I am currently trying to sell my flat which has been very well
decorated apart from a bedroom that has been really badly wallpapered.
It's a poor wall underneath and all the irregularities show up, the
paper isn't lined up, plus it's lifting off the wall in places. A
neighbour did it for me for a favour, gulp! I would like to do
something to improve it, but in a short space of time (i.e. 2 or 3 days
- room is 10'8" x 7'3" with high ceilings). Would it be possible to get
a decent job by resticking the areas coming away from the wall and
papering over? What would be the best paper to use to cover all the
blemishes, a heavy duty lining paper and then paint? Any idea's
gratefully accepted.

To cap it all the room has old painted polystyrene tiles on the
ceiling. I'm asuming their main objective was to cover up cracks, but
they look awful. Any ideas on how I could cover them up, bearing in
mind I don't really want to lower the ceiling becase it wouldn't be in
keeping with the rest of the flat?

Thanks, Rob

robgoog wrote:
I am currently trying to sell my flat which has been very well
decorated apart from a bedroom that has been really badly wallpapered.
It's a poor wall underneath and all the irregularities show up, the
paper isn't lined up, plus it's lifting off the wall in places. A
neighbour did it for me for a favour, gulp! I would like to do
something to improve it, but in a short space of time (i.e. 2 or 3
days - room is 10'8" x 7'3" with high ceilings). Would it be possible
to get a decent job by resticking the areas coming away from the wall
and papering over? What would be the best paper to use to cover all
the blemishes, a heavy duty lining paper and then paint? Any idea's
gratefully accepted.

To cap it all the room has old painted polystyrene tiles on the
ceiling. I'm asuming their main objective was to cover up cracks, but
they look awful. Any ideas on how I could cover them up, bearing in
mind I don't really want to lower the ceiling becase it wouldn't be in
keeping with the rest of the flat?

Thanks, Rob

day 1: take the wall paper off and scrape off the polystyrene tiles.

day 2: have the walls and ceiling skimmed.

day 8: paint the walls and ceiling.