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I haven't wallpapered since the early 90's but I'm going to hang some wallpaper on the wall that faces you as you go down to the bottom off the stairs. The wall is 960mm wide. And it has a wall light fitting centrallly, and a light switch towards the left. Should I put a panel up in the...

...converted the garage into a new room, the walls are plastered and the first coat of diluted emulsion is on. However the wife now wants wallpaper on one of the walls. Can I now wallpaper directly onto the wall or would I need a second coat of diluted emulsion to ensure the walls are sealed...

Not so bad after wallpaper removal

I've done quite a bit of DIY in my time, but the one thing I've never done is wallpaper! What prep do I need to do to paper on a freshly plastered stud wall. At the moment I have given the wall in question a mist coat of emulsion. Or is it now ready to go with paste and the wallpaper?

Hi, How would I wallpaper around these radiator brackets. My line of wallpaper will start approx 30cm to the left of the brackets on the left. Do I just put a HORIZONTAL slit in the wallpaper followed by a hole/fan and trim around bracket? edit: or having thought about it, probably be...

What's the latest fad in terms of how to decorate walls: paint them or wallpaper them?

This is the wall in my bedroom under the very easy to remove wallpaper - some kind of mould??

what prep work is needed for wallpapering over a wall which is painted with silk :D

I've had peeling wallpaper on a chimney breast due to dampness ,this dampness has now been resolved wall completely dry Ive pasted the wall paper seems to stick but then it comes away hours later . I don't have spare wallpaper so can't strip the wall to redo it , any tips to stick it back...

Thinking about repainting a room but it has previously had wallpaper and the previous owner just painted straight over it. There are some bubbles in places but I'm not sure whether it's damp, bad plastering, or the paint. The bubbles seem pretty hard so if it was just air it would have "popped"...

...I'll have to re-paper my whole kitchen!! Whilst slapping some white emulsion on my ceiling, I must have caught the paintbrush on the wallpaper and didn't notice. Obviously it's well and truly dried now. I tried white spirit and warm soapy water (not together). Neither worked and instead...

Hi Newbie here, hoping someone can recognise this wallpaper. It is an embossed paintable type of anaglypta I think Cheers in advance

Hi How much should I be paying to hang 7 x 2.2m drop of Muraspec wallpaper 1.3m wide. Is there anyone in Leicester that can do this for me

Need help, got 7 rooms which need wallpaper removing and wanna know quicker and easier ways than using a scraper?? What are steamer's like?

Is there a good method of removing wallpaper from platerboard walls without ruining the plasterboard?. We have woodchip on the upstairs walls and would like to get rid of it and redecorate.

A leaky upstairs radiator valve has caused black staining on the wallpaper in the room below: All is now dried out and ready for redecoration. I was going to repaper but I've found the existing (embossed) wallpaper is marked as paintable. My question is, can I paint over that level of...

I will be wallpapering a small bedroom soon. The old wallpaper has been totally stripped and the walls are quite chalky. What is the best way to approach this please?

I'm starting a big job at home of wallpapering newly plastered walls, and replacing some existing wallpaper on other walls. Someone said that I need to use lining paper before the wallpaper. Is this correct? What is the purpose of lining paper? If anyone can give advise I'd appreciate it...

Just started removing wallpaper from a plasterboard wall in a house I recently moved into. On two of the walls (pictured) it looks like the previous owners wallpapered directly onto plasterboard with no skim layer before. Struggling to only remove the wallpaper without also removing the original...

Hi All, My hubby has spent the best part of a day wallpapering one wall in our bedroom. The problem is that all the edges are messy because the wallpaper was left to dry before trimming the edges! We were thinking of getting a really thin border to go round the edges but would love some...