Bear with me here, I almost know what I'm talking about. :)
We have removed some circa 70's wallpaper (a lovely large floral in shades of burnt umber and harvest gold, I kid you not) from the bathroom wall and there is wallboard underneath. The wall board is in good shape but with a fine pebbly texture from the wallpaper paste.
I don't want to repaper the walls because the house will be going up for sale and we're trying to take everything to a very neutral, unoffensive pallet. (Something that wallpaper would never have achieved -- even 30 years ago.) I'm not opposed to putting a textured paint on the wall but something very lightly textured.
What should we do next?
First a dry-wall primer? Two coats? One? Nineteen? ;)
Then the top coat? Are there textured paints that are better than others? Recommendations?
Or do I have to actually try to sand away that pebbly layer? (Please say no.)