How To Hang Wallpaper Around Wall Lights

With a utility knife trim away enough paper to expose the sockets or switch.

How to hang wallpaper around wall lights.

Ease the plate away from the wall and in front of the wallpaper. Overlap the existing piece on the adjacent wall by 1 8 inch. How to wallpaper around tricky obstacles turn off your electricity. Apply the paper to the wall with the top edge of the paper starting about three inches above the corner where the ceiling meets the wall.

Wallpapering according to plan 1. Make a pencil mark just in from each corner impression in the wallpaper. Hang the next strip of paper. Cut off the.

That way you can cut the paper with a perfectly straight. Hang a strip in the corner. Replace plastic covers with metal covers for better paper adhesion. We ll be removing the light switch cover to tuck spare paper underneath and it is imperative.

Paper loosely over a switch. Wallpaper down to the switch or socket support the wallpaper with one hand and smooth the paper into the switch surface mounted box cut along the top of the box then carefully pull the paper away from the wall slightly so you can smooth the paper to the edge of the box trim this edge now do the same with the other edge. Using a wallpaper hanging. Prime the cover with wallpaper sizing.

Unscrew and remove the outlet cover then apply strips of paper to the wall as usual papering over the open electrical box. Measure to the plumb line and adjust the paper to keep the distance equal. On the adjacent wall draw a plumb line if there s no door or window.