Wallpapering
Techniques
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If your windows are more-or-less flush with
the internal face of the wall, paper up to the window frames as if you were
papering around a door.
When a window is set back into the wall, it leaves a
narrow strip of wall all around, known as the 'reveal'. There is a specific
technique for papering a reveal:
Step: 1 Hang the
full strip of wallpaper adjacent to the window and make two horizontal cuts in
the paper overlapping the reveal, one just above the top and another along the
underside of the sill. Fold and brush the flap of paper onto the side of the
reveal. Crease and trim off the waste at the window frame.
Step: 2 Brush
the paper into place below the window, trimming to fit as required.
Step: 3 At the
top, cut a small piece of wallpaper to match the width of the overlap above the
reveal. Paste this to the underside of the reveal and wrap it around the front
corner, tucking it under the paper pasted above. Trim off the waste next to the
window frame.
Where one piece of thick
paper overlaps another, cut through both layers with a sharp knife to make a
matching butt joint. Remove the waste and press down the joint with a steam
roller.
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