I live in a manufactured home that has wallpaper covered drywall in every room. I would like to paint the walls but there are wooden strips covered with wallpaper in between each 4 foot sheet of drywall. If I remove the strips and mud the seams, they would not match the texture of the wall paper and would be visible thru the paint. I dont want to paint over them because I dont like the look of the trim every 4 foot on the walls. Anyone have some wall finishing techniques that I could try? I like the paperbag floor idea, I might give that a try on one room. That just leaves 10 more rooms to figure out finishes for. Help me please.

Hey all, I recently bought an old home and am SLOWLY renovating it. I just got to the bathroom and have removed the old tiles from the plaster walls. I'm wondering if I can hang 1/4" durock directly on the plaster and whats left of the mastic (driling into the studs), then tile right over that? Should I hang vapor barrier between the plaster and durock? I'm really trying to avoid taking down all that plaster and everything behind it. Thanks in advance