How to hang our wallpaper

What you will need

• Paste-the-wall wallpaper paste
• Pencil
• Metal ruler
• Plumb line
• Roller and tray for wallpaper paste
• Wallpaper paste brush
• Wallpaper smoothing brush
• Scissors
• Craft knife
• Dry cloth
• Sponge
• Seam roller

1. Prepare

• Remove any old wallpaper and loose paint.
• Fill and sand any holes. Ensure the wall is smooth and clean.
• On fresh plaster “size” the wall with a diluted paste solution. Apply diluted paste to the walls and let it dry, this will soak into the new plaster and stop the new paste from being absorbed when applied.

2. Plan

• For a mural cut your wallpaper panels from the rolls. Allow roughly 3cm at the top and base of each length for trimming.
• A repeating pattern wallpaper can be hung straight from the rolls.
• For a wall mural work from left to right.
• For a repeating pattern start in the centre of your wall.
• Use your plumb line, ruler and a pencil to draw a vertical line from the top to the bottom of the wall. Use this line as a guide to ensure your wallpaper is hanging straight.

3. Paste

• Roller the wallpaper paste onto the wall where you are going to hang your first panel.
• Paste slightly wider than the roll width to ensure that your seams will be securely stuck to the wall.
• Use a paint brush to apply paste along the top, base and edge of the wall and around any sockets.
 

4. Hang

• Hang your first panel making sure the edge of the paper aligns with your vertical line.
• Take time to get the first length of wallpaper aligned to the vertical line so the rest of your wallpaper goes on straight.

5. Smooth

• Brush down the paper with the wallpaper brush, gently smooth out any air bubbles.

6. Finish

• Firmly push the wallpaper into the ceiling crease and skirting board with a dry cloth and trim using a craft knife.
• Carefully trim the excess paper at the top and bottom with a sharp craft knife and metal ruler.
• Great work, you’ve just hung your first piece of wallpaper!

Repeat The Process

• Working to the right of your first panel paste the wall again, allowing a few centimetres wider than the width of the wallpaper.
• For the second drop check where the pattern matches and line up with this.
• Starting at the top, match the paper as you hang it from the roll – smoothing the paper to the wall as you go.
• Butt edge of the paper up against the panel already on the wall, ensuring they closely line-up and don’t overlap. Use a seam roller to flatten where the paper joins.
• If needed you can use a lightly damp sponge and run it over the seams to remove any excess paste as you go.
• Continue these steps until you have wallpapered your chosen area.