Prepare walls for wallpapering

• How to hang wallpaper
• Prepare walls for wallpapering
• How to measure and paste wallpaper
• Tips for hanging wallpaper
• Extra wallpapering advice

Before you can get down to business, you must first choose your wallpaper - decide what style will suit your tastes and your home. Are you after modern, country or traditional wallpaper? Do you want a patterned or a tonal wallpaper?

Once you've ordered your design (having worked out how much you need using our useful wallpaper calculator), it's important to check your rolls all have the same batch reference number so that the printed colours match exactly.

Then, ensure that your walls are properly prepared by carefully removing any old wall covering or flaky paint, and then washing the walls down with sugar soap to remove any greasy marks or dirt. If you already have wallpaper on the walls that needs stripping, check out our video on how to strip wallpaper.

Make sure walls are smooth, clean and perfectly dry, and then your papering job can begin.

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