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Decorative Beading For Archways
Can anybody suggest a decorative beading to provide a decent finish
where wallpaper has been cut around an archway? I do not seem to be able to find anything suitable in the large stores. All the edging I find does not have the necessary flexibility to bend around the arch. Any suggestions welcome. Andy |
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Andy Binnie wrote:
Can anybody suggest a decorative beading to provide a decent finish where wallpaper has been cut around an archway? I do not seem to be able to find anything suitable in the large stores. All the edging I find does not have the necessary flexibility to bend around the arch. Any suggestions welcome. Andy I know lots of slots cut in the back of wood makes it bendy, but the ida of putting something over the edge of the paper sounds a bit naff to me - but thats me, I avoid all those bodge-cover-up things and do the job properly to start with. Cut it properly and you shouldnt need anything to cover any mess, there wont be one. NT |
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On 17 Feb 2005 00:09:25 GMT, "Bob Eager" wrote:
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 23:48:59 UTC, wrote: Andy Binnie wrote: Can anybody suggest a decorative beading to provide a decent finish where wallpaper has been cut around an archway? I do not seem to be able to find anything suitable in the large stores. All the edging I find does not have the necessary flexibility to bend around the arch. Any suggestions welcome. Andy I know lots of slots cut in the back of wood makes it bendy, but the ida of putting something over the edge of the paper sounds a bit naff to me - but thats me, I avoid all those bodge-cover-up things and do the job properly to start with. Cut it properly and you shouldnt need anything to cover any mess, there wont be one. We have a similar situation. The finish is fine, but traffic is causing wear and tear on the edge....trying to find something nice to fix this. I had several openings between rooms in a previous house that had been walpapered and, as you say, the edges fray very quickly. I converted them into "doorways" - lining and adding architrave. Really very easy indeed. For the archway, I used T&G cladding running front-to-back in the archway - this bends very slightly in short pieces and - of course - there is lots of flexibility at each joint. Then I made a matching "cover" for each face of the arch by cutting a curve out of a sheet made from the cladding. This worked because there was an obvious square area above each face of the arch that could be filled in in this way - without it things would be a lot harder. I've decided I hate arches, and had them all removed in the recent round of work in this house. -- On-line canal route planner: http://www.canalplan.org.uk (Waterways World site of the month, April 2001) |
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