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Line a room with wallpaper and you have instant decoration. From blah to bold in a matter of hours, paper can push boundaries beyond what paint can do. It enlivens walls with textures or patterns or both—your choice. And as a bonus, it masks minor imperfections in plaster and drywall, too.
But as often as homeowners attempt to hang paper themselves, they rarely get it right, cursing their peeling seams and mismatched patterns—it's enough to drive you up a wall. Enter John Gregoras, a pro paper hanger from Somers, New York, with nearly two decades' experience. We asked Gregoras to demonstrate a few of his best tricks for pasting, hanging, aligning, and trimming. And, boy, did we learn a lot - everything from how he plans the layout to how he lines up the last seam. With this kind of insider know-how, papering just got a whole lot easier.
But as often as homeowners attempt to hang paper themselves, they rarely get it right, cursing their peeling seams and mismatched patterns—it's enough to drive you up a wall. Enter John Gregoras, a pro paper hanger from Somers, New York, with nearly two decades' experience. We asked Gregoras to demonstrate a few of his best tricks for pasting, hanging, aligning, and trimming. And, boy, did we learn a lot - everything from how he plans the layout to how he lines up the last seam. With this kind of insider know-how, papering just got a whole lot easier.
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