Wallpaper or paint in interior design? What is better to choose for repair?

The fateful question is paint or wallpaper? What to choose, let’s understand the pros and cons of each decision.

Wallpaper. Let’s start with the pros. First of all, for new buildings, when the house has not yet settled, usually 3-5 years after construction, wallpapers are recommended because they are able to hide small cracks that may appear when the house settles. Fleece wallpaper will cope especially well with this. They have elasticity and elasticity. Another plus is that the wallpaper has its own relief, its own thickness, which helps to hide some unevenness of the walls, which will later help to save on repairs. The wall will be partially leveled and without defects due to the wallpaper. You don’t need to prepare the wall for wallpaper in the same way as for painting. The advantage of non-woven wallpaper is micro-relief, some people find it cozy and choose precisely wallpaper with micro-relief than wallpaper for painting. Another advantage of wallpapers is that they minimize the appearance of mold under them, they know how to breathe and let air pass. Wallpaper is paper, vinyl, non-woven, there is glass wallpaper.

Everyone knows paper wallpaper. Roughly speaking, fleece wallpaper is a complicated version of paper wallpaper. They look better than paper horses, but they are also more expensive. Vinyl wallpaper is a wallpaper with a non-woven base covered with vinyl on top. Vinyl is the worst material you can add to your renovation. It is not ecological, it will give off a non-ecological smell for some time. Well, if you suddenly become a vinyl lover and make yourself a vinyl floor, vinyl stretch ceilings, cover the walls with vinyl wallpaper, you will live rudely speaking in a package))

Now the cons. Wallpaper should last 5-7 years. After this period, you will need to think about a replacement. They can break beyond repair. They get dirty. Wallpaper has visible joints and sometimes these joints can be very noticeable. A partition made of wallpaper is not suitable for rooms with high humidity or temperature changes.

Paint

Among the advantages, it can be noted that if everything is done correctly and according to technologists, then you get walls with good, even quality for centuries and without cracks. The paint can be quickly restored or repainted, this requires minimal investments. It is very cheap to restore a chipped wall or a scratch. Another plus is that the walls, which are prepared for painting and painted, are very easy to care for. Even a deep mat is easily cleaned with a melamine sponge. If you have painted walls, I recommend that you buy a melamine sponge in a model or order it on the Internet, because it works wonders, it can remove even a ballpoint pen from matte walls without a trace.

I often use matte paint for ceilings, for walls it is recommended to use paint with 5-7% gloss to make it easier to care for. The formula is simple, the more gloss in the paint, the easier it is to wash it off. There is also a special kind of paint with wax in the composition, and it is directly created for dirt, you can water it with ketchup or coffee splashes of champagne wine, all for nothing.

Of the cons of paint. The preparation of walls requires great skill from builders, you need a lot of skills and knowledge to properly prepare walls for painting. It is more expensive than wallpaper, you will spend more on materials, and you will spend more on builders. This is a long process and will increase the time you spend on repairs. But the paint is more durable and will not require replacement after 5-7 years.

Conclusions If you have a limited budget or you are moving into a new house or you have little time for renovation, then your option is wallpaper or wallpaper for painting.

If you want to make a fundamental repair for many years, if you care about the ease of cleaning and restoring the walls, changing the color of the walls, then your choice is walls for painting.