Has Wallpaper Lost its Popularity?

Has Wallpaper Lost its Popularity?

Wallpaper has been used as early as 200 B.C. by the ancient Chinese, who glued rice paper to their walls.

It is usually sold in rolls and is applied onto a wall using wallpaper paste. Wallpapers can come plain as “lining paper”, textured, with a regular repeating pattern design, or, much less common today, with a single non-repeating large design carried over a set of sheets.

Removal of the existing wallpaper can be a simple procedure or a day or two of scraping and scraping and scraping. Depending upon how the wallpaper was originally put on the wall can make all the difference.

According to doityourself.com\ … “Wallpaper attracts grime and stains, and they are not easy to clean.”

These days, wallpaper has mostly lost its popularity. Now a topic of contention among homeowners, it seems to be more of a negative than a positive for many, but it all comes down to personal taste.

“Do you like wallpaper or would you rather avoid it at all costs?”

Unlike the days of old … wallpaper was wall-to-wall, filling an entire room

In some ways, I believe wallpaper is making a comeback. However, from my perspective, in a different fashion.

Accent Wallpaper to enhance the Room’s appearance

Photograph: Atlantic Wallpaper & Decor atlanticwallpaper.com

Today, I am seeing wallpaper used as an accent wall (see above photo) or even for putting some flair in a bookcase “backsplash” (see photo below) – or some prefer just on the ceiling.

Now that is an interesting concept. It definitely is a “personal” thing and so it could be a fun and exciting adventure to try different ideas. But borders and wall-to-wall? Not seeing that anywhere around here anymore without calling it “outdated”.

Has Wallpaper Lost its Popularity?

What are your thoughts? I would love some feedback.

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