If you haven’t read this series from the beginning… start here: Faux Aging Wallpaper
Could you get an aged look on walls with tissue paper? We have already discussed the use of just paint to get a faux aged wallpaper look… but what about using real paper?
This technique calls for a new base coat on the walls. See part 2 of this series for Paint Color Choices.
While the paint is wet, you are going to press tissue into the paint. This will leave large squares of texture on your walls. Hard to strip off when your tired of the faux paint technique, but worth it if your going to love the look!
Usually this technique is done with torn paper or crumpled paper, but I recommend neither. This will give the walls a smoother texture so it more closely resembles real wallpaper.
The big blocks of paper will have an edge that will catch all the faux glaze painting that will go over the top. For this technique make sure you read this entire series about faux aged wallpaper.
You would use exactly the same technique but you are now adding tissue paper to the base coat layer.
Easy!
Have Fun and Let’s Go Paint! 
{ 5 comments… read them below or add one }
i like reading your techniques. i have a column to marble. ive been practicing for ten years, never done it for money before, i feel ready. about 30% of my business is removing wallpaper,, i can see how your tissue technique would look like the real deal
captain drywall
ps my busniness is really moving in the direction of paint, i like it
What is the name of the process of using tissue paper on the walls?
The process of applying tissue paper on walls… is usually called tissue papered walls. But to give it a more dramatic name… Tissue Paper Fresco Technique.
Debra
THAT Painter Lady
I used the tissue paper technique and what a huge mess and disappointment.
The paper kept tearing and it did the same thing when I tried to paint over it. I had a horibble time scraping it and sanding it off. Luckily I only tried it on one small wall under the stairs.
Hello Iceni,
I am so sorry that you had issues with your paper tearing while doing the faux tissue paper finish. Did you crumple it up first? What steps did you follow? What paint did you use? The paper should’nt give you that much of a problem.
Maybe I can help you figure out what went wrong.
DEBRA