Need a Seam Down the Middle

See how that wall is 38″ wide? And the bolt of grasscloth is 36″ wide?
So two strips of wallpaper are needed to cover this wall.
You don’t want a 36″ wide piece and then a 2″ wide piece. Much better to have both strips the same width. This makes each strip 19″ wide, with a seam centered down the middle.
Much more pleasing to the eye.
Note that it does take extra paper to do this, because the 17″ wide leftover strips can’t be used anywhere else.
But the overall visual symmetry is worth it.

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