Learn how to wallpaper a corner! Great tips and tutorials for how to apply paste the wall wallpaper, how to wallpaper a room, and how to wrap a corner!
Have you been waiting anxiously for this?? If you were following along on Instagram when we renovated some hair salon bathrooms, then you already know that we had a ton of questions about the wallpapering, especially about how to wallpaper a corner! So we are finally sharing all of our best tips and tricks to help you wallpaper successfully. Spoiler: it's not as hard as you think!
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What is Paste-the-Wall Wallpaper?
For this project, we used a Paste-the-Wall Wallpaper. When it comes to wallpaper types, they are generally classified by how they adhere to the walls or how the paste is activated before hanging it.
When people think of wallpaper, they often think of the paste-the-paper wallpaper that people used to use. With this wallpaper the paste was applied to the paper before hanging it, and the wallpaper had to soak.
Paste-the-wall wallpaper is different, and in my opinion, much easier to use. With this wallpaper we just brush adhesive on the wall and the wallpaper doesn't soak, or expand when wet.
Materials Needed for Wallpapering?
There are a few tools that we use every time we wallpaper a room.
- Wallpaper (here's the wallpaper we used for this project!)
- Straight Edge
- Wallpaper Adhesive
- Squeegee or Smoother
- Utility Knife
- Utility Knife Blades
- Paint Brush
- Paint Roller
- Plumb Bob (optional)
- Level
Where to Start and Stop Your Wallpaper?
Deciding where to start and stop your wallpaper is always tricky decision. When starting wallpaper, whether we are doing a single wall, or wrapping a whole room, we never start in the corner of a room.
Typically corners of the room are not perfectly straight or level, making it really hard to start a sheet of wallpaper there, since you need your paper to be straight and level at the beginning. Even a mm out of level will be amplified over time and really affect the final look of your pattern.
Instead we usually start less than a full sheet from one corner, so that we can cut it in the corner, or wrap the corner easily. In this case, we actually chose to start at the edge of the door because wrapping wallpaper around a door is always more difficult and our door frame happened to be perfectly level.
If you are wrapping a whole room, then when deciding where to end your pattern, you want to think about what will be easiest, and what will be most hidden.
When doing the whole room, the last pieces will never match up perfectly, so choosing to end the pattern in the corner hidden behind the door, or beside a door or window frame, where there is less seam to match up, is always a good idea.
How to Wallpaper a Corner Video Tutorial
Want to see all of this wallpapering in action? Some things, like wallpapering around corners, are much easier to learn when you see it in action.
This video covers where we started and stopped wallpaper and how to wallpaper a corner when it's both level and not level.
Then all of our instructions are written below as well, in case you want to read through some of our other tips and tricks.
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