Wallpaper vs. Paint

I read my log files occasionally just to see what search terms folks are searching for.  One that came up today struck me as important.  It was "wallpaper vs. paint."

Now I am assuming someone is considering doing home improvements and wants to know which way to go.

I wish I could have posted something sooner, but alas, I fear I am too late!

DON'T Wallpaper!  Did you hear that? 

I don't care how much you pay or how lovely the wallpaper matches your couch, don't use it.  The people who will come to buy your home will HATE it.

Yes, HATE it!  Your house will set on the market, rotting from the wallpaper.  (It's actually better to have Radon and Expansive soils than wallpaper! At least they can be mitigated.)

Paint is good.  If they don't like it, they can repaint, it's cheap, it's easy.

But Wallpaper is not easy.  It takes a lot of hard work and elbow grease to remove.  I know I've been on both sides.

In college I earned a living hanging wallpaper.  Three years of wallpaper is a lot of wallpaper.

Sometimes at night I swear I can hear the people in and around Toledo, Ohio  cursing me.

Comments

[Bohemia Anarchiste]

Might I ask exactly who it was who bought those three homes from you? I can almost guarentee that they were either old women or very inexperienced byers. Or they were gay... Paint is a much more sensible approach, as it is more appealing to younger people and, again, can easily be altered to fit the new owners personal taste.

[S. Lewis]

I disagree. I have owned three homes, wallpapered in all of them and sold them within a month at double what I paid.

Wallpaper adds texture, life and beauty to a room. I couldn't not wallpaper and have never had a home sit on the market and rot.