It dents and dings easily. It isn’t as hardy as I was hoping. Below is a photo of our guest room. The bedside table in the room scrubbed the wall lightly while I was moving furniture in the space and this is what I was left with. Sadly, it has happened in a couple of places in the room since I wallpapered it. It’s a bit frustrating because once wallpaper rips or dents there isn’t much you can do about it. Anaglypta and Lincrusta were the original textured wallpapers, founded in the late 1800’s. This Anaglypta paper is painted a deep teal. Photo by ‘ Dear Designer‘. Here is an example of using grasscloth wallpaper in a bathroom to add texture. Love the navy blue contrasting with the white shiplap! From ‘ Susan W Interiors‘.

Allow the paste to activate for 5 to 10 minutes. Your wallpaper will have instructions particular to it on the label, so refer to those for the timing needed. I would activate two strips at a time and once the first strip was hung, activate the next two so I could work continuously. Do not activate them all at once. You can’t move that fast through this process!If you are looking to add beadboard wallpaper to your home I highly encourage you! Honestly, I’m going to show you how to install beadboard wallpaper and you will be amazed how much easier it is than installing traditional beadboard. Also – these tips will work for installing most textured paintable wallpaper selections you might want to try. I have a whole list of textured wallpaper choices at the bottom of this post. There are so many incredible options. Let’s take a look! If you have to cut around any windows, power outlets, etc. use your Exacto knife and have some scissors handy to trim an area if needed. Smooth down well after trimming. Here is a wonderful textured wallpaper idea that creates a cool faux tin ceiling look. From ‘ Young House Love , totally genius! Pretty Life Girls‘ did a full makeover on this Ikea nightstand with paintable textured wallpaper and chalk paint. Whoa, right? Nothing boring about this project! Easy to follow tutorial, anyone can do this!

It looks a lot like the real thing. If I didn’t know it was wallpaper I would think that it’s the real thing. If you want the beadboard look, you’ll get it with this! We have floor to ceiling beadboard installed in our master bathroom, as you can see here. I love the old home charm that it adds to the new bathroom remodel. Unfold your wallpaper – be very careful. This paper in particular had a tendency to rip in the beadboard crevices if I wasn’t careful. You can use that exact same tutorial to makeover a dresser with embossed wallpaper just like they did over at ‘ BHG‘. Create a modern farmhouse bathroom (or any room!) with this beadboard textured wallpaper tutorial from ‘ Joyfully Growing‘. They even show you how they made that wood trim rail!Now you can use that last tutorial and be inspired by these next photos that use paintable textured wallpaper as the star of the room.

Paint your wallpaper. I used a traditional paint roller and touch up brushes for the trim with a flat latex interior paint. Here are the directions to hang your beadboard wallpaper. Honestly, the beadboard was a dream to hang compared to the floral. You won’t find a tutorial here for that floral wallpaper, it wasn’t impossible, but I wasn’t great at hanging it! Line up the side of your wallpaper with your plumb line and gently begin to lay the paper down from the line sideways. Use your hand to kind of roll the paper onto the wall. Pull up and rub flat until you get it laid down without any major wrinkles.Air bubbles are super noticeable. Installing isn’t difficult but because of the grooves and lines if there are any air bubbles you’re going to notice! The lines help to make the install easier, however they also draw attention to any blemish on the wall. Keep that in mind while hanging. This isn’t a worry when installing traditional beadboard. If you’re walls are not extremely smooth I would skip the wallpaper. Have old, outdated grasscloth wallpaper? No problem. Did you know you can paint it? Follow these step by step instructions from ‘ Sarah M Levy‘. Start by cutting your wallpaper into strips slightly longer than the length of the area you wish to cover. Have the strips handy. Please note, if you use a different textured wallpaper than the beadboard you will need to make sure your seams line up, so consider that when cutting your strips. The beadboard seams will line up naturally. We love beadboard! It’s so charming and timeless. Today I’m sharing my thoughts on traditional beadboard vs. wallpaper beadboard, the good and the bad. After install the wallpaper in both places I learned a lot and discovered a few things I like about it and a few things that I don’t. Let’s start with the pros.