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Line an area with wallpaper and you have instant decoration. From blah to daring in a matter of hours, paper could push boundaries beyond what paint can do. It enlivens walls with textures or patterns or both–your choice.

However, as frequently as homeowners try to hang paper themselves, they seldom get it right, cursing their peeling seams and mismatched patterns–it’s enough to drive you up a wall. Enter John Gregoras, a pro newspaper hanger out of Somers, New York, with nearly two years’ experience. And, boy, did we learn a great deal – everything from how he plans the layout to how he lines up the previous seam. With this kind of insider know-how, papering just got a whole lot easier.

Best Wallpaper Techniques Overview

Design is the key if you are learning how to hang wallpaper. Paying attention to the sequence where the newspaper goes up guarantees that your pattern will remain well-matched and seem straight. John Gregoras recommends functioning in one direction around the room to keep the pattern consistent.

But no matter how good your strategy, the routine between the first and last strip will seldom match up. Because of this, Gregoras always starts his job behind a doorway, papering from the corner until he reaches the distance above the door– the least conspicuous spot in the room.

Frequently, the last strip of paper onto a wall isn’t a complete sheet. So another wallpapering suggestion Gregoras uses is to always paper the corners together with broken sheets.

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Apply Wallpaper Paste

Paint the whole room with a wall mounted primer/sizer.

Unroll the background. As you do, check for defects and haul the paper against the edge of your worktable to take away the curl.

Cut the paper into sheets 4 inches longer than the height of your walls. Cut at the exact same place on the replicate so patterns on adjoining sheets will line up.

Lay a cut sheet on the table, face down.

Tip: Don’t allow paste to have on the desk or it will mar another sheet (wipe it off with a barely damp sponge when it will ). Slide the paper all the way into the border of this table to use roomgood.ru paste to the ends and edges.

Novel the Paper

Twist the glued back of this paper onto it, top and bottom ends meeting in the middle. Make sure the side edges line up perfectly. Smooth the paper on itself as much as possible without creasing the springs.

Place the paper aside to permit the glue to soak in and also the paper to unwind. Be sure to adhere to the exact booking time recommended on the background’s tag, which differs based on its material (more for vinyl-coated wallcoverings, less for uncoated papers).

Start in a corner near a doorway. In case the doorway is nowhere near the corner, draw a reference line parallel to the door near the corner.

Overlap about 2 inches in the ceiling and also 1/8 inch at the corner. Gently press it in place.

Check the dimension between the paper and the door casing or benchmark line. Fix the paper to help keep it parallel to the door but nevertheless overlapping at least ⅛ inch in the corner.

Tuck and Trim the Paper

Then, working from the top down, sweep the smoother within the whole sheet. (Do not press so hard for you to push out glue.)

Trim the excess paper in the ceiling: Push a 6-inch taping knife into the joint between the wall and ceiling. Using a razor, cut above the knife to cut the surplus. Work gradually. Alternate between cutting and moving the knife. Don’t slide the razor and knife together. Continue papering to some point over the door.

Continue Papering

On the adjoining wall, draw a plumb line (if there’s no door or window).

Hang a strip in the corner. Overlap the present piece on the adjoining wall by 1/8 inch. Quantify to the plumb line and adjust the paper to keep the distance equal. Smooth the newspaper. Trim at the ceiling and then trim the corner.

Hang the next strip of paper. Unfold the surface of the book and place it on the wall. Match the routine as closely as you can, leaving only a hair’s breadth between sheets.

Tip: Push air bubbles out by sweeping the paper smoother from the middle out to the edges. Wipe off paste on the surface with a sponge.

Close the Seams

Gently press on the top of the paper into the wall. Then gently roll the seam using a seam roller to flatten down the edges. Now use the tips of your fingers to push the seam closed.

Unfold the bottom of the sheet and then complete matching and closing the seam. Then tightly roll down the whole seam, working a full 3 inches in from the edge. This shields the seam, keeping it from opening as you smooth the paper.

Smooth the entire sheet. Continue papering the space, overlapping and trimming corners as shown in Step 5.

Suggestion: If the reserved end of this strip starts to dry out before you hang it, then wipe the wall with a moist sponge. This will remoisten the glue when you hang on the paper.

Cut in About Moldings

At doors and windows, let the paper overlap the molding by an inch.

Carefully run the razor out of the molding corner outside to the edge of the paper. Use the molding as a guide.

Smooth down the whole sheet.

Tip: Mistakes are inevitable when you’re learning how to hang wallpaper. Hide small cutting errors on darker papers by bleach the wall or the white border of the paper with a marker that matches the newspaper. Some pros even colour all of the paper’s edges so seams are not as evident should the paper shrink as it dries.

Cover Switch

Paper the cover plates of electrical fixtures to make them vanish. Cut a piece of wallpaper larger than the plate. Cut from the part of the pattern which matches the paper on the wall round the switch.

Hold them both on the wall and adjust the paper to match the pattern onto the wall.

Hold the paper and then flip the plate face down. Cut the corners off 1/8 inch off from the plate. Wrap the paper above the plate and then tape it on.

Cut out the switch or receptacle holes with a razor. Make Xs at the screw holes. Screw the plates back to the wall.