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How to Install Peel-and-Stick Wallpaper Like a Pro
Wallpaper adds character and dimension to any space, but hanging it can be difficult, messy, and time-consuming. Not ...
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How Much Does Wallpaper Removal Cost?
Typical Range: $420 to $1,190 National Average: $786Wallpaper goes in and out of style, and does so with great gus...
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Solved! Can You Hang Wallpaper on Textured Walls?
Q: I’ve found the perfect wallpaper for the guest bedroom, but I’m not sure if I can put it over the room’s orange pe...
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Very Peri: How to Incorporate Pantone’s 2022 Color of the Year Into Your Home’s Decor
Pantone, the global color-matching authority and developer of the Pantone Matching System used extensively by interio...
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Patchwork Renovating: How to Match Discontinued Tiles, Flooring, and Other Building Materials
Dropping a heavy object that shatters a couple of ceramic floor tiles or discovering rot in a hardwood floor necessit...
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The Best Wallpaper Remover to Update the Interior of Your Home
Outdated wallpaper can make a room look drab and tired. When it’s time for a modern update, removing old wall coverin...
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13 Places to Buy Temporary Wallpaper
Here’s where to find fabulous temporary wallpaper that’ll add unique style to any room without the mess, hassle, and commitment of traditional wallpaper.
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Solved! How to Fix and Prevent Wallpaper Peeling
Q: We’ve bought our dream fixer-upper and are slowly DIY-ing our way through each room. One of the bedrooms has some ...
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7 Things to Know Before You Wallpaper the Ceiling
Things are really looking up for ceilings, thanks to the impact wallpaper can add to a formerly neglected space. That...
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How To: Paint Over Wallpaper
Looking to redo a wall that has been papered? If you weren't the one to put up the existing layer wallpaper, any numb...
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8 Times to Never, Ever Skip Paint Primer
Is it really worth the effort and expense to prime before you paint? Absolutely. A primer preps the painting surface and seals any stains so that the paint adhere...
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15 Wallpaper Trends to Try in 2019
Are you getting ready to wallpaper a plain wall or replace your current passé print with a more trendy treatment? We’ve compiled a list of the wallpaper styles th...
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How To: Clean Wallpaper
Is your wallpaper looking a little tired? Over time, dust and moisture can discolor, leaving papered walls dingier th...
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Solved! How Well Wallpaper Works in a Bathroom
Q: My wife wants to hang wallpaper in our Jack-and-Jill bathroom. The walls could do with some eye candy, but how wel...
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All You Need to Know About Fabric Wallpaper
Fabric wallpaper is the perfect option for renters and homeowners who want a temporary solution to blah bare walls. S...
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Bob Vila Radio: Baring It All—The Many Methods of Wallpaper Removal
If you’re thinking of removing wallpaper, first make sure you know what type of wallpaper you’re dealing with. CM_BVN...
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Solved! What Is the Best Way to Remove Wallpaper?
Q. We’ve just moved into our new home, and the previous owners left behind some bathroom wallpaper that has got to go...
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12 Photos That Prove Wallpaper Still Wows
You may have memories of horrible wallpaper haunting you from homes past. But wallpaper has changed. Seriously. Not only have advancements in adhesive technology ...
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Bob Vila Radio: Picking the Perfect Wallpaper
If you’re adding wallpaper to your home, be sure to invest time in choosing the right design. After all, you're likel...
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How To: Remove Wallpaper
No homeowner wants to be confronted with ripped-up wall coverings as a day-in, day-out reminder of a job not yet fini...
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How To: Remove a Wallpaper Border
We all have those "What was I thinking?" moments, and when it comes to decorating, those mistakes often take the form...
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7 Essential Wallpaper Tools Under $20
Now more than ever, homeowners are embracing wallpaper as a renovation-free method of transforming a room. Not least among its virtues is that, unlike some other ...
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The Beginner's Guide to Working with Wallpaper
Gone are the days of your grandmother's chintzy wallpaper. Today, a wide range of compelling designs are available, a...
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How To: Remove Wallpaper Glue
Removing wallpaper is, in a word, laborious. The process takes a great deal of energy and time. And lo and behold, ev...
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11 Reasons to Reconsider Wallpaper
Safe, simple-to-install wallpaper is easy to come by these days. So what’s keeping you from experimenting with a little pattern and color on your walls?
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Bob Vila Radio: Wallpaper Borders
A wallpapered room has a rich, distinctive look—but hanging wallpaper can be an intense, painstaking job.  You can ad...
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Bob Vila Radio: Painting Over Wallpaper
Getting tired of the floral wallpaper in your dining room or the Stewart plaid in the den? If you’re daunted by the p...
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Bob Vila Radio: Wallpaper Prep
Hanging wallpaper can be tricky, but it’s worth the effort for the beautiful effect it can have on a room. As with so...
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How To: Hang Wallpaper
 Here's how to get a professional look when you hanging wallpaper.  After you line up your pattern, overlap the top a...
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Quick Tip: Embossed Wallpaper
 There's a revival of the 19th-century embossed wallcoverings Anaglypta and Lincrusta. Anaglypta is a heavy embossed ...
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Quick Tip: Using a Wallpaper Pasting Machine
 If you have to hang a lot of wallpaper, here's a time-saving way to apply paste. Try a manually operated wallpaper p...
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How To: Wallpaper a Corner
 If you've ever hung your own wallpaper, you'll know that no corner is ever perfect. Here's how to solve that problem...
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Bob Vila Radio: Removable Wallpaper
Wallpaper brings color, pattern, and texture to a room. A papered room can achieve a sophistication that eludes even ...
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Bob Vila Radio: Vintage Wallpaper
Maybe you’re just itching to find a Space Age, geometric wallpaper pattern to complement your green Formica table. Or...
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Bob Vila Radio: Wallpaper Remnants DIY
If you’ve ever wallpapered a room, you probably have some leftover pieces lying around. Don’t just throw them out! Wa...
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Getting to Know Wallpaper
Wallcovering can be used on walls and ceilings, as well as around windows, doors, and baseboards. The wallcovering fa...
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10 Wallpaper Options to Trick the Eye
Craving concrete walls, or the look of salvaged wood paneling? We’ve searched high and low for wallpapers that can substitute when your first choice isn’t a possi...
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12 "Off the Wall" Places to Put Wallpaper
Before you discard leftover wallpaper, consider using it to decorate bookcases, lampshades, chairs, and more.
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How To: Strip Wallpaper
How strong is your relationship with your spouse? Do you want to test it? Spend a weekend stripping wallpaper togethe...
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Bob Vila Radio: Wallpaper Removal
There are different techniques for removing every kind of wallpaper, but the tools and preparation are much the same....
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DIY Wallpapering
Sizing the Walls Sizing allows you to maneuver the paper into position on the wall without tearing. Sizing also makes...
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Today's Toile: Artisans Retool a Classic Fabric
Though the word "toiles" conjures up visions of fabric dotted with romantic scenes of maidens, cherubs, pagodas, and ...
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Wallpaper and Paint: My “Green” Nursery Challenge
The nursery was 10’ X 11’ with builder-white walls. It was time for it to reflect our baby boy’s personality. Since h...
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Touring the Completed Home Interior, Entryway, and Dining Room
Bob tours the front vestibule, highlighting the beautiful stencil work done by artist Kim Sweet. He explains how small touches can bring back the feel of an 1890s...
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Tour of the McLellan House in Portland, ME
Bob visits the McLellan House in Portland, ME, part of the Portland Museum of Art.
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Victorian-Style Wallpaper
The wallpaper installers, Jim and Tracy Matheson, show Bob how wallpaper is measured, cut, and applied.
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Wallpaper Factory Tour
Bob visits a wallpaper factory, where the design, paper-milling, and printing aspects of the wallpaper fabrication process all take place.
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Selecting and Hanging Wallpaper
The interior decorating process has begun. Bob receives some tips on selecting and hanging wallpaper.
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