The Best Wallpaper To Give Your Humid Bathroom A Fresh Makeover

If you're tired of your boring, plain bathroom, then you already know why you may want to add wallpaper. In small rooms, a patterned wallpaper can draw the eye, making the space feel larger and more intentionally styled. A bright, colorful design can add life and personality to the room, while a neutral-colored wallpaper, like faux marble, can make the space feel clean and expensive. It really is hard to go wrong when selecting a wallpaper that will make your bathroom gorgeous. However, there is one major mistake you may make when getting a new bathroom wallpaper: Choosing a wallpaper that is not waterproof.

With showers, bathtubs, and sinks, bathrooms are full of water and humidity. In a highly humid bathroom, moisture can settle on your walls and wallpaper, causing damage, bubbling, peeling, and even mold. These problems can begin as quickly as months after installing your new wallpaper. As such, traditional wallpapers and even peel-and-stick ones, are not the best choice. Instead, you need to find yourself a waterproof wallpaper to apply. Solid vinyl wallpapers are the best choice for the bathroom due to their durability and waterproofing. These wallpapers consist of a layer of substrate laminated with vinyl to create a highly durable finish. Other types of vinyl wallpapers, which can be vinyl-coated paper or fabric, may also be acceptable choices, but they are not as good for humid conditions as solid vinyl ones. Vinyl wallpapers are resistant to mold, easy to clean, and will not immediately peel due to moisture exposure like other wallpaper types might.

When choosing a vinyl wallpaper to freshen up the look of your bathroom, you will need to consider cost as well as pattern. Vinyl wallpapers typically cost more than paper ones per square foot. On the plus side, vinyl wallpaper's significantly better durability, often makes it more cost-effective in the long term, especially in the humid environment of a bathroom. Vinyl wallpaper costs, on average, about $0.75 to $1.70 per square foot, but some rolls can be much more expensive. Installation typically costs between $3 and $7 per square foot. So, for a small bathroom, the price can be relatively affordable still.

As for pattern, you can focus on choosing wallpaper designs that will make small rooms look bigger, or you can embrace the coziness of a smaller bathroom by simply using your favorite colors and patterns. The main issue you may run into when looking at patterns, though, is that options for vinyl wallpapers are a bit more limited than regular paper or fabric ones. There is still a wide variety, but you may have to work harder to find your perfect design and potentially make some compromises. For the benefit of surviving a humid bathroom and looking sharp for longer than a few months, the vinyl paper is certainly worth it. Now that you know about why you should use vinyl wallpaper in bathrooms, you should learn about the other places you should not use fabric wallpaper in your home and what to try instead, so that your house can have beautiful walls that stand the test of time.