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I'm currently decorating the small bedroom . This room has 6 corners
,and each time i wallpaper round a corner the wall paper is not straight
in the next wall
what can i do here any tips
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I'm currently decorating the small bedroom . This room has 6 corners ,and
each time i wallpaper round a corner the wall paper is not straight in the
next wall
what can i do here any tips

Where there's too much paper, cut/rip and overlap. They also reckon to paper
away from the windows so that joints/overlaps are less visible.


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I'm currently decorating the small bedroom . This room has 6 corners
,and each time i wallpaper round a corner the wall paper is not straight
in the next wall
what can i do here any tips


Just means that the adjoining walls are not square ( as you would
expect). Take the final length on the wall round the corner by about
half an inch and cut it vertically . Then hang the first length on the
next wall perfectly level and overlap it on to the half inch strip .
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I'm currently decorating the small bedroom . This room has 6 corners ,and
each time i wallpaper round a corner the wall paper is not straight in the
next wall
what can i do here any tips


If you mean that the corner is appearing somewhere in the centre of a
roll and you are wrapping it around the corner, you are doing it wrong.

You should be just wrapping around the corner an inch or so - by
trimming it down, then overlapping a fresh edge over the top of it for
the new section of wall. If the walls are really bad on the verticals
then it is best to avoid buying paper which has vertical lines in it.

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I'm currently decorating the small bedroom . This room has 6 corners
,and each time i wallpaper round a corner the wall paper is not straight
in the next wall
what can i do here any tips


Is it a matching paper?


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I'm currently decorating the small bedroom . This room has 6 corners
,and each time i wallpaper round a corner the wall paper is not straight
in the next wall
what can i do here any tips


If the walls aren't true, consider using a wallpaper which doesn't
emphasise verticals or strict pattern repetitions, or just paint the
walls :-)))

If you do just paint the walls, you can always break up the monotony
by using stencils, rag effects and so on.

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I'm currently decorating the small bedroom . This room has 6 corners
,and each time i wallpaper round a corner the wall paper is not straight
in the next wall
what can i do here any tips




Wait til you have the flu before you tackle it.
By the end you'll be tearing bits up and just slapping them on.
Oh yeah that's not what to do.

You'll need to use a paper that'll hide any errors in the walls and
pray for luck.
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