When considering how to spruce up the walls inside your home, you’re likely deciding between decorating them with paint or paper. Choosing a professional painter over a wallpaper specialist offers many more perks.

Why You Should Choose Paint Over Wallpaper

1. Less to Prepare

Before painting a room, a painter must smooth and clean the walls, which can be completed relatively quickly. They’ll only need to let the walls dry before starting to paint. Installing wallpaper is more time-consuming since any flaking paint or old wallpaper must first be scraped or peeled away. The wall must be sanded, spackled, and cleaned to remove all irregularities, then coated in an acrylic or alkyd primer to maintain surface evenness and prevent moisture accumulation.  

2. Resists Moisture

The adhesive used to apply wallpaper is susceptible to moisture. If placed in humid rooms, the paper could peel off the wall. As long as paint is allowed to completely dry, it should hold up well to future moisture. Semi and high-gloss paints are also made specifically to withstand high moisture and humidity. 

3. Easy to Update

Decor fads come and go, and if you like to regularly change up your interior, wallpaper can be a hassle. Removing it requires chemical usage to speed up the process. While quality paint will last for a long time, it’s simple to paint over if you decide to change the color. A professional house painter can have a new coat up within a day. 

Turn to the full-service painters at Brown Painting to upgrade your home interior. Since opening in 2008, they’ve become one of the most trusted residential and commercial painting services for the Kailua-Kona, HI, area. Their licensed and insured team will handle all of the steps of your painting project, including pressure washing the building exterior and removing wallpaper from the interior. Call them today at (808) 271-5706 to discuss your project, and visit their website to learn more about their warrantied services.