Edge an archway?

[eyup]

Hi all,

Not sure I am posting in the correct forum but here goes.

We have the following arched doorway and intend to wall paper the surrounding walls. What is the best way to finish the edge? Is there a suitable trim that will neatly cover the corners and be flexible enough to bend round the archway? Ideally we want it as discreet as possible.


Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

 

[emilybronte]

You are setting yourself up for disappointment.

Wallpaper is not designed to go seamlessly into curves in two planes. What do you think is going to happen to the pattern?

You could (theoretically) tuck narrow flaps round at 90 degrees into the archway itself from the paper on the main wall, then cover the whole of the inside surface of the archway with one long strip exactly the right width, but it is going to look a bodge. I know of no curvable 'trim' which will work for this.

Why are you so determined to paper that wall? Can't you make a feature wall of one of the other (archless) walls and simply pain the archway wall in a complementary colour?

 

[eyup]

Hi

Thanks for the reply. Thankfully the boss wants a plainish paper/blown vinyl so I dont think the pattern will be a problem. As you rightly point out, and there are a few post already on the forum, it is difficult to paper and arch and get good results.

We inherited the arch and like it as a feature. Ideally we want a door way on there at some point and father in law who is a carpenter may do this for us although its a long way off at present!

Just trying to scope out whether there are any easy options for the edge without see papers cuts i.e. we paper to the edge, cut the paper and then cover with a trim of come kind. Its finding something suitable thats the problem. We have considered routing a trim and using flexible timber or board etc. All possible but requiring a lot of work unfortunately.

 

[Bosswhite]

The only way I have managed to hang wallpaper on the inside of an arch fairly successfully, is to take the central point of the top of the arch, cut two narrow pieces for either side so the paper matches, edges stuck down with lap adhesive, to save peel back.