Feature Walls : How To Wallpaper A Fire Breast Wall

As wallpaper can be expensive it is very popular nowadays to have a feature / accent wall to give interest to a room without breaking the bank!

Fire breast feature wallpapering

The first thing you need to do once you have decided to wallpaper your fire breast or fire breast wall is to work out how much wallpaper you will require, by measuring the wall and using our wallpaper calculator for this.

Next you need to work out the centre of the breast, do this by measuring across the width and divide it by two. Next mark the centre and draw a straight line from top to bottom. This is your centre line to work from.

Now you need to take the width of the paper and work out where you need to start.

This will be either with the edge of the paper on the centre line or the centre of the sheet across the centre line. The aim of this is to make sure you don’t end up with a sheet finishing on the external corner, or a sheet not leaving enough to go around the corner for the next sheet you butt up to. If the edge of the sheet is to close to an external corner it may not stick very well and be difficult to join your paper, especially if the corner runs out (i.e. the corner is not vertical).

Like all wallpapering jobs, you need to work out where to start before you actually put paper on the walls. Once you have worked out all the measurements and decided where your first sheet needs to go you can start to paper. As always, follow the manufactures guidelines and soaking times.

It is up to you if you wish to just paper the fire breast or continue doing the walls either side of the breast.

Interior designer Françoise Murat : Wallpapering Article Featuring our Wallpaper Calculator

Today www.propertydecorating.co.uk was featured in the newsletter of Interior designer Françoise Murat in her feature on Wallpaper “Wallpaper – an amazing decorative wall covering”.

The newsletter can be read online at Françoise Murat’s website

And the full article including details of our wallpaper calculators and why I developed them for the website and as a resource for DIYer’s and Trademen alike can be read in the article :
http://www.francoisemurat.com/interior-design/231–wallpaper-amazing-decorative-wall-coverings.html

EDITED – 14/05/2010
Today we are also featured on Sarah Beeny’s website Tepilo where Françoise guest blogs about ‘A British approach to decoration: Wallpapers‘.

Françoise says in the blog:
“CALCULATING HOW MANY ROLLS YOU NEED….

The first question any client always asks me is: how much do I need to buy? How do I calculate what I need for such and such room? The answer? Adrian Rayfield of www.propertydecorating.co.uk has devised a fantastically easy tool – see what he says” https://www.tepilo.com/blog/2010/05/a-british-approach-to-decoration-wallpapers/

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After the success of our wallpaper calculator we have now developed a ceiling wallpaper calculator which is now live.

The ceiling wallpaper calculator is very similar to the wallpaper calculator so it is easy and fast to use; we have also included our feet to metre converter for you convenience.

As always, we welcome your comments.

Coming soon………
The Paint calculator