Shanna, 15
Cardiff   ENGLAND

wallpaper

Melodi, 19
Hlliard
, OH   USA

Painted walls

Tina, 31
Medford
, MA    USA

I highly prefer paint over wallpaper. But depending on the pattern, a rich wallpaper can accomplish so much more than paint.

Felicia, 34
Lowell
, MA   USA

i don't really have a choice, as i live in apts but...i prefer a mixture something styled and designed to what will be in a particular room something in thirds with borders works well in a lot of cases

Firelady, 22
Dallas
, TX   USA

Paint... nice and simple

Joseph

It depends on the room and the furniture. At this time, my living  room sofas are upholstered in a floral print, so I want plain walls. But I have had patterned walls and plain furniture and been equally happy.

Jane, 60
West Linn
, OR   USA

Painted, please. Too much goes wrong with wallpaper - seams, tears, old nail holes, the thrill of removing the wallpaper...

Jesse, 24
Bowie
, MD   USA

Painted walls, because some wallpaper is kinda ugly and I like the contemporary look.

Jeremy, 13
Highlands Ranch
, CO  USA

TOJ: Taste the same to me. Actual answer: paint, paper peels and occasionally has a nails-on-chalkboard like sound when you hit it.

Alias Irrelevante

I PREFER PAINTED WALLS I HAVE REMOVED LAYERS OF WALLPAPER ON A OLDER HOME AND IT WAS A JOB. I DO LIKE THE WALLPAER PRINTS THEY HAVE TODAY AND I DO THINK THAT WALLPAPER DOES COVER UP WALL IMPERFECTIONS. I GUESS IF I HAD SOMEONE TO HELP ME FIND THE RIGHT KIND OF PRINT I MIGHT USE SOME BUT ALSO WITH TODAYS WAYS OF SPONGING AND MAKING DISIGNS WITH PAINT AND PAINT STENCILS I WOULD RATHER USE THE PAINT.

Marci, 55
Diamond
, OH   USA

Painted walls. I think paint doesn't get dated as quickly and you don't get sick of it as quickly. You can be more creative with paint also... I painted a huge mural on my son's walls and I had a ball doing it

Maggie, 20
Sandwich
,
IL  USA

I don't mind a wallpapered kitchen or bathroom....but I like the crisp look of a solid wall in the rest of the house. My thinking is that a person claiming to hate wallpaper has basically had some god-awful experience trying to put the crap up!

Fisch, 45
Preston
, CT   USA

Painted walls.

Karen, 21
Marshelltown/Ames
, IA  USA

I have no preference. I like them both.

Reba, 50
Rockville
, MD USA

painted walls

Brooke, 16
Memphis
, TN USA

Depends on the wallpaper and the color of paint.

Kim, 30
New York
, NY USA

My husband is a sheet rocker by trade. It has taken 18 years of marriage to convenience my husband to let me paint the walls any other color but white.  Wallpaper is sacrilegious in our household.

Janet, 42
E. Brunswick
, NJ USA

I prefer my wall bright red all around, so they look like a hooker lives there. Aint I sick?

Mick, 30
Chicago
, IL   USA

If I'm doing the work myself, paint is much easier. On the other hand, here are some rooms that can be vastly improved by a combination of paint and wallpaper.

Jill, 59
Saylorsburg
, PA  USA

Painted walls all the way!!! WooHoo!   And anyone out there who said wallpaper--just a foreshadowing:  when you're 60 you'll have plastic covers on all your sofas!!! How horrible is that?

Charlie, 21
PA

painted walls. i think they add more to the tone of a room than wallpaper does.

Karen2, 14
Boston
, MA   USA

painted walls

Savannah

Almost always painted walls. . .

mothmc, 36
Los Angeles
, CA  USA

Painted walls. There's so much more opportunity.

Amy, 23
New Orleans
, LA   USA

That depends on the wallpaper, but if I was doing it myself...paint!

Tracy, 24
Ocean City
, NJ  USA

painted walls

Jade, 16
AUSTRALIA

i'm all about the panelling

Anthony, 25
Baton Rouge
, LA   USA

Paint.

Kevin, 33
Sugar Hill
, GA  USA

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