painting over embossed wallpaper

[dirt dibbler]

My hall, stairs and landing walls are papered with a lightly embossed wallpaper, flowers & a few shiny bits, excellent quality & papering, but not quite suited to a bachelor pad!

As a short term fix, i'd like to paint over it, something neutral, but I suspect the texture will show through, are there any modern paints that will give me a fighting chance of covering it up? I don't really want it to be like adrian mole's wallpaper!

I know ultimately, It wants stripping back, lining & then painting. But even if I can paint it and i'm left with a bit of texture / flower outlines, it has to be better than all the pink & purple flowers.

advice appreciated

Ta DD

[Mary Fisher]

When we moved in here in 1964 the sitting room had a textured paper. We painted it. The texture showed through but was interesting. Since then it's been painted many times, the texture is still evident but not unpleasant, in fact in some ways it's better than flat walls.

I don't understand about Adrian Mole's wallpaper ...

Mary

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[Andy Burns]

13 year old Noddy wallpaper semi-obliterated with black paint.

[Mary Fisher]

Oh. But the OP's wallpaper wasn't right for that to start with ...

Mary

[George]

Sheesh!

[dirt dibbler]

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[dirt dibbler]

finished off with black felt pens to try to cover the bells on his hat, if i remember correctly!

[ARWadsworth]

When Sue Townsend replaces Shakespeare for the English Literature exams you will understand.

Adam

[Mary Fisher]

I heard broadcasts of some of Adrian Mole when the first book was published, then the second ... but they weren't memorable - especially wallpaper details.

Mary