Cheat,
I did, it works.
My first "experience" ... ah one never forgets...
This gal was the daughter of painters. Great eye for interior.
Kitchen: She did the painting , the wallpaper border - I did the chair rail.
"Paint was invented to make things easier to change - wallpaper causes insanity" - Her quote...I remember it well, short shorts, cut off jeans, yellow tank top....
Same gal, I was "recruited" to assist with her older sister's house. First she introcduced her sister to Paper Tiger and some great smelling stuff ( anyone wanna get high?)
"When you get that hideous wallpaper removed - call me, and not a min before...I told you that crap was gonna get old..."
IN the meantime I did the chair rail and entry hall rail, cut stained and all...
Kitchen - She painted it ...had this trick where it appeared to be wallpaper, with vertical stripes of different textures of satin. I mean it 'looked ' like wallpaper, above the chair rail. From floor to chair rail a solid Raspberry. Oh this one, what appeared to be wallpaper border, again a different paint, solid with raspberry pin stripes at top and bottom of this border.
Third time with this gal...we supervised a couple..."you missed a spot ...measure twice cut once"
Fouth time....we sketched it out, supervised it being done, and this developer ...hehe...well we exchanged ideas and teaching him and his daughter some tips ( her painting tricks) for having ours done in our new house....and some other stuff.
It may "look like wallpaper" or "wallpaper border" - but it ain't. You get tired of it...just paint over it.
" It ain't cheatin' if it works - called ingenuity."
