Hello
I am about to wallpaper my living room (I’ve already wallpapered two bedrooms, a landing and down the stairs to a not flawless but not too bad either standard). The thing that I always find the most stressful though is wallpapering the inner corners.
I know that the correct way to do it is to overlap and double cut through the overlap to create a nice seamless join (hypothetically!) Whilst I find this works reasonably ok when doing outer corners (as they’re usually sharper corners due to the metal stuff plasterers use) I’m finding that the results with inner corners do not look half as good as the inner corners are not as sharp and defined and no matter how much you press the paper into the corner, as soon as it’s double-cut it tends to move away from the join, further into the corner (if you see what I mean?)
The paper I’ve got my eye on for the living room is this stuff: http://www.diy.com/departments/loretta-plain-cream-vinyl-wallpaper/192462_BQ.prd
Which is a thick textured vinyl. I’m guessing that since it’s so thick it might be more difficult to work with, especially in the corners, and there may be issues with the double cutting and matching up because of the texture?
Would I be better off getting a ‘flatter’ wallpaper given I’m going to do it myself. I’ve worked with slightly textured wallpaper in the past, but nothing this thick. Is there a knack to minimising places where the seems may not join perfectly? I’ve read about using filler, but I assume this is just for gaps in lining paper which is going to be painted over only?
I intend to line the walls beforehand with 1400 grade lining paper.
I am about to wallpaper my living room (I’ve already wallpapered two bedrooms, a landing and down the stairs to a not flawless but not too bad either standard). The thing that I always find the most stressful though is wallpapering the inner corners.
I know that the correct way to do it is to overlap and double cut through the overlap to create a nice seamless join (hypothetically!) Whilst I find this works reasonably ok when doing outer corners (as they’re usually sharper corners due to the metal stuff plasterers use) I’m finding that the results with inner corners do not look half as good as the inner corners are not as sharp and defined and no matter how much you press the paper into the corner, as soon as it’s double-cut it tends to move away from the join, further into the corner (if you see what I mean?)
The paper I’ve got my eye on for the living room is this stuff: http://www.diy.com/departments/loretta-plain-cream-vinyl-wallpaper/192462_BQ.prd
Which is a thick textured vinyl. I’m guessing that since it’s so thick it might be more difficult to work with, especially in the corners, and there may be issues with the double cutting and matching up because of the texture?
Would I be better off getting a ‘flatter’ wallpaper given I’m going to do it myself. I’ve worked with slightly textured wallpaper in the past, but nothing this thick. Is there a knack to minimising places where the seems may not join perfectly? I’ve read about using filler, but I assume this is just for gaps in lining paper which is going to be painted over only?
I intend to line the walls beforehand with 1400 grade lining paper.
