Striped Wallpaper

Using Striped Wallpaper to Bring New Life to Walls.

One of the biggest problem areas in a large empty room walls that look back to you as you enter. These walls create a feeling of emptiness in a room, and sometimes act to disrupt the flow of colors and designs are already in place: or they do not fulfill their potential to create visual impact in a room.




Wallpaper is an inexpensive and popular to decorate the walls and bring them to life. Depending on the size of the wall, with the coverage, and what you want the picture illustrates, striped wallpaper lends flexibility to a room and allow your creativity.




Working with the wallpaper is easy if you know how to do it, and here are some tips.




Preparing the Room for Wallpapering




Wallpaper disaster occurred because of inadequate preparation of the wall is not taken seriously. Like when painting a wall or upholstering a sofa, a large amount of time should be dedicated to the preparation walls. This extra time will save time and trouble in the long run.




Measure the wall and purchase striped wallpaper will cover the entire surface of the wall (allowing for errors and pattern matching). Cut into manageable sizes striped wallpaper when you're ready to use.




To prepare the wall for wallpapering, removing each switch plates, walls, equipment, and socket covers. Clean the walls thoroughly to remove dirt and / or mushrooms, and let it dry completely. Search the wall for each hole, depression, or a mound: this can be corrected using a drywall compound or spackling compound. Apply complex, subtle as possible, and let dry thoroughly. Sanding and then needed to smooth the surface to make it as easy as possible for the wallpaper to follow the wall. Then prime your walls with acrylic adhesive recommended by experts wallpaper.




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Once you prime your walls with adhesive, decide how you want to hang wallpaper. Go to the (right to left or visa versa) is easiest for you. Cut a striped wallpaper allows for pattern matching and a small amount of garbage at the bottom. Starting from top, apply wallpaper to the wall. You may want to precut holes for the switches, openings other, and so on (which is very precise with the measurements to avoid errors) or cut them while you continue to hang wallpaper (easiest way). However you must be right!

Amateurs often ends with a small air bubble problem under wallpaper, or flat attached to the wall. Resist the temptation to use soft plastics as it can tear the wallpaper or leave a mark when used with an incorrect pressure. Instead, use a clean soft cloth and apply gentle pressure with hands, or a light flexible rubber flap - is very similar to that used for cleaning windows.




Designing with Wallpaper




Wallpaper provides an opportunity for colors and patterns that will be incorporated into the design. Large wall display may benefit from the patterns or striped wallpaper to match the extraordinary size. Use vertical lines to add height to the room, and the horizontal to create the illusion of more space. Another option is to combine multiple designs - use the pattern lines on the top of the wall and a solid interest or print at the bottom to create interest.




Use the border near the ceiling to create visual interest and give the illusion of height to the room, such as call attention to the ceiling.




When using wallpaper in more than one room house, you have the option to create a convenience between two rooms without having to use the same wallpaper. The liquid can be achieved with a different tone remained the same color, contrast colors, or similar patterns.




Building a Room of Wallpaper




When designing the room, the wallpaper creates a good visual palette with which to work. Wallpaper, because they provide a variety of colors and patterns in their design, can create an atmosphere in the central room (formal, informal, etc.); source of color scheme (the colors in the wallpaper), and even that will flow patterns throughout the room (pattern flowers, stripes, or dots).




Wallpaper provides great opportunities for design ingenuity. Do not be afraid to use the wall to its full potential - both to improve the design of the room or building a whole room around. By Bill McRea