[TrudyM]

I just met someone playing Ma jong here in Seattle who did something unusual. She wanted to put a tropical floral wallpaper on one wall of their new retirement apartment.
Her husband thought that in six months she would be sick of it.

Solution: He put ¼ inch sheetrock on the wall (I didn’t know it came that thin) spackled over the screws and then they put the paper on the new surface. Now when she (or he) gets sick of it they won’t have to strip the paper just take down the whole thing.

Someone at the table said they were going to try the do same thing but using ½ inch hardie board as in their rental they can’t put up a tile back splash because they rent but could fill holes in sheetrock later if needs be.