ᐅ Better to avoid wallpaper when moving in for the first time?

I understand that you can simply paint over the plaster. But what about the long-term outlook? After 20 years and 8 layers of paint, what happens when it needs repainting again? Can this process of just painting over continue indefinitely?

It’s always amusing how certain parameters gain priority while others are overlooked. Currently, “grazing light without waves” seems to be very important. At the same time, “designer floors” made of plastic are in fashion. The same people who criticize the build quality of entry-level “Audi-BMW-Mercedes..” vehicles as “poor” hire the cheapest contractor and buy the most basic upholstered furniture. There’s nothing wrong with that, and everyone is entitled to their own preferences. The real irony inherent in this situation is a good reason to look for and find your own path.

Golfi90 schrieb:

You can expect quite pronounced waves (with grazing light)...

I’m not exactly sure what “pronounced” means here, but waves or the flow of the plasterer’s trowel movement is actually desirable in some cases. It fits the industrial style, an urban look that is currently present to varying degrees in many homes.

I still remember how every household tried to replicate that natural pattern on the textured wallpaper using color wiping techniques.

By "waves," he means the unevenness that often occurs when plastering by hand. In the past, plaster beads or corner beads were installed everywhere, even on straight walls. That was about 30 years ago. Nowadays, walls are plastered mostly by eye. The quality often suffers as a result, and the painter ends up having to paint an uneven surface. Customers are very unhappy when spotlights shine on the walls and it looks like severe cellulite.

All understandable, and maybe a good reason to invest in higher plastering quality or to find top craftsmen.

Here are a few impressions of how our painted (and partially skim-coated) plaster looked before we did the touch-ups...

You can especially see what I mean with the wall lamps...
And for me, this has nothing to do with "intentional imitation" or industrial style.

Now we need exactly the same pictures afterwards as well...