Going to attemp wallpapering tonight!! Never done it before, but doesnt look to hard on the websites I have seen.
Question 1) Is it a two man job, coz I am doing this on my own :D
Question 2) Wheres the best place to start, as I am doing landing and stairs.
Have to wait till kiddies are in bed though :)
That's a brave place to start wallpapering! You have huge long runs of wallpaper in the stairwell and when it's wet with paste it gets heavy and can either tear or stretch.. The last time we did the hall and stairs we had to tie two ladders together to reach the top.
I really think that part is a two person job however if you started on the landing where the walls are the same height you could get your hand in before doing the long runs.
Are you using paper with a pattern repeat? If so, that can be an added complication.
Having said all that, you're actually right. It's not that hard a job. Just remember to measure twice and cut once! ;)
I forgot to mention that I dont have those long drops :) I have a sloped ceiling all the way up the stairs.. :D
Hi, I'm in the middle of hanging wallpaper at the moment, I find that if I paste the paper AND the wall it gives a bit more 'slide' to the paper as you put it on the wall so that you can match up the seams easier.
Take your time, make sure that you paste the paper properly, there is nothing more anoying than hanging paper and finding you've not put enough paste down the seam edge and it won't stick!
Just finished my lounge although I only had to paper chimney breast wall but have the wallpaper ready to start on hall next week. I had to try when late husband became disabled and if I can do it anybody can ;D Don't forget to have a plumb line for the first piece that goes up.
I did hall n stairs on my own last summer. And I'm a girl! my main thing I do is to take my time, stop and think before taking my scissors to cut paper, esp round the windows etc. make sure you have one bit soaking in paste b4 putting up the last bit you pasted, always is better for a paste soaking.
To go up to the high bits, I leant a step ladder on one wall (with a towel behind it so stop it scratching the wall) and a milk crate on the top of the stairs on a rubber mat so as it would not slip and put a plank between the two. I was alone in the house so had to make sure there was a phone handy incase I fell...Lol
Looks nice n clean now, but haven't got round to putting up blinds yet! no rush is there?
Thank you for all the advice.
I got halfway but by 4am I thought I better try get some sleep.
SO pleased I used a plumline as suggested as its all nice and straight :)
Back at it tonight. :D
Looks good though . :D :D :D :D
Longest drop I ever did was 4" short of a full roll! Old terrace house stair-well.
Did this one for a friend recently. All those darn angles and slopes!
Where's Pythagoras when you need him?
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Ken,
with friends like that, who needs enemies!!!!
I love the current trend for paint, as I always did my own papering, and you could tell ;D
cj :)
I can always seee evry join I've done, I just hope others don't notice! Living in an old terrace house there's not a falt wall or square corner anywhere, so I try to stick to papers with no pattern match, or a barely noticeable one!
Last time I started above the fireplace and centred it on the fireplace, then realised the fireplace wasn't central on the chimney breast anyway!
I think the best place to start is behind a door where it's less noticeable, but that wouldn't work for hall & stairs.
Best starting place is working away from the main natural light source.
I always start in the corner looked at the most, ie where the TV is, or the one diagonally opposite the door.
If choosing light colour papers, the gaps can disappear if the wall is painted white first.
Quote from: carolinej on March 08, 2008, 15:51:53
I love the current trend for paint, as I always did my own papering, and you could tell ;D
I wish my plaster was good enough to paint. I had a bloke re-skim one room, but the painting still looked awful, so ended up papering anyway.
For hall/landing I chose a paper that will be painted over, to avoid having to paper that dreadfull long drop.
My top tips - Have a helper around to fetch that brush/cloth/glue/scissors you just dropped so your not up & down ladders all the time.
Paste to wall for added slip,
Make sure you paste the paper right into the edges and especially the top edge - so it dont fall down while your lining up,
Take your time. You know the faults and you are going to live with them for a long time.
(I average 1 strip every 30 mins; difficult ones 60 mins. Don't know how this compares)
Dont be afraid to tear off and re-do.