Hi folks,
Im after some urgent guidance please as Im so confused I think my heads gona explode!!!..............
I want to have my hall, stairs and landing (including ceilings) decorated by a professional painter and decorator. The walls are all just painted at the moment, but they are not very flat or smooth and have some cracks where the plaster has blown slightly. I have had a go at filling the worst of the cracks/blemishes, and have got 3 decorators in for quotes.
One guy said he would lining paper all the walls with 1400 grade paper horizontally, another guy said he wouldnt line any of the walls but just "smooth" them and paint with matt emulsion, and the 3rd guy said he would smooth and paint the worst wall and see what it looked like, and then maybe line it if it wasnt too good?
So now Im really confused - what is the best thing to do - TO LINE, OR NOT TO LINE???!!!
The walls in my house are not great, and do have hairline cracks, so I thought lining paper would be best to cover these?
What do you guys think?
As much info/details as possible would be great, beacause I really want to get this decorating done ASAP!!
Thanks (soory for such a long post!)
Im after some urgent guidance please as Im so confused I think my heads gona explode!!!..............
I want to have my hall, stairs and landing (including ceilings) decorated by a professional painter and decorator. The walls are all just painted at the moment, but they are not very flat or smooth and have some cracks where the plaster has blown slightly. I have had a go at filling the worst of the cracks/blemishes, and have got 3 decorators in for quotes.
One guy said he would lining paper all the walls with 1400 grade paper horizontally, another guy said he wouldnt line any of the walls but just "smooth" them and paint with matt emulsion, and the 3rd guy said he would smooth and paint the worst wall and see what it looked like, and then maybe line it if it wasnt too good?
So now Im really confused - what is the best thing to do - TO LINE, OR NOT TO LINE???!!!
The walls in my house are not great, and do have hairline cracks, so I thought lining paper would be best to cover these?
What do you guys think?
As much info/details as possible would be great, beacause I really want to get this decorating done ASAP!!
Thanks (soory for such a long post!)