How To

How To

How to Choose a Wallpaper Colourway for Your Room

How to Choose a Wallpaper Colourway for Your Room

Aspect first, then the things you cannot change. How to judge colour by the light your room actually gets — and why choosing the drawing first and the colour second...

How to Choose a Wallpaper Colourway for Your Room

Aspect first, then the things you cannot change. How to judge colour by the light your room actually gets — and why choosing the drawing first and the colour second...

How to Remove Wallpaper Paste and Glue Residue

How to Remove Wallpaper Paste and Glue Residue

Stripping the paper is half the job. Why old adhesive stops the next paper - or paint - from sticking, how to wash it off properly, and the dry-hand test...

How to Remove Wallpaper Paste and Glue Residue

Stripping the paper is half the job. Why old adhesive stops the next paper - or paint - from sticking, how to wash it off properly, and the dry-hand test...

Where to Start When Wallpapering a Room

Where to Start When Wallpapering a Room

Never in a corner. Which wall to begin on, how to mark a line worth hanging to, where to centre the pattern, and how to decide in advance where the...

Where to Start When Wallpapering a Room

Never in a corner. Which wall to begin on, how to mark a line worth hanging to, where to centre the pattern, and how to decide in advance where the...

Why Is My Wallpaper Peeling, and How Do I Fix It?

Why Is My Wallpaper Peeling, and How Do I Fix It?

Look at the back of the paper first. Where the paste ended up tells you what went wrong - and each of the seven causes has a different fix.

Why Is My Wallpaper Peeling, and How Do I Fix It?

Look at the back of the paper first. Where the paste ended up tells you what went wrong - and each of the seven causes has a different fix.

How to Wallpaper Over Painted Walls

How to Wallpaper Over Painted Walls

Most people are papering over paint, and the finish decides how much work it is. What matt, silk and gloss each need, the thirty-day rule, and the finger test for...

How to Wallpaper Over Painted Walls

Most people are papering over paint, and the finish decides how much work it is. What matt, silk and gloss each need, the thirty-day rule, and the finger test for...

How to Wallpaper Internal and External Corners

How to Wallpaper Internal and External Corners

Measure at three heights, turn 1cm inside and 2cm outside, then start the next wall on a fresh line. Why a full width should never be wrapped around a corner.

How to Wallpaper Internal and External Corners

Measure at three heights, turn 1cm inside and 2cm outside, then start the next wall on a fresh line. Why a full width should never be wrapped around a corner.