How To Paint Beadboard Wallpaper

I absolutely love how it turned out.

How to paint beadboard wallpaper. 8 tips for getting the most out of paintable wallpaper. Also the paint on the wallpaper makes it look just liked painted beadboard. This textured pattern adds visual interest but complicates the process of painting the paneling. The painting took much longer than hanging the wallpaper.

Paintable wallpaper is a thick wall covering with a raised pattern that can be covered with ordinary flat or gloss paint and like regular wall coverings it can be used on one wall throughout an entire room or hallway or on ceilings. Just paint over the colour you fell out of love with. Beadboard vinyl wallpaper looks real and i ll even say that i like it better than regular beadboard panels because the wallpaper won t have the large seams in between each panel. Beadboard paneling is a decorative wall covering featuring a tongue and groove pattern.

At that point i got a little excited and forgot to snap a picture before i attached the doors and knobs. Reasons to use paintable beadboard wallpaper. First i almost always paint beadboard paneling before i cut it to size and install it. Paintable wallpaper is an excellent solution to many common design problems.

It makes me want to put beadboard all over the house. It gives texture and a classic look. I went white to match the rest of my wall. After that dried i painted the whole thing including the beadboard wallpaper with a couple of coats of semi gloss white latex paint.

How to paint beadboard. Paint your beadboard wallpaper. Beadboard wallpaper is paintable so you can paint it any color you want. I used a flat paint this time only because i was using what i had on hand.

I used a gloss white decorator paint. The beadboard design adds architectural interest. A paint roller only applies paint to the surface of the beadboard leaving the grooves unpainted which results in a streaked effect. I find it s much easier to get paint into the grooves while it s laying flat on a work surface than after it s installed and you have to jab the paint into the grooves at the bottom where it meets the baseboard or whatever it s sitting on.

You will want to paint the entire wall in your trim paint. You can use any sheen you want. Oh yeah i ve been at it again with the beadboard wallpaper and have totally transformed that blah 70 s bath into a beautiful coastal inspired space. You have thousands of colour choices.

Plus you can change your design direction down the road and not have to tear the wallpaper out. I ll try to resist that impulse. I had avocado tiles and an aqua laminate countertop to work with so adding beadboard wallpaper to the space gave it a much more interesting architectural feel and at a cost of 25 per roll.