Emulsioning walls in bed/living room

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[font=verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif]If wanting to white emulsion the walls in a small bedroom and/or living room to help make the rooms appear a little larger, I was wondering what the pros/cons are with respect to either [/font]

[font=verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif]a) white emulsioning directly onto the plastered walls[/font]
[font=verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif]b) covering with a plain white wall paper, and then emulsioning over this with white emulsion[/font]

[font=verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif]If emulsioned directly onto the walls (no paper) do you think the room would be any colder due to the cold surface of the walls cooling down the room temperature? Possibly papered walls would not cool down the room temperature to the same extent...?[/font]

[font=verdana, geneva, lucida, "lucida grande", arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Thanks.[/font]

looksee

I think it is generally recommended that you give plastered walls a coat of emulsion before papering them! That used to be the case anyway. I would suggest just painting. You may find brilliant white a bit hard to live with, look at paints with a very slight tint in them.