It refers to spreading a layer of joint compound over the walls to fill in the bumps and valleys in the texture effectively creating a smooth surface. The process of smoothing textured walls with skim-coating is fairly common. Needless to say I was thrilled with the plan to bring it to life. Even with a little effort and some cool details the space is pretty boring. Here you can see a styled shoot of the bathroom.

I was told that the walls get this knockdown texture treatment to hide imperfections in the sheetrock seams, but I’ve lived in a lot of places with sheetrock and flat walls, so I’m not sure what is really going on. What you can see is the heavily textured wall. I had previously stained the tile grout, which made a great improvement on the even-more-boring before. It was a regular day, towels off the rack (probably in the laundry) and nothing to make the space look cool at all. Let me show you the process that took this space from boring to brilliant.įirst, the sad before: This photo mostly looks sad because it wasn’t styled. I’m already scheming my next wallpaper project! I’ve partnered with Walls Need Love to share the DIY in this post! Once you get the hang of it, you’ll want to smooth and wallpaper all the rooms in the house. Adding the skim coat to smooth the textured walls was super inexpensive and a very simple process. Skim Coat to Smooth Textured WallsĪfter lots of research I determined that a simple skim coat would do the trick to smooth the walls enough to add the paper. Rather than being boring and basic, bathrooms are a place where you can go a little crazy and get away with it! By using this amazing Legend of the Jackalope wallpaper, I instantly added personality, humor, and the modern southwestern bohemian vibe that I love so much. It turns out that the small area of our guest bathroom, combined with it’s irregular use made it a perfect opportunity to create a really fun room. They were all basics that I liked, but pretty boring. At the very least they were a low priority for me, which is why when we built our house brand new, I left the bathrooms with all builder-grade basics. Until I started working on this project to wallpaper my guest bathroom, I had no idea how much I would love this little space! I had previously thought that bathrooms weren’t central or seen enough to be worthy of much investment or design consideration. This post will share how to smooth textured walls in preparation for wallpaper!

You can add wallpaper directly over texture, but all of the texture will show through, making the finished wallpaper as bumpy and uneven as the wall beneath.

I knew that before I put it up, I would have to get rid of the ugly, heavily textured Texas walls. Though I’ve loved the idea of wallpaper for a long time, this was my first experience using it.

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