My home is an old farm house , which plaster walls.
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It sounds like the whole room is papered but that you only want to fix section under window. Is that correct? Of course you could do this by washing and filling in any gaps in the plaster and then painting. But it might still look odd. Probably best to remove wall paper from entire room.
I have several rentals and always try to go the simple way. First remove all the loose paper and repair any cracks. I love the look of plaster, so I get a big box of drywall compound, a large drywall blade and begin to plaster the wall much like icing a cake. This looks great and you don't have to do the whole room (makes a great accent wall) or even the whole wall. Chair rail molding at about 3 or 4 foot height works as a cut off point. Takes no time at all and lasts forever. I plastered a plywood wall fifteen years ago in my kitchen and its still perfect.
Can a sideboard be installed at this location?