painting embossed wallpaper

[littlelloydy]

Alright guys, im after a little advise if poss. Im new to all this so take it easy.

I am going to hand some embossed wallpaper in my bedroom to hide all the little lumps and bumbs i have on the walls, then was going to paint it white.
My question is do I need to paint it white as the paper is white? Is there any advantage to painting it?

Cheers

Lloydy

 

[sparkwright]

Painting it will hide any joins or smears you may encounter while hanging the paper.

 

[littlelloydy]

Thank you, will make sure there are no smears or bad joins anywhere!!

 

[jmshep]

Depends on the wallpaper. Some embossed paper is made to be painted, others have a coating and do not take paint.
I would go for the former and then paint with mat - this will help to cover the imperfections and if you want to change the colour or freshen it up later you do not have to re wallpaper.