Wallpapering Ceilings
Now that I've got my walls and ceilings primed, it's time to wallpaper the ceilings. Normally, I would turn the house upside down to do that, but because I had polyeurethaned the floors, I had to wallpaper the ceilings while the house was on it's side.I'm going to use the same "real house" textured wallpaper that I used for the ceilings in the Glencroft for this house. I cut the paper to close to the size that I need for each ceiling, but leaving some "overhang" to give me some room to move the paper around to get a good fit. This paper is pre-pasted, so after I cut it to the lengths and widths I needed, I wet it and folded it up for a bit to let the glue set. Then I just laid it into the house on the ceilings and used a dry rag to rub it down. I generally run my fingernails along the creases where the ceiling meets the walls to fit that area.Now I'm ready to cut. I use a razor blade for that, which is the only tool I can use without cutting myself, LOL! I position the razor on the paper, and lay my hand against the wall to keep it steady and to make sure that I cut in a fairly straight line. I also leave a small portion at the edge uncut, since I can never seem to get it right with the razor.Once I have most of the area that I need done cut, I go ahead and lift the wallpaper up by pulling gently on the piece that I just cut, and then I use scissors to snip off the end that I didn't cut. Then I just lay the wallpaper back down and rub over it with a dry washcloth.Compliments of LPCullen
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