So, the husband and I are still married AND the wallpaper is up!
Um. Yeah. It’s upside down. How rude of you to notice. I only realized it about three strips in and have been trying to forget it since. Justin argues that it could go anyway but I’m pretty sure there’s one side that is supposed to be up and it is NOT the side that is currently up. I’M NOT GOING TO LET IT BOTHER ME, THOUGH. It looks kind of busy, but keep in mind that it’s only one wall (and a short wall, at that) that we did. Here’s what it looks like next to the paint color.
Overall, I’m happy with the effect. I think it adds a little personality to the room. It was easier than I thought it would be, which is not to say that it was easy. In addition to the mistake with the pattern being upside down, we didn’t do that great a job on the seams, and I can’t figure out why. They’re matched up fine, but they’re not laying completely flat to the wall, and I’m afraid they’ll only get worse. We did everything we were told: used a seam roller but didn’t press to hard so as not to squeeze the adhesive out. (This, by the way, is where my dad ran into trouble while wallpapering my room when I was little, and where the word DIVORCE was uttered, because his solution was to staple the paper to the wall.) Also, we bought pretty cheap wallpaper — even though it cost $80 to wallpaper one wall, that was cheap compared to the other options (how does anyone afford to do a full room???) and I think that made a difference because it was pretty tearable when wet. My question remains: why have no advances been made in the art of wallpapering over the past thirty years? How can it be just as tricky to do now as it was then?
Well, at least it’s up!
by Lara Jo
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