How do I cover a hole on a wallpapered wall?

Hi Bleuizes,

Is there a corner or hidden part of the room i.e. very low down or behind furniture that you would seldom move? From this particularly hidden area, I would carefully remove as much paper as would cover the damaged area. Carefully remove the desired piece of paper using steam/warm damp sponge, with the aid of a scraper or Stanley knife. After having repaired the hole in the wall, tear the shape you need from the 'spare' paper, carefully matching up the pattern - this torn paper would have to be larger than the repaired area in your wall. (Torn match-ups are far less noticeable than straight cut edges.) The stripped hidden bit of wall can be painted/sponge painted/whatever similar colour/s to your paper. You could even try your hand at tracing your paper pattern onto a bit of lining paper, paint it and paste to the wall.

Thank you so much for the reply! Il definitely give that a try :)

hang a picture of the kids that made the hole over it!

I agree with Jigger9901! What I have done. After the hole is patched, take a larger piece of wallpaper (from a hidden area) than the patch. Tape it over the patch with blue painters tape lining up the pattern. Then cut a circle into the wallpaper patch and wall wallpaper with a razor blade. Remove the wallpaper patch, peel away the circle wallpaper off the wall. Apply glue to the wall, place the wallpaper patch on the wall and smooth out. I would use watered down white glue to glue the patch.

Hahaha ... if it only wouldn't look so out of place 😄 this is a rental so I need to fix it the best I can.

check out where to remove some of existing wall paper that is un seen closet...etc.. remove area that is full of debries take reynolds wrap fill hole...flatten spacle area at at time til sets up"...smooth it out if yo have exacto knife 1.29 walmart ..cut out ant ragged edges wallpaper...then replace wall paper to area.... if you can color copy paper on your computer for more if you only have a small bit of it then just white glue ..little water mix ...viola!!!

I would cut out a square with a razor knife and carefully, gently remove the piece of paper by first pulling off the pieces that you can, then dampen the other pieces w a vinegar water soaked rag and wait untI'll it loosened and you can ease it off w a plastic plaster knife. Dry the outside edge. Fix the wall using the patch that is pink until it dries. When your paper dries, try to put the pieces together. You may be able to reapply with. Wall paper repair Glue. I would try that first. Then do the color copier as a second attack. I only say that because wallpaper and backing is different than copier paper. If you could find a piece of the paper itself, that would be ideal because you won't even see it as long as it's a perfect match.

the actual damaged piece is discolored just like the rest of the room and will be less visible. I cut out a square of damaged wallpaper with a petiprint and you had to run your hand over it to see where the damaged area was. You can do this.

i don`t even know where that came from as i have no colr copier...but was brainstorming...for you...good luck..sweetie

i shocked ..myself...even , must be that i have been thinking too hard because of hometalk...:)

My mother-in-law had frequent holes with her 5 boys! She just hung a picture or something over it.

It might be hard to match by printing on any paper that will go through a printer, unless you find one that's exactly the right texture. (they do have lots of 12x12 textured paper at craft stores). You might try to find a sample of a beige that's the right texture and close in color at your local wallpaper store - they usually have old sample books) and either Modge Podge a print of the thinnest paper you can find or experiment with drawing and sponging the color on yourself.

The thickness of the actual paper does not matter much. If you can either scan the wallpaper and then print or copy the pattern with a color copier, once it is printed out you can thicken it up with additional paper or using a layer of glue( allow it to dry) or the like.

I am a wallpaper hanger and an artist and I would suggest trying to remove the paper from the pieces that are caved into the wall, clean that out , take the wallpaper of those broken pieces off by wetting or soaking them until they are loose. Save those pieces of wallpaper and repair the wall. Then prime the wall with a paint color that closely matches the paper or white, place pieces back onto the wall like a puzzle with some glue or wallpaper paste if you have it, When it is dry go back with some acrylic paint that you buy at walmart that matches the colors and try to blend in the pieces. It should look fine after it is all put back together and that saves you from trying to remove paper from some other area in the room. Unless you have extra paper laying around...

Why not tell the landlord. Maybe he/she would purchase the paint to redo the whole room if you are willing and able to do the application. If that doesm't work use Coleen Masterson's suggestion.

Picture? Depends on how high the hole is from the floor.

1. Get new wallpaper.

2. Trade in your kids.

3. Hang a picture over it.