Okay.. so I read a little more about the wall liner stuff..

What would I prime the walls with? The ones that HAVEN'T been painted?

http://www.wallliner.com/wallpreparation.html

What about mudding the whole wall? Would that work or would it just be a giant waste of time?

Yes, the wallboard itself is covered in a paper that is textured. I can't take it off because it's part of the wall. I will definitely look for the wall liner. Which would be a less expensive way to do it? I don't want it to look cheap... but I don't want to put a huge dent in my wallet either. The ...

Here is one of the unpainted walls.

Well, the wall board itself is textured, so, when they painted, it looks like there is bad "swipe" marks in the paint. I'm uploading the pictures to photobucket right now.

I need some SERIOUS help! When we bought our house, the people before us had painted it HORRIBLY (I'm talking REALLY REALLY bad!!) and I'm DESPERATE to figure out something! I want to remove the batten strips and fill them in, there lies the problem. The walls are textured... and painted.. (did I me...

Thanks Greg! We have some plans for this place. I would really like to change out the lighting! I don't want to do a ton of work toth place because we're likely moving for my husband to go to college.
Any idea on how to take the lights off? I can post a piture of those as well if need be!

My husband and I bought a 1999 Champion double wide 2 years ago. A couple of weeks ago, I walked into the master bath, and flipped on the light. About 3 seconds after I turned on the light, one of the lights blew. From there the electricity stayed on for about 5 seconds and then the electricity to t...