Have just read so many moans on here about textured wallpaper and have recently had my daughter quoting her ‘expert’ friend who claims I should totally redecorate my house (she hasn’t seen it) even though I’ve only recently spent money on it. In fact, before said unexpected advice, I was just starting to like the small, 50s house I bought following my divorce and had started to feel proud to show it to guests. . I’m crap at DIY and so have paid a couple of different professionals to decorate - generally one room each year. The decorators stripped the old patterned wallpaper but replaced it with textured wallpaper they could paint over. You can tell it was a professional job, especially in the living-room which (I think) looks really elegant.. In two of the rooms, I’m also really glad I’ve slightly rebelled against the complete ‘neutral’ (= beige) fashion by insisting that some part of the room, even if it’s the carpet, has to be a different colour (beige carpets are a nightmare with a dog, in any case). To my mind, it’s all about the end result so I don’t intend to be a slave to interior design fashions any more than I am to clothes. Neither am I narcissistic enough to imply that my taste is the only ‘good’ taste - only that it’s right for me. So anyone who disagrees or who feels like bitching about my house when they visit knows what they can do.
