Preparation
Preparation makes a world of difference when it comes to hanging wallpaper. These are introductory ways, but they make the job go quickly, exclude problems before they do, and make the work much more pleasurable. You’ve named a room to bedeck with wallpaper that took days or weeks to elect. You’ve measured the room, calculated the square footage demanded and bought the wallpaper from a trusted supplier. Now it’s time to begin. But do not start cutting wallpaper yet. First, let’s prepare the room.
Remove the cabinetwork
By evacuating the room of cabinetwork, you leave yourself a wide-open workspace. This is important because you may need step graduation to apply the wallpaper, and dragging graduation across a room crowded with cabinetwork can ruin your day hot. It also gives you room to carry in large, folded strips of wallpaper, a task you will frequently be repeating.
Empty the walls
Remove all oils, bills, nails, screws, switchplates, outlet covers, stickers and symbols. The walls need to be clear to hang the paper, and nothing throws a wrench in your meter like snagging a nail or hitting a forgotten outlet cover.
Set up shop
Wallpaper is long and unruly stuff. You will need to cut precise and straight lines. That means you will need a comfortable, commodious position and hard face upon which to work. However, you will end up with razor cuts across the polished finish, If you use your dining room table. Invest in a 4×8 distance of plywood and drop it across an empty office or a brace of sawhorses if you have some handy. Make sure you have a plenitude of elbow room. The workstation should be in a room conterminous to the room being papered, not in the same room. This gives you enough space to work on cutting and reserving( more on that latterly) in one room and enough space to work on hanging in the other.
Measure and Cut
This step varies in difficulty depending on the type of wallpaper being used. For some patterns, simply measuring the height of the walls will be sufficient. But always flash back to add many elevations of length to each strip. This gives you room to apply the paper and make a precise cut at the base once it’s hung. But some styles will bear different specialized skills. For illustration, if the style calls for a specific section of the pattern to appear at the ceiling, you must acclimate the cuts consequently. Other styles bear vertical alignment. In that case, specific patterns will have to align at the seams. It’s essential to measure doubly and cut formerly, especially when this is the case.
Book
To duly spark the glue of the wallpaper, it must be reserved. This process begins with soaking the wallpaper in lukewarm water. For stylish results, submerge the wallpaper rolled up with the tenacious side facing out. Ensure the wallpaper is completely submerged and let it soak for 15 seconds. Also, remove the wallpaper from the water, untwine it face-down on your work table and fold both ends of the strip into the middle so that the tenacious sides touch each other. This is the” booking” process, which further activates the cement and helps distribute it unevenly across the face of the wallpaper. To save time, do several strips at formerly.
Mark
With a pencil, mark a raised line where you plan to begin the wallpaper. This line will be your companion on the first strip. With the first strip hung impeccably straight, you’ll be suitable to align the confluence of each posterior strip to keep the wallpaper straight throughout the room. A raised line can be drawn using a raised posy, which is a simple tool that hangs a length of a string in an impeccably straight line. A position can also be used to give a straight line.
Hang, Smooth and Trim
You’re now ready to hang the first piece. Unfold or” unbook” the first strip of paper. Precisely align the paper to the raised line and the ceiling. Once the paper is aligned, let it sit, and the cement will snappily cleave it to the wall. Check for wrinkles or bubbles. A wallpaper encounter or a wide putty cutter will work well to smooth out the paper. Once you are happy with the result, hang the rest of the strips in the same manner. When you are finished, simply trim along the bottom or baseboard molding with a sharp mileage cutter to complete the job.
JM Kee is a developer and pen with Interior Place, Philadelphia’s leading supplier of interior scenery and gifts. We help decorators, contrivers and potterers bring their own style to each design. At Interior Place, beauty is always on the inside.
