Why it is important to consider the direction of wallpapering

Replacing old wallpapers with new ones is a necessary "ritual" of every second repair in a house or apartment. Choosing the right glue, tools and material is only half the battle. There are a lot of nuances in working with wallpapers that need to be taken into account. One of them is the choice of the place from which it will be most convenient to begin work, and, accordingly, keep the direction of sticking.

How to choose a point and direction of work with wallpaper?

In Soviet times, wallpaper was glued from window openings. The reason for this choice is quite simple - the wallpaper of those times were quite thin, they had to be glued with an overlap. In order for the light to fall on the joints at the right angle, making them invisible, the wallpaper was glued, starting from window openings and ending on the other side of the window.

Today, there are no problems with the choice of material, there is a huge choice at the buyer's services - from paper to non-woven, liquid wallpaper and cork. And, nevertheless, the correct choice of the direction of sticking is very important today. There are several reasons for this:

• Wallpaper is glued around the perimeter of the room - from the starting point to the end. Thus, the first canvas is the place from which the direction of work is specified. With insufficient experience in the process, it is easy to make a mistake, as a result, the drawings on the first and last canvas may not coincide.
• Very often, the last part of the wallpaper has to be cut off in length, since it does not fit. Therefore, it is best to start work and maintain the direction from a place where the mismatch of the pattern on the canvases will be invisible.

Where better to glue wallpaper

There are several classic points from which the direction of wallpapering begins:

• From the corner;
• From the door;
• From the window;
• From some major landmark in the room;
• In different directions, for example, from the same window or door.

Consider the main areas from which it is most convenient to conduct work in more detail.

Direction from the window

This method of Soviet times is still in use, despite the fact that modern wallpaper can be crate without overlapping. The method is popular, primarily because of habit, and the older generation, who grew up under the USSR, taught their children how to work this way.

The direction of work from the window is also convenient because the window opening, as a rule, is flat, unlike the doorway, and can serve as a good guide.

Direction from the door

Today, builders, as a rule, strictly monitor the vertical doorways, although, of course, sometimes there are exceptions. It is convenient to keep the direction from the door for several reasons:

• The first and last paintings do not need to be joined;
• If the wallpaper is unevenly pasted somewhere, the door may cover up flaws. This is important when the picture on the canvas must exactly converge;
• And, finally, very often the door is the only normal reference point in the room, for example, in the hallway or corridor.