Re: soapstone countertops?

sf wrote:
Wayne Boatwright wrote:

I love wallpaper, but it isn't at all popular in Arizona. Every house we
owned in Ohio was fully papered. Some of the rooms had papered ceilings.
Our oldest house, a Victorian, had upholstered walls in every room but the

I like wallpaper too, but we're showing our "age"! Today, paint is
fashionable.

Wallpaper in any room other than bath and kitchen negatively affects
the home's marketability... today people overwhelmingly prefer
paint... paper removal is a major job as is refinishing the wall to
accept paint, often paper removal will destroy a wall necessitating
new sheetrock. And paper must be removed before repapering or
painting. Think very carefully before papering, very few prospective
buyers will appreciate your taste. Years ago when walls were plaster
and lath papering was typical for hiding flaws but no more. Even
baths and kitchens are not typically papered anymore... the type of
covering for those rooms was not paper anyway, it was a moisture
resistant plasticized covering to protect the wall from moisture
damage, but today there is waterproof sheetrock, and in most
municipalities the building code requires with new construction or
remodels that all sheetrock in baths be of the waterproof type,
typically colored a light green.

SHELDON
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