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[GCR18]

I think wallpaper has been out for quite sometime.  I see textured walls in the newer houses with lots of curves, etc.  I have a love hate relationship with wallpaper.  I love it in a half bath.  I hate it, because I've had to remove it more times than I can count.  My father used to wallpaper over wallpaper, so we had layers.

[queendiva]

For whatever the reason, I like wallpaper in a bathroom and possibly an entry hall-that's about it. .In my former home, purchased new and used by the builder as a model temporarily, the realtor had most of the rooms on the first floor papered. Immediately had the builder remove the dark floral paper from the very large kitchen. The builder nearly had a fit, as the paper and the labor to hang it cost a bundle. Hideously ugly. Kept the paper in both the half baths. removed the paper above the dining room chair rail for paint ,kept it below as it was quite neutral.

In my present home the only room I papered is the hall bath, which I fully renovated and was used daily by my sons. I still love that faux leather wallpaper. Expensive but worth it and totally doable in a smaller space. The paper did not have a defined repeat pattern so there was little waste which helped. Never got around to papering the half bath and won't bother now as I will move sometime in the not too distant future.

[sandraskates]

Back in the very late 80s I was looking for house and went to about 20 open houses. Many were 2 stories and every room + the walls around the stairs were papered. I ruled those out completely as I didn't want the task of taking it all down.

But wallpaper was very "in" at that time and even my friend papered nearly every wall in their 2 story house.

I don't hate wallpaper but I'd only put it up in a hallway or bathroom.

[gidgetgh]

No wallpaper for me. 

[ID2]

I absolutely cringe when I even hear the word wallpaper! I sold my last home 2 years ago and it had wallpaper, lots of wallpaper. I thought it was beautiful. Well I was the only one. It was a HUGE deterrent when we put our house up for sale! We sold our house in a very short time but people really don't like wallpaper. 

[qualitygal]

For me, I feel if I pay for it, it only matters "what I say". There is no "They" in my decisions.  I plan to only leave this house feet first, so while I'm here, I get to decide what I want.

[CelticCrafter]

I love wallpaper and don't care if it's in or out.

It hides a multitude of sins.

I have the top half of the kitchen papered and the lower half of the dining room done with a chair rail and wide border over the chair rail.

[faeriemoon]

I have had wallpaper and used to love it.  I don't think I would ever wallpaper again.  

[AngelPuppy1]

Love wallpaper!  Always have, always will!  I know styles for home dressing goes in and out just like styles for our dressing, but I feel --- your home is your castle, your refuge --- if you enjoy it--- then go for it!

I had a recent issue of Martha Stewart's magazine and there was an article about wallpaper and this kind that is supposedly much easier to remove when you do decide to remove it.

Any how, I have wallpaper in my kitchen and bathroom.  I think it adds so much warmth and color.  So many people have commented on both patterns and say --- I never really cared for paper, but it looks so cozy and pretty!  

I would love to have it in my bedroom as well. I do not paper, never learned how.  So, I would have find the perfect pattern and find the perfect person to do it.

I say --- go ahead!!!!  

[pattypeep]

@Annabellethecat66  I got such a chuckle out of your post. So much of what you said reminds me of myself and my dh. One day my dh came home from work and I had repainted his bathroom and had put everything back where it was. All he said was "but I liked the other color." He give me carte blanche to do what I want to the house. Love him for that. I used to love wall paper, too, especially when the manufacturers came out with strippable.