PAGE 12 | Home&Lifestyle Wallpaper is an easy way to create a feature wall or transform a whole space - here’s how to it. Here’s what you’ll need: - Clean bucket of water - Ladder - Paint brush - Paint roller tray - Pencil - Roller tray - Spirit level - Stirrer - Tape measure - Utility knife - Wallpaper smoother - Wallpaper - Wallpaper paste STEPS 1. Measure your first drop - Before you start, read the instructions that come with the wallpaper. Once you’ve done this, measure the width of your wallpaper and deduct about five centimetres. Use the tape measure to mark this distance out from the corner of the wall. From this mark, use the spirit level and pencil to run a straight line from the top of the wall to the bottom. 2. Mix the wallpaper paste - Read the instructions on the wallpaper paste packet. In a bucket, add the required amount of paste to the necessary amount of water. Use the stirrer to mix this until the paste has a thick consistency, then pour the paste into the paint roller tray. 3. Apply the paste - Working from the corner, use the paint brush Transform your walls to apply the wallpaper paste to the wall where you’re going to hang your first drop of wallpaper. Use a brush to apply the paste in the corners and along the edges, then use the roller to apply the paste to the rest of the wall. Overlap when applying the paste and roll and brush it beyond the pencil line you drew with the spirit level. 4. Hang the first drop - Get up on the ladder and line the end of the wallpaper roll up with the top of the wall. Also line the edge of the wallpaper with the straight line that runs down the wall. Run your hand over it so it sticks to the wall. Step off the ladder and unroll the wallpaper until the roll is sitting on the floor, and cut the wallpaper from the roll, below the wall. 5. Smooth and trim - Use the wallpaper smoother to smooth out all of the bubbles and creases, working from the top to the bottom. Once the wallpaper is smooth, use the utility knife and straight edge of the smoother to trim the wallpaper in the corner and at the bottom of the wall. 6. Hang the second sheet - Apply paste to the wall where your second sheet of wallpaper will hang, using the paint brush and roller. Apply the paste evenly and wider than the width of your wallpaper. Then follow the same process in steps four and five. 7. Hang the rest of the wallpaper - After hanging the first two sheets of wallpaper, continue applying paste to the wall and hanging the sheets of wallpaper until you have covered the whole wall. 8. Trim - If you covered a hole or powerpoint with wallpaper, you need to cut the wallpaper so it can be installed. Before you start, make sure the electricity in the house is off. Feel where the hole for the powerpoint is, then use the utility knife to cut from corner to corner of the hole, leaving an X shaped cut in the wallpaper. Have the powerpoint installed by a licensed electrician. $ # $"%& & & & $ & %% & $ # $"% & $"%& & & & $ ! & & $"% "% ! % # ! $ #$"%# "% $ # $"% ! $ %"%##&#!" ! #& ! & ! & & ! %
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