How To Hang Wall Paper With Half Drop Match

Half drop patterns repeat at the ceiling line on every other strip and the design tends to run diagonally.

How to hang wall paper with half drop match.

A symbol with two arrows opposite one another means it s a straight match pattern where the left and right sides line up. Hold them both on the wall and adjust the paper to match the pattern on the wall. A quick guide to the best way to hang a half drop pattern wallpaper and the best place to start hanging in a room with a bay window. You have two options for this.

Cut a piece of wallpaper larger than the plate. Use a smoothing brush or damp sponge to smooth out any air bubbles. Every other strip is the same at the ceiling line and the design elements run diagonally. It takes three strips to repeat the vertical design.

Use a seam roller to gently smooth down the edges of the wallpaper. With a drop match pattern there is a matching pattern at the ceiling that drops between the first and the second strip. A half drop match is a straight match that has been split in half. It requires three strips of wallpaper to repeat the vertical design.

Unroll your next drop on top of your first and line up the pattern on the side furthest away from you. The pattern on one side of the wallpaper strip is one half the repeat lower than the other side requiring that the second strip of wallpaper to be dropped until the pattern repeats and aligned across the two strips. Multi drop patterns take four or more lengths before the first drop s design is repeated as opposed to two lengths for half drop matches. A half drop is paper that has a pattern that shifts exactly half the length of the pattern.

Check the label of your paper. This match has design elements which match on adjoining strips. Every strip will be the same at the ceiling line. Apply paste to the plate then lay it face down on the paper.

You ll need to lay out the room and determine which strips will go where ahead of time. The tops of the wallpaper will be the same on every other strip. This match features more complex patterns and it will greatly depend on the pattern repeat as to how many rolls will be required. Cut your second drop to match your first.

Cut from the part of the pattern that matches the paper on the wall around the switch.