Michael Holigan: Do you have a room in your home you'd like to add a little pizzazz to? Here's an inexpensive idea that will help. We choose this spare bedroom with white, slightly textured walls. Roxie Murrey of Sherwin Williams is a wallpaper expert, and she's going to show us how easy it is to put up wallpaper borders.
Roxie Murrey: This is a good border, it's a solid vinyl.
M.H.: Wallpaper borders are great for accenting the shape and architecture of a room. Visit your local wallpaper store, pick out a border that fits your home. Take a roll home, see if it's the right border for you. All you need is a sponge, water, a cutting tool, a wide putty knife, the wallpaper border, adhesive glue, and a paint brush. And it's a good idea to use a level when you're marking where the border is going. First, paint the border adhesive on the wall. Then wet the border with water. Roxie, if we get a little extra paste on there that the border doesn't cover, do we have any problem removing it at all?
R.M.: Just wipe it off. It is water soluble, so it comes right off with a warm sponge.
M.H.: Then place the border over the paste. It's pretty easy to move around and adjust with this paste, isn't it?
R.M.: Yeah, because you have a pre-pasted border plus you have the border adhesive that you've put on the wall.
M.H.: You can be as creative as you like, but remember, a border should enhance, not overpower the walls. Borders are popular in bedrooms, bathrooms, living rooms, kids rooms and kitchens. Designers use borders to compliment a room without wallpaper, and some people use a combination of wallpaper and a wallpaper border. Borders can be hung at almost any height, but the general rule is, the wider the border, the higher it should go. We won't be able to see the texture then, through the border?
R.M.: If you have a texture about like this, that is flattened, you won't be able to see it, especially with the solid vinyl borders.
M.H.: Here where the paper is not gripping the wall, can we just touch up with a little paste?
R.M.: Yeah. Right now we're just going to peel the little edges back, because you want to make sure that you get your border adhesive on there, because it will fall on the floor if you don't get your border adhesive on there.
M.H.: Roxie, around this door frame, it has a 45 degree angle right up against there.
R.M.: Uh-huh.
M.H.: How can you hang a border on that angle?
R.M.: Well, really, you just mold it with the curve here, and we're also going to show you how to cut angles.
M.H.: Run your border a little past the top so you'll have plenty of extra room to work with. Then using your putty knife and a razor, cut at an angle and be sure to cut right through both layers. Then peel back the paper and match it up. Be sure your razor is sharp, you'll have fewer tears. You have about 20 minutes to work with the adhesive and the border before it starts to stick. And there you have it, a once boring, now bold looking room, for a little time and little money.
Episode 32 1996 - 97 Season
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