Welcome back to One Room at a Time Half Bath makeover
If this is your first time here , no problem I can give you a quick recap on what we are doing.
I joined up with Terrie from Decorate and more with tip and Pammy from Patina and Paint.. The four week makeover is a Half bath makeover . I jumped in at week two and played catch up.. You can check it out here https:/throughavintagedoor.com/powder-room-makeover-one-room-at-a-time-Friday/
Recap!
Installed cabinets
Installed tiles
Installed sink and toilet
Installed pendent light
Installed mirror
Added a towel holder
Added a toilet roll holder
This week I hung the wallpaper.
I’ll walk you through what I do when hanging wall paper. first I measure the wall and eyeball the height that I wanted the papers length at , in this case I’m only doing half as I want to do wainscoting on the bottom half of the room so I’m only wallpapering the top!
I use a level to mark out all the walls so I can get my measurement from top to bottom . I cut my paper at 57’ so it will be longer than where I’ll be adding the wainscoting , this gives me room to play with .The very first piece of wallpaper I start with is in the center of the mirror as this is the main focal point when you enter the room. Then I work my way on either side I find it just works out better to start from the centre of the wall plus it looks even if you have a pattern.I measure the length I need and cut it about 2’ more , leaving an inch at the top and bottom to be cut I paste it ..Always read the paste instructions for your wallpapers as some you just need to wet the wall , some you need to paste and some you need to just paste the wall .. This paper needed walls only pasted but I didn’t follow this rule as the last room I did dried to fast , so I pasted the paper also. I leave it for about 5 minutes or more so the paste can absorb well into the paper . I always fold mine so it prevents it from drying out to fast.Always join the edges together very closely so the patern matches.As you can see in the close up , you can’t notice a join . Just take your time till you get it right and before you know it , you will get the hang of it , like a pro 😉I always use a white cloth to rub the edges together, if you use a coloured cloth you might get dye on the paper , especially at the edges where the paste oozes out and the paper is wetter! Some people use plastic tools like a scraper and some use paper rollovers . I just use a cloth , I find it easy enough using the cloth method! I started to go anti clockwise till I got to the back of the door and then went to the other side and worked my way right around.
Just a quick tip .. When I get the join just right , I start brushing out the air bubble from the middle of the paper and work outwards and upwards , then I work on brushing outwards at the end .. The paste makes the paper slippery so it’s easy to move around and get it in place at the joins.
I hope this tutorial helped you get a bit of an idea of how to hang wallpaper.
Stay tuned for the reveal week.
Stay tuned for week 4 of the half bath makeover! This will be the final week and you will get to see the final reveal. Next week I will be doing the wainscoting and decorating!!
If you have been following each week , Hop on over to my two friends Terrie and Pammy and see where they are up to on their half bath makeovers.. I have provided their links below.
Oh, Teresa! This is just the most beautiful room. I can’t imagine what you could do for next week that would make this room any prettier. Great job. Thank you so much for sharing!
Your wallpaper is beautiful and made a great deal of a difference in the room. Thanks for the tutorial, I remember doing the folding myself. I can’t wait until the reveal day to see how your bathroom looks.
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You girls are rockin’ the beautiful wallpaper!!
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Aww thank you so much , it was funny we all did wallpaper lol!!
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Oh, Teresa! This is just the most beautiful room. I can’t imagine what you could do for next week that would make this room any prettier. Great job. Thank you so much for sharing!
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Your wallpaper is beautiful and made a great deal of a difference in the room. Thanks for the tutorial, I remember doing the folding myself. I can’t wait until the reveal day to see how your bathroom looks.
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