I by no means do issues by halves, do I?! This space of our corridor is beautiful, however I felt it may very well be extra beautiful. It was initially an underneath stairs cabinet, however had such beautiful tiles beneath we determined to point out them off. I don’t remorse this choice nevertheless it did imply we had a) much less storage in a corridor that already lacked storage (!) and b) it’s fairly darkish underneath right here.
I added this Dunelm mild final yr nevertheless it nonetheless wanted one thing, and I really like the thought of wallpaper in small areas (see our downstairs bathroom right here) so as to add texture to an area. Realistically, to purchase the standard of paper I wished to, I would wish to do the hanging of the wallpaper myself. And truly, it could be good to study a brand new life ability on the similar time!
I browsed fairly a number of model choices and beloved CommonRoom wallpaper, nevertheless it was simply out of my funds; I’d solely want two rolls nevertheless it provides up rapidly. I checked out Dunelm for extra reasonably priced choices however didn’t discover something I beloved, so ended up shopping for Sophie Robinson’s vary with Harlequin. The positioning had a reduction so it labored out as £63.20 a roll. That is the ‘wiggle’ wallpaper in Lapis/Sky color.
I had lately painted the latticework in our corridor a vibrant blue so wished to introduce brighter/lighter blues to the corridor and thought this may go completely with out introducing too many new colors.
I cleared my schedule for a number of days and watched this tutorial (I used to be fairly impressed they confirmed a girl doing it!), purchased all of the instruments like an entire novice and bought to it. In actuality, it could’ve taken me round 6 hours altogether however I made a decision to movie and work round children decide ups, so it took me a number of days working in 4 hour chunks. I have to admit, when you end your first wall it feels so satisfying and you may transfer on (versus paint – ready for it to dry and also you simply by no means actually really feel such as you’re accomplished!). I do consider that good high quality paper is vital to with the ability to do that effectively, as I may simply peel again the paper and begin once more if I wanted to, with out it ripping.
WHAT I LEARNT
It doesn’t matter what space you might be doing, it will likely be tough! Granted, I picked a decent nook with sloping partitions, wonky Edwardian surfaces with dado rails and skirting boards (additionally uneven) however there’ll all the time be one thing. The plug socket was surprisingly simple (so long as you flip the electrics off, after all!).
My total physique ached – all these stretching, reaching and brushing motions!
Patterned wallpaper could be very arduous to match up. In addition to contemplating angles, I’d spend hours attempting to copy the sample of a swirl, solely to lose my place and have to start out over once more. These partitions all go in numerous instructions, too! However the wonderful thing about a very busy sample is that it’s fairly arduous to observe and see the place you’ve made errors!
There may be additionally fairly a little bit of waste in case you are targeted on matching the sample at each angle – I’d discover a lacking piece in the midst of the roll and have to chop into it to make use of.
There’s quite a lot of guesswork and reducing random bits to stuff in gaps, nevertheless it all labored out okay! My love for Jigsaw puzzles actually got here in helpful right here, I (virtually) relished the problem.
Truthfully, it wasn’t as time consuming as I assumed it could be, when you’re on a roll (pun supposed) it’s fairly fast! And as I went straight over darkish paint in some areas, it was faster than portray it white (as I did with the remainder of the hallway) – one layer and it was lined.
Did I benefit from the course of – sure! Would I do it once more? Possibly…nevertheless it’d should be a sq., neat room all prepped with no home windows, sloped partitions or plug sockets.
