Do you paper towards a window or away?
Ideally begin at the corner and hang your first length of paper on a wall with no doors or windows. Also, it’s best to work away from the window, so the paper edges don’t cast a shadow if they overlap slightly. And try to avoid having to hang narrow strips against a window or door.
Where do you start when wallpapering?
Hang First Strip
- Start at your plumb line and ensure the pattern is right side up.
- Apply the top half of the strip to the wall, slightly overlapping the ceiling and adjoining wall.
- Slide the wallpaper into position, lining up with the plumb line.
- Gently press the strip to the wall with a smoothing brush.
What do I need for wallpapering?
The essentials that you will need for wallpapering are:
- Wallpaper (obviously) – but enough of it.
- Wallpaper paste.
- Wallpaper application brush.
- A plumb line measuring tool.
- A sharp wallpaper trimming knife or snap blade and a pair of scissors.
- Tape measure and a pencil.
Can you hang wallpaper around a window frame?
Hanging wallpaper around a window that is set flush in the wall with a decorative frame uses the same method as papering around a door. If however the window is set into the wall, creating a recess then the method of papering is slightly different. Luckily any small mistakes can usually be covered by curtains or blinds.
What’s the best way to paper a window?
If however the window is set into the wall, creating a recess then the method of papering is slightly different. Luckily any small mistakes can usually be covered by curtains or blinds. Paste the length of paper that will take you up to the window, hang the drop on the wall, butting it up to the last full drop and allow it to overlap the window.
What’s the best way to trim a window sill?
Making a number of small cuts with a Stanley knife, gradually trim around the sill edge, so that you may then bend the central section of the length around into the recess. Trim the top and bottom of the length as normal. However, if the paper simply won’t ‘bend’ successfully – see my note in ‘Things to consider’ at the bottom of this post.
How do you make a recess in a window?
Paste the length of paper that will take you up to the window, hang the drop on the wall, butting it up to the last full drop and allow it to overlap the window. Make two horizontal cuts into the corners of the recess, one 6mm below the top of the window sill and the other 6mm above the top of the recess.