Where's the best place to start when your wallpapering a room
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Jo-anne
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Newbie at wallpapering, looking for any advice on how to hang wallpaper. All information will be gratefully received.
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Hi Jo-Anne, I've always found that a truly "straight" room just doesn't exist. With tile I always make a big x with a chalk line to find the exactly center of the area and then work out from there. I would do the same with wall paper, making sure your first piece is level and in the exact center.
http://www.diynetwork.com/how-to/make-and-decorate/decorating/how-to-wallpaper-a-room
It is all in the measuring. Here is a link with great tips!
https://www.thisoldhouse.com/how-to/best-techniques-hanging-wallpaper
Start at one inside corner. Strike a plumb line 2 inches shorter than the width of the paper. Paste or dampen paper as instructed, place paper on line and smooth. Paper will overlap corner. Using SHARP razor blade (you can also use a box cutter) cut into corner. It is advisable to clean the razor from each cut. I use 1 blade to 1 roll of paper. Nothing dulls knives and razors quicker than paper.
I would go to Pinterest or Youtube and check out the how to's there
CLAUDINE) i FIND STARTING IN THE CORNER HELPS ME
I was told to start where you would first look walking into the room, opposite the doorway. That being said, I always started in a corner and worked from there.
my dad always told me to start near a window, so moving away from the light