Prep your walls

• Sand and fill any holes.
• Wipe your walls down with a damp rag and let cool.
• If your walls are freshly painted, allow paint to dry for 30-60 days before applying.

Gather your tools:

• Level Squeegee
• Cutting blade
• Pencil
• Step ladder
• Rolls of wallpaper
• Painter’s Tape

Application Process:

1. Begin from either side of your wall and select a corner.
2. From the corner you’ve selected and halfway between the floor and ceiling, measure 23” inches out.
3. Using your level, draw a vertical line to indicate a straight line at the 23” mark. No wall is perfectly vertical, and we want to make sure you have a perfect guideline when
4. you’re laying the following drop (“drop” refers to an individual piece of the roll that’s going on the wall).
5. With the backing still on your first drop, bring it up to the wall, aligning the edge to the vertical pencil line you’ve marked. Use several pieces of your painter’s tape to hold the paper onto the wall. Place one long strip of tape horizontally across the drop halfway between the floor and the ceiling. This will help hold the paper in place while applying as well as give you reference points to ensure you haven’t stretched the vinyl.
6. With your utility knife, carefully score the tape along the edge of the paper for the top 8-10 inches of the drop. Gently pull back the first 8-10 inches of paper off the backing and trim the backing off with a pair of scissors.
7. Start at the ceiling giving yourself a couple extra inches to allow any unevenness in your ceiling where it meets the top of the wall, aligning the right edge of your paper with the pencil line you’ve drawn because we know that’s perfectly vertical while the corner of the walls is not.
8. Next, press it on the wall and then up the ceiling using your hands. Use your squeegee to work the paper into the corners.
9. Peel back the next 8-10 inches of paper, repeating step 5 to work your way down the wall.
10. After the drop is completely on the wall, use your squeegee starting from the center and working your way out to make the paper nice and smooth.
11. Leave the excess paper at the bottom, we’ll trim that later.
12. Bring your second drop up and line up your pattern, with a ½ inch overlap on the drop already on the wall. We designed it with the overlap to make installation easier to line up the pattern in your paper. Once your pattern is lined up, repeat the same process we did with the first drop and slowly work your way down.
13. If you have any bubbles or wrinkles, slowly peel the paper back from the wall and re-apply, smoothing with your hand.
14. Now repeat these steps until your wall is covered, and then carefully trim the excess paper from the bottom of the trim and corners by gently placing your knife in the corner where the wall meets the trim and run it along the wall. Peel the excess paper off, and you’re all set.

You can also view a wallpaper installation video from our partners at Guild & Grace.