How to Decorate with Wallpaper: A Practical and Inspirational Guide to Using Wallpaper in the Home, with Step-by-Step ProjectsWhen it comes to home decorating, wallpaper is making a comeback. The trend for plain, white walls is giving way to a new style of decorating, which allows you to transform your walls with the most amazing colours patterns. Many companies are reintroducing their archive ranges as original paper designs become fashionable again. |
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... look . Tonal schemes combine several shades of one colour for a look that is easy on the eye . With so many colours and styles to choose from , it's easy to feel overwhelmed . A mood board is a very useful tool to help develop your ...
... look . Tonal schemes combine several shades of one colour for a look that is easy on the eye . With so many colours and styles to choose from , it's easy to feel overwhelmed . A mood board is a very useful tool to help develop your ...
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... look very stylish but there is also a danger it may make a room feel fragmented . A border gives a unified look , and is a great way of linking different areas of a room that may be decorated separately , such as a bedroom and dressing ...
... look very stylish but there is also a danger it may make a room feel fragmented . A border gives a unified look , and is a great way of linking different areas of a room that may be decorated separately , such as a bedroom and dressing ...
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... look . • If the paper has a large pattern , cut out some of the patterns and frame them . Then hang them on the coordinating feature wall to add impact . • Do not paper right to the edge of the wall , instead leave a margin all around ...
... look . • If the paper has a large pattern , cut out some of the patterns and frame them . Then hang them on the coordinating feature wall to add impact . • Do not paper right to the edge of the wall , instead leave a margin all around ...
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add texture adhesive air bubbles Anaglypta arch bedroom bold pattern border frame bulldog clips centre chair rail Chelsea Harbour clean concertina dado rail decorative design scheme Design tricks Ease of hanging edge Edwardian period embossed papers ensure extra feature wall feel finish floral fold Free match hallways Handy Hint horizontal hung ideal joins knife length Lincrusta lining paper London SW10 look mark Measure motifs moulding number of rolls overlap paint papering around corners PAPERING AROUND WINDOWS PAPERING CEILINGS PATTERN AND COLOUR pattern matching peel pencil picture rail piece plumb line remove ROOM SCHEME scissors seam roller shade side smooth soak space spirit level stickers straight straight edge strip of paper strip of wallpaper style sugar soap Toile de Jouy trim type of paper vertical vinyl wall covering WALL OR ALCOVE wallcoverings WALLPAPERING A ROOM washable windows and doors woodchip