Right, so I have painted three walls in one of our bedrooms and have decided to wallpaper the one main wall.  I have bought wallpaper where you paste the wall first and then apply the paper.  I have also bought one of those plastic bendy wallpaper smoothers.

So ... do I cover the whole wall in paste and then apply the wallpaper sheet by sheet ... presumably using a plumbline working top to bottom.

Questions as follows

If the wallpaper is heavily patterned, should i work from the middle outwards? So basically apply a main pattern in the middle of wall then work towards each painted wall.  Or should i go from one side to the other? The property is an old cottage and therefore the two ends of the wall are not very straight (to say the least).

Secondly, would you paste the whole wall first, or paste each strip at a time?

Lastly, any other suggestions or tips would be appreciated.  Like if you wallpapered and remembered something that would assist.

Cheers all!

Also,

work from one side to another, so you only get one odd edge. follow the instructions on the packet of paste unless your using copydex.

You should apply paste to paper, not to the wall first. Do it strip by strip, and usually you would work from one side to the other, not start at the center.

work from one side to another, so you only get one odd edge. follow the instructions on the packet of paste unless your using copydex.

NO NO NO NO

Do not work from one side to the other. Work from the Middle & make sure the main Pattern/Print is in the centre of the wall.

Especailly as its one wall, I suspect its to be a feature.

If its a whole room, then start in the centre of your main wall.

i do allsorts. my mother was keen to enlist child labour, i mean educate her children in the art of decorating at an early age.

Id start in one corner, but approx one sheet away from it if it isnt straight or plumb.

Id paste the paper and wait 5-10mins - hanging paper is so much easier when it has reached the OFP (optimum floppyness point). While waiting for the OFP I give the walls a coat of watered down paste to get them nice and slippy.

(my mum is a serial decorator but gets me to do everything)

Also, when you trim the paper after hanging do it roughly first and then cut it exactly with a sharp knife once its fully dried.

So after all your very useful comments I succeeeded in the art of wallpapering.  Tis a piece of cake tbh.  It does have a pattern going across but not one that would call for me to start in the middle (i.e. the pattern repeats across two sheets).  So started at left end used a plumb line the vertically align the right side of the first sheet.  Pasted in strips.  Then worked my way across, the wallpaper bendy smoother is superb, as it immediately gets any bubbles out - my dad always used an old tea towel, but technology has obviously evolved.  Is still stuck this morning so thats always a good sign.  Looks fab and really chuffed given its the first time I have done it.  

Thanks for all your help!  One happy customer!

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