Wallpapering

     The custom wallpaper from Etsy was going on great. I waited about three weeks for order processing, printing and shipping. I ordered four rolls with the idea of it being overkill.

     Piece number one went on great. This wallpaper had its own paste backing so it was basically a dip in water, smooth out and wash deal. I had a wallpaper smoothing tool from installing border in a previous home. A wet sponge cleaned up the paste that squeegeed out. You will notice that I simply covered the holes I made for the sconces. Some easy exacto knife cuts would suffice later during installation. So far so good.

    I ordered four rolls of this wallpaper didn't I? Maybe I only ordered four yards. I checked my order and I don't know how I came up short. I don't really want to blame the merchant here, but from what I can tell, I wasn't shipped enough. Ugh. This is not good. I don't have time to wait another three weeks for one roll of paper. This would ultimately lead to fudge number two, or three depending on how you count it.

   So an easy fix would be to add some trim. The problem was, that eight inch gap is way too wide for trim. I had about a foot of wallpaper left, leaving me with an option I was not too happy about. To narrow the gap I could simple slice pieces from the remnants. With a pattern this large, a one foot section would perfectly match. The rest would have to be cut to look like they match. This would be my biggest upset in this project. Lesson learned.

     Not great, not horrible, but I got the paper close enough to the edge that finishing it off with trim would be a simple fix from this point on. Not a budget friendly fix, but one none-the-less.