I did it. Well I didn't do it, but my husband did. We have wallpapered our powder room. And I love it!
Finding a decent wallpaper print was like finding a needle in a hay stack. Yes, wallpaper is available at Walmart and HomeDeopt, but find me one that isn't granny-ish or over done. I ordered from General Paint and found a series of contemporary wallpapers by Blue Mountain that I liked. Because I ordered there, I expected to be able to purchase supplies there too. WRONG! Apparently the "lack of popularity" has made wallpaper troughs and squeegees nearly extinct. I tried three different paint supply stores before I found the must-have supplies at RONA.
Then I stayed up all night watching online tutorials on how to hang wallpaper.
When I began papering, I was awful at hanging it, but didn't realize immediately because I was just so good at everything else involved like:
- preparing the walls,
- measuring,
- matching the pattern,
- cutting the paper with a 2" seam allowance at the top and bottom,
- pre-soaking,
- "booking" the paper,
- and trimming the top and bottom.
So I gave up after a few too many strips, and my husband hung the rest. I think he should do it professionally, there is a real call for wallpaperers right now, but unfortunately he would rather be a doctor.
