Wallpapering Around Windows And Doors

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Now let’s talk about papering around windows and doors. Where casing partially intersects with a panel, paste the strip over the rim. Make a diagonal relief cut at the outside corner of the trim so that excess paper can be laid back below. Position the strip so that the adhesive on the back contacts the wall., cut conservatively and then reposition the paper until it fits. Tap it in place with the brush bristles. Trim the wallpaper with a razor blade and straightedge as you did at the ceiling and the baseboard.

To paper an inside corner, measure from the last whole strip to the corner at three locations along the vertical edge. Cut and prepare a strip 1/8 inch wider than the widest measurement so that it will actually wrap the corner slightly when hung. Hang the strip. It is safe to assume that the corner is not perfectly perpendicular, so you want to establish a new guideline for hanging the next sequence of panels on the far side of the corner. Drop a plumb line and hang the first panel on this next wall as you did the original panel on the previous wall. Align the panel edge vertically along the freshly marked plumb line. Overlap the previous panel’s corner-turned edge. If the wall covering has a vinyl-coated surface, run a bead of vinyl-to-vinyl adhesive under the top seam and roll it firm to ensure that the seam is secure.