How to Wallpaper Around Door and Window Frames
Wallpaper can make a room pop with the right amounts of color and designs. However, sometimes putting up wallpaper can be trickier than painting a room, especially if you are trying to place wallpaper around doors and window frames. If you are going for a great look, there are a few great tips to get the wallpaper to smooth out around the window frames and the doors.
Things you will need:
- Scissors
- Tape measure
- Paint brush
- Paint roller
- Stepladder
- Wallpaper
- Putty knife
- Sponge
- Utility knife
- Brush for paste
- Wall sizing
- Wallpaper paste
- Wallpaper brush
- Oil base primer
- Wallpaper roller
- Wall sizing
Instructions:
- Take oil-based primer to put an even coat on the walls. Make sure that the primer is completely dry before putting any paint on the walls. Test the paint on a piece of wall sizing before painting on the wallpaper. The paste will assist in the wallpaper staying in place on the wall. Place paste on the back of the wallpaper once you make sure it going in the right direction that you choose.
- Press the wallpaper on wall starting at the top and making your way down, until you get right above the door frame or the window. Use scissors to cut away areas close to the corners located around the frames.
- Smooth the wallpaper out as much as possible. If you need to get the creases of the wallpaper into the side of the frame, try using the putty knife.
- Remove the extra paper left behind by the creases by cutting the paper. Begin cutting at the corners, but finish off by cutting the sides. This process will be similar for both the doors and window frames.
- Keep brushing the wallpaper with a wallpaper brush and use a putty knife to tuck in lose pieces of paper around the frame.