“Her
name was Lola, she loved to paper
With
yellow flowers in her hair, pasting table standing there”
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| Copacabana - closed for refurbishment |
After
a few copas in the cabana, Barry Manilow realised that a song about
wallpapering was never really going to catch on so he changed the lyrics and
the rest is history!
Coving
complete, it’s time to roll out the Deco Paradiso at the hottest spot north of
Havana to create a lovely feature wall behind our bed.
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| Coving - what a difference it makes to a room |
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| Textured feature wall to go behind bed |
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| Ugh! 20 years worth of dust bunnies under the bed |
I truly adore this wallpaper with its intricate
geometric fan-shape pattern. It always goes up well and paints up nicely. I’m sure it’ll look gorgeous painted light
yellow.
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| Deco Paradiso anaglypta wallpaper from B & Q |
Hindsight
is always a wonderful thing especially when decorating and it wasn’t long
before I realised that I should have stepped back, looked at the overall job
first then scientifically worked out the best place to stick the first length
of paper before getting stuck in. Bear
this in mind fellow novice paperers.
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| Paste the paper then leave for 5-7 mins before hanging |
In
my mind, it seemed like a good idea to start at the very beginning with the
first length of paper flowing out from the corner nearest the window.
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| Are you starting in the right place? |
Four lengths of paper later as I reached the
door frame, the penny dropped. Yep, I
should have started from the opposite corner above the doorway as now I’d have
to fill and pattern match a wafer thin gap tapering up from the skirting
board. Duh!
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| Making good progress |
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| Oh dear! I should have started in the other corner |
Luckily,
this small lapse of judgement is behind the door and once painted, you’ll never
know the difference. Imagine having to
rip off all the paper to start again.
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| Plain painted wall beforehand |
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| After the Deco Paradiso treatment |
