Order a roll of peel and stick paper, then line some drawers or shelves with it. You'll get some experience fast.

Very little wallpaper is available nowadays that is pre-pasted. Some of the more expensive manufacturers still offer unpasted paper, best applied by pros.

Powder rooms are difficult because of the small space to work within. There are lots of items to work around in that small space.

You could try it yourself, but it might be easier to just hire a professional to install the wallpaper.

Even prepasted is a bit forgiving peel and stick not so much. I do agree a powder room is probably one of the more complicated places to beging practice .

Kimagine diy has a YT tutorial using peel and stick in a powder room. See what you think.

A powder room is an extremely challenging room to start with. Getting behind the toilet is such a challenge. Watch loads of tutorials.

a good coat of primer and paint on the walls before applying any wallpaper.

THE FINISH is only as good as the wall prep.

I've seen several DIY channels on YouTube use this product. It give you some flexibility to move the peel and stick wallpaper around and makes it easier to hang.

WHY a new thread on the same topic from a less than two weeks ago?

Yours, right down here??

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/6557488/help-with-powder-room

Maybe you've been obsessing on the room, and just give it up to a pro. Practice wallpapering is a room with four blank walls, or an accent wall in a kids room.

Here is you? and your ideabook? ( There were more......)

If You want wainscoting, you pay a plumber to remove the sink and the toilet, you get the wainscoting installed, you call a pro to paper the room.

Otherwise? You paint it a color you love, Hang art, and move on until you can pay for the help. to have the room of your dreams.

Wall paper is as a rule an easier DIY than one thinks. Prepasted or paste yourself (some used to say paste prepasted for best results) tomato tomatoe. The more angles and obstacles is where the difficulty comes. Think about pattern, you have to match it up at every stop go point. I have never even considered wall papering a bathroom due to the inherant moisture in a room that's all about water. Given there will be no shower/tub the issue probably isn't as likely. I've never attempted peel and stick--it sounds like drawer liner not wall paper to my mind and I have found contact paper to be more of a nightmare than wall paper ever was. Wall paper can be adjusted and moved a tish..contact paper not so much. Oh and removing/replacing a sink and toilet is not something one needs a plumber for. Pretty easy DIY also...

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Moving a pedestal sink and getting a toilet out of the way? Is Far far beyond her skill set. Even plumbers loathe a pedestal sink, as the are not a roomy connection area. Some things are worth waiting for to do once and right.

Walk before you run. Paper something else.

Wallpapering is one of those tasks that seems to be doable for the beginner. BUT a bad wallpaper job is so very evident, and unless you really know what you're doing you should either 1. learn how do it it right (which could take a lot of time and effort), 2. hire a professional, or 3. just paint the powder room.

One of my favorite "I Love Lucy" episodes:

I wallpapered a small bathroom once. Pre-pasted paper. Stripes, so not too hard to match pattern. I finessed dealing with the sink/mirror/toilet wall by painting it the same color as one of the stripes. The tub had a tiled surround, so in the end, I only papered two walls. The hardest part was near the ceiling, which was not at entirely the same level all around. Putting up molding was beyond me, so I got some eyelet trim and thumbtacked it to the top of the walls instead. It looked so good I figured I'd used up all my beginner's luck. Never tried it again!

It's possible to achieve a very nice effect with decals. Another solution is stenciling. Either of those methods would be considerably easier than hanging wallpaper.

My wallpaper guy with 30+ years experience refuses to hang peel & stick wallpaper. It's fine for small crafts projects, but not for whole walls.

Peel and stick is not a starter wallpaper , pasted is easier to start with. Once the peel and stick accidentally attaches to something and you pull it off, it stretches the piece ever so slightly. These little stretches result in air bubbles and sections that are just slightly off kilter which becomes a big problem when trying to match up patterns on seams. I say go for it in your powder room. Just remember that prep is the key, having the right tools is crucial, and don’t rush it.

I so appreciate all the feedback that everyone has provided. What an awesome tool Houzz is. Thank you.

It's a tad boring. Jazz it up with artwork, maybe a shelf or two behind the toilet, vanity lighting and maybe even change the wall paint color.

Perfect timing….today I am painting the room, decided wallpaper was not a good idea being my first project. Purchased a small rug which helped with wall color. Have one piece of new art and thinking about some floating shelves. Taking my time “slow and steady win the race”.

Good idea--paint is your friend! And artwork will perk up the room--plus it's easy to install!

Cool!

Have you installed the wallpaper yet? Would be interested to see the results and to know which type of wallpaper you used?

Decided against wallpaper due to having no experience and the bathroom seemed challenging around sink and toilet. Painting now.

I love do powder rooms! Is the most interested bathroom what is for guest and allowed us to do something different and special.

Regarding peel-and-stick is great for a first project easy to install and removable.

Just make sure your walls are smooth and well-prepped. If not, traditional wallpaper will give a cleaner, more durable finish.

You can find nice wallpapers and good quality in Cordone (Spanish brand) I will also attached some inspos from pinterest so you can play arround. Also have different type of wallpapers; fabrics, textured, 3d etc

Not sure about your budget but you can also play with light, moaldings etc. I recommend you to check who is Yana's Svetlova is a high end wallpapers but she also used a 3d elements.

Don't people read the most recent posts (at least) before offering advice?? Alison (the OP) stated twice in the past two days that she has decided NOT to wallpaper the powder room.