Redo bedroom with popcorn ceiling and wallpaper
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I have a bedroom that I want to redo. It is old and has popcorn ceiling with fully wallpaper walls. The paper is still well secured to the walls. The joint paper at the wall/ceiling is coming off. I would like to redo ceiling and paint over the wallpaper. What do you recommend and in what steps?
5 answers
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Are you in a Plastered house? Popcorn is easily covered with tin or looks like tin tiles. The come in square shapes, and are easy to apply. Check Home Depot. Wallpaper is removable by getting it wet. Spray water on a seam, and start there. Gently pull paper off. Be sure to have a garbage can near by. It can be messy. Work around the room. Don't give up. You will find new muscles! Good luck! (What lies under the current paper, may be more paper!) If your house is lathe 'n plaster, check for cracks, fill and sand them. Maybe this was the reason for was wall paper. And on another note, there is paint able wallpaper. Just another option. We are going to have the ceiling man do our walls because ours is plaster. Another option!
Cathy W
on Dec 31, 2014
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Cathy W's ideas are good. You can also search on the box above for similar projects by other Hometalkers that will show you how it's done and they may inspire you. Good luck. Happy New Year.
Liliana Wells
on Jan 01, 2015
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Hi there. Just wanted to share with you our first ceiling tile project http://www.feralturtle.com/2014/04/a-post-dormer-post.html It was so easy to do. I have since done my master bedroom with the same tile and put it right over the old popcorn ceiling. It is amazing and there's a blog post on that too! Happy New Year! One supplier is American and the master bedroom is from a Canadian company. Had much better service from the American supplier and would shop there again!
Feral Turtle
on Jan 01, 2015
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If there is joint paper at the walls/ceilings, I'm going to guess that you have drywall. And if that joint paper is coming off, you need to figure out why that's happening. It could be a house settling issue, or water damage. Either way, that's not something that typically happens when there are no issues to be dealt with. I'm all about flat surfaces, so I would scrape the ceilings. As long as the popcorn has never been painted, just taking a spray bottle with some warm water to saturate the texture will make it pretty easy to scrape off. Of course, removing all furniture from the room will make this much easier, and keep the floors covered in plastic. When you come across joint paper on the ceiling, use the knife to go across the length of it instead of into/across it. That way you don't have to take it down and put more up. Do a thin layer of joint compound once the ceiling is dry again, sand, and paint. If the popcorn has been painted, scraping it off will be torture (and nearly impossible unless you have the patience of a saint). In this case, I would do two layers of joint compound over the plaster... the first layer will look horrible, the second layer finishes it. Sand and paint. If you want to install tin or foam ceilings over the popcorn, paint the popcorn first. It will make life so much easier as whatever glue you use will actually stick. It does not stick to popcorn ceilings that haven't been painted. Wallpaper will be one of two things... Either a top layer of vinyl or paper over a yellowish/tan paper back, or non-woven. If non-woven, all you have to do is take something pointy and sharp and lift one of the corners. Grab that corner with your finger and pull. Each sheet should come off in one swell swoop that you can just fold up and toss with zero mess. If vinyl or paper over paper back, with something sharp, lift off as much of the top layer as you can (sometimes large sections will come off, sometimes just little bits). Use hot water to soak large sections of the paper back. If it's hard to budge, vinegar added to the water breaks down the glue. Let it sit for a minute and scrape off with a putty knife. This is going to create a lot of mess, so keep your site clean as you go. I use a steamer that I got at Home Depot for multi-layer jobs or for paper that has been installed over plaster. Just don't burn yourself. Wash the remaining glue off of the walls when done. Do any repairs, sand, and paint. If you really insist on painting over the wallpaper, first use a blade to scrap any overlapping seams smooth (again, down the length of it, not across). Fill the gaps with joint compound, and sand. Use an interior primer to cover the color and pattern, and paint.
Lucid Designs
on Jan 01, 2015
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Pull off the wall paper.. there is a tool you can get that puts out steam that makes it easier. paint the walls..and put up some of those faux ceiling tiles..they are very inexpensive, you can paint them, and they can go up with glue. Just make sure you put them up straight. http://www.amazon.com/Faux-Ceiling-Tile-20x20-White/dp/B003DWEAOO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1420129261&sr=8-2&keywords=ceiling+tiles
Terra Gazelle
on Jan 01, 2015
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