My family is papering/painting our bathroom. Last time we put paper above the tub, it peeled horribly. So, the question is, would it look okay for us to put border on the walls not surrounding the bathtub?
It’s been my observation over the years that papering a
bathroom is not the wisest thing to do. It will invariably peel
in some point in time. The steam from a bathroom eventually
seeps into the paper and it will lift eventually and most likely
along the seam line. The only way I’d advise a paper product
is if you have a well ventilated bathroom like say a window
you can leave open after steam accumulates.
March 11th, 2010 at 7:57 pm
Sure! Just call it your accent border.
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March 11th, 2010 at 8:15 pm
You can certainly leave off wallpaper from above the bathtub. Pick a coordinating color and paint that wall with a good paint for humid areas. Also you’ll want it to be washable anyplace water could lead to mildew. You could hang a picture over the tub that coordinates with the border on the other walls. Or put up a cute little shelf and put items there that are similar to the border pattern and color. It depends upon how much splashing you have on the wall over the tub.
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March 11th, 2010 at 8:56 pm
It’s been my observation over the years that papering a
bathroom is not the wisest thing to do. It will invariably peel
in some point in time. The steam from a bathroom eventually
seeps into the paper and it will lift eventually and most likely
along the seam line. The only way I’d advise a paper product
is if you have a well ventilated bathroom like say a window
you can leave open after steam accumulates.
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From remodeling places where I’ve lived and have seen
results in other bathrooms with peeling wall paper.