Give me ideas for paint/wallpapering lounge`

[homefromhell]

hi guys,

since my baby daughter has scribbled over the walls in my lounge, i've decided to revamp it a little. I plan to do this sometime after i've completed my living room, so i'm looking for ideas.

Room descriptionThe lounge has a chimney breast with cast iron gas fire and this my main focal point. I also have a chandelier and 2 wall lights on either side of chimney breast. Currently the room has plain wallpaper, similar to this:-

http://direct.tesco.com/product/images/?R=210-7748

I want to paint over this as i can't afford to rip it off and redo it. My idea is to paint the whole room, including chimney breast, but have patterned wallpaper only on the walls with the wall lights. I don't know if there is a certain name to this style? To give you an idea, something similar to this:-

Now i'm looking for ideas to create a similar effect, but i prefer warmer colours (but not brown or very dark).

So please post any photos or help me by giving me some ideas.

Thanks!

 

[dcdec]

I can appreciate that money may be tight, but you'd be better off saving up a bit of money and buying some decent paint and paper. You can get fairly good wall paper for under a tenner a roll in most sheds.

Painted paper usually looks naff and you will be disappointed unless its been hung extremely well and is showing no signs of lifting, if you insist on doing it try and see if its peelable and if it is paint the backing paper. If its a vinyl paper you'd have to use a primer first as the paint will just skid around and you'll have very poor adhesion meaning the paint will flake, crack and chip easily

 

[homefromhell]

thanks for your reply dcdec. The paper was fitted by a professional decorator a couple of years ago and is absolutely solidly on with nothing peeling back. Also it has lining paper underneat it and both are wallpapers paintable.