How To Hang Wall Paper With Half Drop Match

A half drop is paper that has a pattern that shifts exactly half the length of the pattern.

How to hang wall paper with half drop match.

Cut your second drop to match your first. Every strip will be the same at the ceiling line. A quick guide to the best way to hang a half drop pattern wallpaper and the best place to start hanging in a room with a bay window. A half drop match is a straight match that has been split in half.

You have two options for this. Cut from the part of the pattern that matches the paper on the wall around the switch. The tops of the wallpaper will be the same on every other strip. Multi drop patterns take four or more lengths before the first drop s design is repeated as opposed to two lengths for half drop matches.

Trim the excess paper. Every other strip is the same at the ceiling line and the design elements run diagonally. In other words if you have two sheets of half drop match wallpaper aligned with each other side by side any point of the pattern on the second sheet will be located halfway between any two consecutive appearances of that same point on the first sheet. The pattern on one side of the wallpaper strip is one half the repeat lower than the other side requiring that the second strip of wallpaper to be dropped until the pattern repeats and aligned across the two strips.

Cut a piece of wallpaper larger than the plate. Use a seam roller to gently smooth down the edges of the wallpaper. Hold them both on the wall and adjust the paper to match the pattern on the wall. A symbol with two arrows opposite one another means it s a straight match pattern where the left and right sides line up.

Use a smoothing brush or damp sponge to smooth out any air bubbles. Unroll your next drop on top of your first and line up the pattern on the side furthest away from you. Check the label of your paper. With a drop match pattern there is a matching pattern at the ceiling that drops between the first and the second strip.

It requires three strips of wallpaper to repeat the vertical design. This match has design elements which match on adjoining strips. It takes three strips to repeat the vertical design. This match features more complex patterns and it will greatly depend on the pattern repeat as to how many rolls will be required.

You ll need to lay out the room and determine which strips will go where ahead of time.