Do You Plan to Put Wallpapers on the Walls?

What do you want to add to the walls of your living room? Stripes? Paisley? Floral? A living room wallpaper has the power to transform a room from floor to ceiling and is easier to install than you think.

Modern materials and techniques have taken wallpaper out of the "fear zone" for homeowners and made it practical and fun to dream up and execute bold new living room wallpaper designs. Read our simple guide and move on and imagine the possibilities.

Measuring and buying wallpaper

The first obvious question is, "How much living room wallpaper will these walls need?" It's tempting to think, but we're sure this has never worked for anyone.

You will need enough living room wallpaper to cover the square meters and then something (for cutting). Always round all unequal numbers up! You will want more wallpaper, and too little paper is the easiest way to make a mistake.

Determine the square meters of each wall you cover (multiply the width by the height) and add them. Do not include baseboards or cornices. Determine the square meters of areas that will not be covered and subtract them from the square meters of the walls. That means windows, doors, fireplaces, and so on.

A tip for buying living room wallpaper: always buy at least one extra roll. You will cut enough to fit the patterns and correct mistakes. The wallpaper is also made in batches of dyes.

Changes in temperature, time, and other factors can lead to slight color variations, even from the same manufacturer. By purchasing all the paper at the same time - even the extra one - you make sure that all the pieces will come from the same batch of paint.

 Wallpaper patterns

Choosing a living room wallpaper is much easier than it used to be! With over 400 wallpaper options to choose from (over 200 self-adhesive styles!), It's easy to turn your bare walls into walls worth watching! From popular patterns and colors to maps, murals, and more, it's never been easier to add an accent wall or a general look you'll love.

There are three styles of patterns and simple ways to make wallpaper work in any living room. The stripes are easy to align, because - well - they are stripes. But, like a striped top, the orientation has a great aesthetic effect - the horizontal will make the room look wider, and the vertical will stretch it a little higher. After measuring and cutting the parts, number them on the back to keep track of the mounting order.

The randomly matched wallpaper has a scatter-print or arbitrary pattern and is designed so that you don't need to align it at all. Chaos can be a beautiful thing.

The wallpaper with a pattern that repeats in both directions is called a drop match. Each sheet must be cut and mounted exactly to fit perfectly. Drop match patterns create most of the paper waste through cuts.

Half-drop patterns are usually patterns that are repeated diagonally and repeated where the wall meets the ceiling. It takes three strips of paper to repeat the vertical pattern. Matching multiple patterns may require four or more strips to repeat the pattern and are the most difficult to fit.

 Wallpaper application

Precipitated wallpaper

These lightweight papers come with adhesive on the back - just wait for it to activate. Also known as "wall-mounted" wallpaper, you'll only need to apply a little water or a manufacturer's activator to make it sticky.

Paper wallpaper

The Traditional wallpaper doesn't come with any glue. Also known as paper wallpaper, you will need to purchase adhesive from your hardware store and follow the instructions.

Self-adhesive wallpaper

It is designed for easy application - just peel off the media and stick the paper directly to the wall. If you need something that can be easily removed without damaging the walls at all or not at all, this option is ideal.