Measure to the plumb line and adjust the paper to keep the distance equal.
How to hang wallpaper around wall lights.
On the adjacent wall draw a plumb line if there s no door or window.
Ease the plate away from the wall and in front of the wallpaper.
Prime the cover with wallpaper sizing.
Wallpapering according to plan 1.
We ll be removing the light switch cover to tuck spare paper underneath and it is imperative.
Hang your wallpaper as normal and gently lay the paper across the wall until you meet your light switch socket.
Paper loosely over a switch.
Hang a strip in the corner.
Using a wallpaper hanging.
That way you can cut the paper with a perfectly straight.
Trim at the ceiling and trim the corner.
With a utility knife trim away enough paper to expose the sockets or switch.
Apply the paper to the wall with the top edge of the paper starting about three inches above the corner where the ceiling meets the wall.
How to wallpaper around tricky obstacles turn off your electricity.
Loosen the switch screws.
Make a pencil mark just in from each corner impression in the wallpaper.
Hang the next strip of paper.
Overlap the existing piece on the adjacent wall by 1 8 inch.
Unscrew and remove the outlet cover then apply strips of paper to the wall as usual papering over the open electrical box.