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Wallpapering Awkward Areas

Rooms are full of obstacles: doors, radiators, windows, chimneybreasts and corners. When you approach an external corner - an edge that sticks outwards into the room - simply hang the nearest drop, then paste, fold and hang the corner piece so that an overlap of paper wraps smoothly around the corner by about 50mm (2in). To avoid bubbles and creases, nip diagonal cuts in the edge and smooth them flat with a paperhanger's brush. The next drop of wallpaper is hung overlapping and covering the 'snips'. If you are using a vinyl wallpaper, you will need to use an overlap adhesive so that the paper sticks to itself on the overlap.

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