Impulse buys in DIY stores are not the best way to go about renovation projects but occasionally you stumble across something in the aisles that you instantly fall in love with and just have to bring home with you.
Such
was the case with this gorgeous roll of Lunaria teal wallpaper picked up in the
bargain bucket at B&Q. I knew as
soon as I set eyes on this luscious Art Deco fan design that it was destined to
become a feature wall in one of my rooms.
GoodHome Lunaria Teal wallpaper
And so, after browsing through a million web images of designer rooms with wallpaper features in them, I’ve decided to create a framed wallpaper panel for the wall behind the bed in the spare room.
Should
you decide to do the same, there are loads of useful tutorials on YouTube that
you can follow to help with this type of project but essentially all you need
is 4 lengths of pine moulding (B&Q) cut down and painted to construct your
‘picture frame’ and a tube of super strength Evo-Grip (B&Q) with which to
stick it to the wall.
B&Q - sets in seconds
Fixing
the frame to the wall is the tricky part and depending on the size of the frame
is definitely a two-person job, one to press the mitred corner into place and
the other to ensure the other end of the moulding is perfectly straight. An octopus with a spirit level could have
done in minutes what took us the best part of an hour or so.
Use wooden spacers for levelling your frame
To get round this, I’ve seen some projects where people have stuck their frame onto a thin MDF sheet first then hung the whole lot on the wall. A good idea but for a large almost wall sized frame might make it quite heavy and bulky to handle. However you do it, the end result is pretty much the same.
We
cut our frame out in advance to precise measurements only to face the curse of
wonky walls. In order to trick the eye
into seeing a straight top edge aligned with the bottom of the cornice, an
extra wedge had to be inserted on one side.
Tricking the eye to see a straight line
After
a lot of faffing and fiddling, there’s a teal frame ready and waiting to be
filled with my gorgeous wallpaper.
Frame ready to wallpaper
Lunaria
Teal wallpaper is one of those ‘paste the wall’ papers making it less messy to
hang than those where you paste the back of the wallpaper. No need to add lining paper first unless you
are papering on an uneven surface. When applying
paste to the wall, ensure you have a nice evenly spread coat with a nice amount
of paste where the paper edges will join together.
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| Touch up any defects with paint carefully |
Finish
your mitred corner joins with a bit of caulk and carefully touch up to match
your painted frame. I’ve mixed my own
paint colour for the frame from Dulux tester pots – 2 x Nordic Sky with 1 x
Teal Touch to get a lovely vibrant teal/turquoise blue that contrasts nicely with
the wallpaper.
Beautiful backdrop for the bed
Now
you can stand back and admire this gorgeous feature which has added a lovely
Deco touch to my ‘elephantine’ room.
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