The walk-in wardrobe wallpaper has expired!

Before I started hanging the wallpaper, I decided that it would be so much easier if I removed the upper cladding out of the window. Thank God, I no longer install my cladding with a lot of construction adhesive as before! Since I only install nails these days, it was pretty easy to remove the wall.

And then I also decided to remove the side panels. The slightest amount of precise trimming that I have to do on wallpaper, the better. I’m not so clever about the exact trimming of wallpaper, so I’m trying to work with my strengths and weaknesses To achieve the best possible result.

I wanted my first piece one of the wallpaper pieces in full length and then trained from there. So from the side of the closet on the right wall and measure, I marked three sections that were 20.5 inches wide (the width of the wallpaper) until I reached the first section that went over to the floor from the ceiling, and I used my level to draw a perfectly vertical line as my starting point. It’s kind of weak, but maybe you can see it about 19 inches on the right of the window.

After turning on the piece, I went to the right and worked around the window.

And of course I had to come back with every new piece that went up and admire and make sure that it looked good from the entrance to the room.

I was so relieved when I got the entire background image around the window. I was so nervous about it because I had no trust that I could actually get this second wallpaper in full length to meet the short parts that I had applied over and below the window.

And do you know what? You didn’t meet perfectly, but the background image is so busy that I doubt that someone would ever notice. So that’s a victory for busy wallpaper!

As soon as I applied these parts around the window, I was able to work from there and around the areas over the washing and dryer cabinets. And that’s how it looks now!

I love it so much! And you can see that I did my best to align the height of the pattern in the wallpaper section of the cupboards with the pattern on the back wall. It’s probably not perfect, but I think it looks pretty good.

I didn’t have time to reinstall the window cladding, so I’m doing this this weekend. I will also continue the crown shape around these walls, and the entire cladding is painted over the same blue that lies on the cupboards.

And you can see that I am terrible in trimming wallpaper. For this reason, I try to make wallpaper before installing the trim when I can. I am able to trim wallpaper much cleaner if I absolutely have to (if the trim is already installed), but I’m almost never satisfied with my trim ability, no matter how careful I am. So I plan to install wallpapers before trimming.

I can also see some of the seams, although I have spent so much time and effort to hide them and straighten them up perfectly. So I will buy color to correspond to all dark colors and use a tiny artificial brush and see if I can make it disappear.

I had previously said that I would paint the whole wall dark blue before I hung the background image to see if this would solve this problem, but I encountered two problems. First I looked up how long color has to dry before you can hang wallpaper on it. It has to heal completely, and that can take up to 30 days. I was not ready to wait so long. But the problem is not that the wall shows through the seams. The problem is that the white edges of the wallpaper show on the really dark areas. But a small piece of color solves this problem. And really, this wallpaper is so busy that I doubt that someone else would notice it.

Since I removed most of the window cladding before I hanged the background image, this meant that the only areas in which I needed clean cuts to lay the window rescue. I think I did pretty good work in these areas. They are not perfect, but in the entire scheme of things nobody will inspect the wallpaper next to the window goggle.

However, I am so excited that I can check another project from the list for this room. These are two big projects that I have completed this week. I have several small projects (mostly trim) that still have to be carried out, and then two large projects – the construction of the island and the new formation of the chandelier leaves. They are pretty big, but I think I’m still on the right track to end this room until the end of this month!

Now that the wallpaper has expired, I was curious to see what the artwork in this area looks like against the wallpaper. I love it! It almost looks like it was made in this room.

I still have to decide what to do with the frames. I won’t keep her black. I will either paint the dark blue that I used on the upper cladding in the tape section, or I will fit it with the cabinet rods and the closet/drawer.

I lean towards gold, but you can let me know your thoughts.

And when I look at these pictures, I am also reminded that I still need worktops! I wanted to use the same red oak that I have on the floors to make worktops, but I’m not so sure now. I could look at some other options, although cost -effective worktop options are not plenty of. And I don’t want to pay for stone or quartz for a walk -in closet. This final decision still has to be made.

However, the wallpaper is ready and I couldn’t love it anymore. This is so much better than tiles!

I wish they could all see it personally. It is so striking from the foyer and really grabs a blow.

It is possible for this to be a walk-in closet and your favorite room in our house.