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Wallpapering tips can make room

IMPROVEMENTS * 185

look professionally decorated

WHEN PAPERING your walls, keep these helpful
hints in mind.

© When hanging a large-scale pattern in a room that
has a fireplace, centre the first strip over the fireplace
and hang to the right. Then go back and hang to the
left. 1f you’re going around the whole room, plan to
end in an inconspicuous corner.

© Never ‘‘wrap’? a whole strip around inside cor-
ners, without cutting and realigning. It may look okay
at first, but in u few weeks, wrinkles and creases
might appear.

© When using no-match, plain textured wallcover-
ings, reverse every other strip top to bottom for
uniform coior.

© Never use a steam roller on Mocked wallcoverings.
Gently tap the seams with the edge of a smoothing
brush.

¢ Check the run numbers on your rolis before you
start to make sure they’re the same, as color may vary
slightly from run to run.

¢ If you’re not going to paper into the inside of an
arch or frameless window or door, trim the wallcover-

ing with your razor “%-inch from the outside edge.
This will prevent fraying or pulling from the outside
edge.

© Ceilings, like walls, are not always ‘‘true.’’ So
plan to end the ceiling wallcovering on the less critical
side of the room, like above the entrance.

* When using the same pattern on the ceiling and
walls, it can only be matched one way, so choose the
direction most frequently looked at.

To match the pattern, trim the ceiling wallcovering
so there’s a '4-inch overlap on the sidewall. Match the
first sidewall strip at the ceiling line, overlapping two
inches as usual. Smooth the strip down.

To trim the overlap, score it with a pencil at the
joint. Pull the wallcovering back and cut on the
scored line with scissors. Smooth it back down. It’s
matched.

® Where vinyl wallcoverings overlap in corners, at
ceilings, etc., youll probably need to use a vinyl to
vinyl adhesive to make them stick together. Ask your
dealer.

Foyer sets tone for home

From page 29
personality that can be put forth in
a hall on an antique buffet or on
built-in shelves.

For those of us who can’t afford
antiques, much less upkeep on our
houses, there is renewed hope in
new furniture with a built-in past.
These furnishings are made of
solid hardwoods, such as ash,
birch, cherry, hickory, maple, oak,
and walnut, and carry with them
hints of history and romance that

seem at home in a tastefully deco-
rated hallway.

Because people will be passing
through the hall, as they would a
collection in an art gallery or
museum, this is also a good place
for framed mementos and
photographs.

With an open house plan that
makes no allowance for an en-
trance hall, you may have to create
your own. A free-standing room-
divider, once considered avant-

garde, can be built to separate liv-
ing room from entrance without
sacrificing easy access.

Each side can serve a purpose:
installa TV with VCR on the side
facing a seating group in the living
room, and on the other side a
music system.

You might also consider
converting a coat closet into a
music centre with storage shelves
for compact discs and vintage re-
cords and tapes.

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