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How to calculate wallpaper and border quantities
How to prepare walls
How to hang wallpaper

How to hang a border
How to hang a mural
How to hang around doors and windows
How to hang around outlets and pipes
How to achieve that finished look
How to remove wallpaper for redecorating
How to wallpaper over paneling
How to create a decorative room screen
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     hang around outlets and pipes
 
   electrical outlets
  • Remember, electrical power should be off!
  • Hang strip over outlet, cut an "X" into strip and trim each of the 4 flaps to edges of outlet.

   toilet and radiator pipes
  
and permanent fixtures

  • With scissors, cut vertically up to where the paper will meet the pipe or fixture.
  • Smooth paper into place around the pipe or fixture. Carefully trim around pipe or fixture with a razor knife.
  • Resmooth paper at the vertical cut making sure the edges are butting.
  • Use a yardstick to smooth paper down behind toilet tanks etc.
   plumbing and heating pipes
  • Smooth strip up to edge of pipe.
  • Cut horizontal slit into side of strip to reach pipe.
  • Cut a hole at the end of the slit to fit around pipe.
  • Touch together the edges of slit and smooth.

 

 

 
 
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