

Take care when hanging printed wallpaper as this delicate paper can tear and matching up more complex patterns can be difficult. One of the most popular wallpaper types, printed wallpaper is available in a wide variety of colours and qualities, featuring hand-printed or machine printed patterns. These fibres make the wallpaper durable and long-lasting making it suitable for high-traffic areas like your hallway and stairways. Similar in design to anaglypta, supaglypta is made with cotton fibres to produce its complex embossed patterns. Take care when hanging this type of wallpaper as it can be prone to stretching.

Embossed paper is usually made from high grade (thick) material that can help cover slight imperfections on your walls. usually comes in a neutral shade that you can easily paint over with your chosen emulsion paint. Thick and durable, anaglypta wallpaper is available in a wide variety of embossed designs and. Flocked wallpaper can be tricky to hang due to stray wallpaper paste causing marks on the design. Made with a velvet-like fibre patterning, traditional flocked wallpaper provides a high-end look and luxurious feel to your walls. When using this option, try to avoid high-traffic areas as it can easily be dented and marked. This polystyrene veneer is also helpful in bathrooms, kitchens and bedrooms that are more likely to have a build-up of condensation. Polystyrene sheetingįor warmer walls and to help reduce condensation in room, using rolls of thin polystyrene sheeting as a wallpaper lining is a great option. Like lining paper, woodchip wallpaper is available in a variety of grades (thickness) with the thicker options offering more coverage and ease when hanging. Woodchip wallpaper – also known as ingrain wallpaper – is made with small chips of wood within the paper and is a budget friendly way of covering imperfect surfaces. Lining paper is hung horizontally – unless you are planning on painting it - to prevent the joins matching up when you hang your wallpaper of choice on top. It’s available in a variety of grades (AKA thicknesses), and the thicker lining paper is, the easier it is to hang, the less chance it has of tearing, and better coverage it offers. This plain paper is the perfect in-between layer for covering imperfections and dark colours on your wall before applying your final look. Similar to anaglypta or embossed paper, blown vinyl wallpaper has a coloured and raised design that cannot be painted over.
PLAIN PASTE THE WALL WALLPAPER SKIN
Featuring a printed skin of vinyl on top of a layer of paper, vinyl wallpaper is available in a range of thicknesses for added durability but cannot be painted on. You need to go steady but fairly quick, though you tend to get a little longer open time with pre mixed paste.Hardwearing and washable, vinyl wallpaper is especially suitable for kitchens and bathrooms due to its moisture-resistance. I wouldn't do that, cut to length (+ a bit extra) beforehand as it will make life much easier & the paper more manageable!įor really fiddly areas you need to take it one obstacle/cut at a time - after marking lightly with a pencil I tend to use a clean scraper & fresh blade to get get a really neat edge on niggly areas such as around fire surrounds etc.

Humorously, if I remember rightly, Harlequin for one suggest you hang it straight from the roll. The difficulty you might find hanging paste the wall paper is until you're used to it, it can be quite hard to cut into corners or around awkward areas such as fireplaces because the paper is dry, it's not supple like pasted paper & it has a tendancy to want to roll itself back up. Gently paste or roller it onto the wall then use a brush to get an even amount of paste along the ceiling line & skirting line & also into any corners etc. Make sure it's diluted to the recommended level. You should really use the manufacturers recommended paste, though I've tended to use Beeline pre mixed paste on stuff like Harlequin with no problems.
