Purple Peonies – Corners

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When you wallpaper a room and reach a corner, you cut each strip of paper vertically, and then wrap a teeny bit of the paper around each corner. The next strip is replumbed and then overlapped on top of that teeny wrapped sliver.

This helps accommodate uneven corners or walls, it keeps the paper from twisting out of plumb, and it prevents any gaps or wall from showing in the corners. But, because some of the design is covered up in the overlap, it also distorts the pattern. That’s just how it goes in wallpaper hanging, and sometimes you notice the mis-match, and sometimes you don’t.

However, I like corner pattern matches to be as near to perfect as they can be. It is possible to get the pattern to match much better – but it takes a little extra paper.

If there is enough paper, I will discard the cut strip that will overlap and cover up some of the pattern, and cut a fresh strip, matching the pattern as exactly as possible. As you see in the photos, the pattern matches perfectly in both the right and left corners. (Note that corners are not always plumb or square, so it’s not always possible to get an exactly perfect pattern match.)

Another reason why it’s always good to buy a little extra wallpaper.

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