Children's room: prefer wallpapering or plastering?

10 days old ;) I think it will come down to plaster. The arguments for it are more convincing to me.

Sure, race cars for boys and princesses for girls, where would we end up if boys liked flowers and girls liked vehicles, unimaginable! :eek:

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Apart from the fact that the interests and tastes of little children change every few months and you would constantly have to redecorate.

When I think of myself up to the age of about 7, a writable and wipeable foil would probably have been best. After that, a patterned wallpaper or simply white (regardless of whether wallpaper or plaster) would have been sufficient.

One more thing aside from stains and scribbles: gypsum plaster is very sensitive to impacts, etc. In that case, fleece can provide a bit more protection.

One more thing aside from stains and scribbles: gypsum plaster is very sensitive to impacts, etc. That’s where fleece can offer a bit more protection.

That would also be a reason for me to put up wallpaper. Besides, most kids like it colorful. So I would first put up wallpaper with animals or similar for the very young child. If they draw on it then, it’s not a big deal. Later on, it can be changed to match their interests.

We worked a lot with wall tattoos in the first few years to decorate. At the beginning there were cute pandas, later Lightning MC Queen and now with 9 there are large canvas pictures with Porsche. It's definitely cheaper than fresh wallpaper every time.

Hi,

our experience with two children (6+7 years) and plastered walls:
One son liked to scribble on the walls, no matter which room. The other son did not.
In the kitchen, living room, hallways, stairwell, and children's rooms, the walls were partly dirty, scribbled on, and had dents (indentations in the plaster caused by objects hitting the walls during play). The sensitive wall paint easily absorbs dirt from objects hitting the walls during play, or from dirty hands of playing children. Over the years, I was able to remove the stains several times with a damp cloth, but each time this also slightly removed the (water-soluble) wall paint, which partially caused permanent dark spots.
Last year, I painted over the spots with the original wall paint.
Wallpaper is probably not as sensitive to dirt and also covers the settlement cracks in the plaster. However, we did not like wallpaper at the time when building the house.

Regards
Michael