I live in a two hundred year old Georgian flat. In the past I have had all the walls lined and painted to a reasonable result.
I have just had the hall redecorated at considerable cost. I am not all that happy with the result. Parts of the walls look really pitted and have a rash effect. Being a hall it is more noticeable as there is not much else to take your eye off it like furniture. I did not really investigate the skimming option as I had an idea in my head that it would crack. Now I am thinking I should get the decorator to come back to put a textured wallcovering (blown vinyl) over the top. Am I just being too fussy? My decorator said that a plaster skim would have given a better finish but that there would have been a lot of cracks to be dug out. He also said that in such old houses most people have the walls lined. Can anybody help as I feel really disappointed right now as I also got the cornicing restored.
I have just had the hall redecorated at considerable cost. I am not all that happy with the result. Parts of the walls look really pitted and have a rash effect. Being a hall it is more noticeable as there is not much else to take your eye off it like furniture. I did not really investigate the skimming option as I had an idea in my head that it would crack. Now I am thinking I should get the decorator to come back to put a textured wallcovering (blown vinyl) over the top. Am I just being too fussy? My decorator said that a plaster skim would have given a better finish but that there would have been a lot of cracks to be dug out. He also said that in such old houses most people have the walls lined. Can anybody help as I feel really disappointed right now as I also got the cornicing restored.