Bedroom Grasscloth Wallpaper Installation – It’s Not Going Great, But It’s Not Going Terribly

So with that mentioned, I jumped proper in two days in the past an put in that first piece, which I already confirmed you.

I used to be off to a superb begin and feeling fairly assured. This wall required 5 items, and I had lower all 5 items from the identical roll and numbered them in order that I might put them on the wall so as. So yesterday, I labored from that piece within the center (piece #3), and labored in the direction of the left nook, first putting in piece #2, after which piece #1. After which I stood again and regarded, and that heart piece was very clearly darker than the opposite two.

However that couldn’t be it as a result of I put in piece #3 in the course of the wall going up, piece #2 happening, and piece #1 going up. Items #1 and #2 regarded superb subsequent to one another. However that center piece was undoubtedly darker.

So once I was able to work the wrong way, I had to select. Do I persist with the identical technique of flipping each different piece (known as reverse hanging)? Or ought to I set up all of them going the identical course? I used to be nonetheless uncertain about the opportunity of the grasscloth having a nap to it, and if that’s what was the reason for that center piece to look darker. So I attempted tacking the following piece (piece #4) to the wall going each instructions to see if I might detect a distinction.

And no, I couldn’t. I ended up putting in that piece going the identical course as the middle piece, and even with them going the identical course, that heart piece nonetheless appears to be like darker.

I went forward and completed that wall and reinstalled the highest trim above the home windows. However it’s a full thriller to me why that heart piece of grasscloth appears to be like darker than the remaining. Is it simply due to the location of the lights on the ceiling? Or is that piece that got here out of the center of that roll of grasscloth wallpaper actually dyed darker than the remaining? That doesn’t make any sense to me.

So now, I don’t know what to do going ahead. Ought to I proceed to reverse grasp the remainder of the wallpaper? As a result of the reverse hanging is clearly not what’s inflicting that one piece to look darker since items #3, #4, and #5 are all hung the identical course, however it’s solely #3 that appears darker. So it’s 100% NOT a nap problem.

Or ought to I simply grasp the entire remainder of the items going the identical course? Ugh. I genuinely don’t know what to do right here.

I’m not going to freak out about it. I’m going to maneuver ahead and get this accomplished. And if I occur to have one piece of wallpaper left over when it’s all accomplished, I would come again and redo this center piece. However it simply is mindless to me why this piece seems darker within the first place. I actually assume it may be a lighting problem, wherein case, I’ll be losing my time changing it since a brand new piece of wallpaper gained’t change the lighting within the room.

However you may see that these items look simply superb subsequent to one another, regardless that they’re hanging in the wrong way.

And these items look superb subsequent to one another regardless that they’re hanging in the identical course.

The excellent news is that a number of this wall can be lined anyway. So even when I’ve to stay with this one piece showing darker than the others, I feel it’ll be superb. I marked the peak of the headboard with a bit of tape, which you’ll be able to see right here.

After which I can use some art work above the headboard, like a sequence of three framed footage, that may disguise a number of these seams in these three items. It gained’t cowl the entire seams, clearly, however it’ll take a number of the focus off of the seams and put the give attention to the headboard and art work.

So general, I’m not feeling discouraged or defeated. The precise course of of putting in the wallpaper has gone very properly. I went again to utilizing the Roman Professional-555 Excessive Tack since that’s what I’m used to, and I feel it’s a lot simpler. The acute tack holds that heavy grasscloth in place so a lot better than the opposite one I attempted. And it actually holds down the seams very properly.

I additionally caught with the “paste the wall” technique. I’m simply being tremendous cautious when making use of the adhesive proper subsequent to the beforehand put in grasscloth. I’m utilizing a 2-inch Purdy sash brush (an angled paint brush) to very fastidiously apply the adhesive on the seam, and up to now, I haven’t had any points with the adhesive squishing out by the seam and getting onto the face of the grasscloth.