paint or wallpaper...?

[dan no1]

i'm having my living room walls plastered and was wondering if it would make the living room colder if i just paint over the plastering, rather than wallpapering it.

thanks

[jack daniels]

wallpaper is quite thin anyway unless you go for expensive thicker ones, which in a few years time you'll want to change - you could wallpaper over the old one in years to come & build up insulation!
you could always have one accent wall (wallpapered) and the rest of it painted????

[tel b]

In my humble opinion it would be a mistake to paper a freshly plastered wall. Not only should it have time to dry out (up to 2 years), but once papered you'll have to keep papering it. Keep it just painted and you can change colour easily as often as you like.

And no, it won't feel cold.

[steveie42uk]

even emulsion can peel off new plaster work,go to a proper decorating store and buy emulsion especially made for new plaster so it can breath for a year at least

[lilacben]

Well we have always had wallpaper but last time I painted over it. Now just doing the living room and have stripped the wallpaper and just painted the walls. It looks nice....clean and more modern now. X