Conclusion and Web Links

     Everyone who ever hung wallpaper wished they had a perfect room with everything level, plumb, and smooth.  If you should run into this situation, pinch yourself - - hard.

     When you awake you will find that your walls have bows in them, your ceiling line is wavy, your chair rail is not level, your corners are not square, your doors and windows are not plumb (true vertical), and if you drop a marble on the floor it will roll away like you were standing on top of Mount Fuji. 

     Congratulations!  You have the AVERAGE modern American home.   If you have a house that has none of these characteristics, call the National Historical Society, put up a sign and start selling tickets.

     Since it is not likely that you have such a house, you should consider these imperfections when you shop for wallcoverings.  Small check patterns, plaids, and any patterns in small rows and columns are likely to draw attention to an imperfect room.  It may not show much, but you should shop with that awareness. 

     In the preceding chapters I have tried to explain some of what I have learned about paperhanging over the past thirty years.  I focused on those points that I thought would be most helpful to most amateur paperhangers. 

     I have not installed all wallcoverings in all situations.  No paperhanger has.  You may encounter problems that are not covered in this book.  If you do, remember that a good paperhanger is a good troubleshooter.  Test and analyze one strip at a time when you hit a dubious situation.  Patience will pay off here. 

     Paperhanging has been my major source of income for a few decades now and it has been both challenging and fun.  I hope the information you gained here makes your next paperhanging project joyful too. Happy Hanging! 

Walter Green, The Paperhanger

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