How to successfully install your panoramic wallpaper

Panoramic wallpaper is a must for successful interior decoration, whether private or corporate. The decorative promise of panoramic wallpaper makes many people dream. This is why today, everyone is starting to install panoramic wallpaper.

And yes, now, the installation of panoramic wallpaper is made easier by its design: non-woven wallpaper is much easier to install than woven wallpaper. Made from compacted natural wood fibers, non-woven wallpaper is more resistant, and the paste is only on the wall, which clearly makes its installation easier.

When we think about the preparation steps before hanging wallpaper, only one jumps out at us: prepare the wall, so that it is smooth, clean and uniform in colour. But did you know that a perfectly successful installation is also in line with the atmosphere of your room and your wallpaper. And yes, to hang wallpaper, you have to put yourself in optimal conditions! To do this, upon receipt of your wallpaper, we invite you to hang it in the room where it will be intended for a few days, so that it absorbs the temperature and humidity of your room. Be careful, however, do not hang your wallpaper next to a window, to prevent it from overheating in the sun or absorbing external humidity. Let's not forget that non-woven panoramic wallpapers are made from natural wood fibres, and therefore living materials. It is important that your wallpaper gets used to the general atmosphere of your room before being hung, in order to avoid shrinking of the strips that are too marked.

There are different brands on the market that offer glue for non-woven wallpaper. We leave the choice of brand to you. Be careful, however, about which type of glue you choose: powder glue or prepared glue.
Although both types of non-woven wallpaper glue work very well, there is a risk of error when you decide to buy powder glue for installing your non-woven wallpaper. The preparation of these DIY glues must be extremely rigorous, to avoid a dosage defect. We therefore advise you to start with a liquid format glue, already prepared and ready to use. In this sense, no stress, your glue will be correctly dosed and will allow the lasting application of your future non-woven panoramic wallpaper.

To begin with, we invite you not to have any apprehension about the step of the connections of your wallpaper. If you doubt, you risk more to do damage. So to do this, we take a deep breath, and we concentrate.

Joining the strips is the most delicate moment of your installation, because when drying, the strips will shrink slightly. When installing, make sure to juxtapose your strips edge to edge: your strips must touch each other properly. You must have put the right amount of glue, if there is not enough glue, there is a risk of shrinkage because the support absorbs all the glue. Our advice: Put 1 good millimeter of glue everywhere.

If when drying, you unfortunately notice a slight line of connections, don't panic! You can use the magic pen technique. To do this, you need to buy a felt-tip pen in the same color as your wallpaper (you can also use a colored pencil if your wallpaper is pastel), in order to add color to the connections.

If your wallpaper is dark (for example black), we recommend that you paint the wall where your wallpaper will be hung black before installation. This way, even if the seams are slightly visible, the paint will be there for a perfect finish.

It very often happens that the edges of our walls are irregular for several reasons: they are rendered, made of wood, brick, or simply because the creation of the walls is old and has not been renovated. When installing your wallpaper, you will then encounter a problem that can spoil the final result: an irregular cut following the cutting of your wallpaper in the corners of the wall. In order to overcome this problem, and to avoid having friction at the edges of your wallpaper, we advise you to deliberately cut with an iron ruler 1mm before your edge (corner of the ceiling, sides of the walls, and/or cut at the level of your skirting board). By doing this, you will visually erase the irregularity of your wall edge. Be careful, this step requires cutting very lightly, 1mm, because if you cut too much, you risk having the opposite effect.

The work finally finished, all your strips are laid, cut and of course, cleaned. In order to obtain a professional result, you can finalize your installation by adjusting a transparent finishing joint on the contours of your wall. As a result, all the contours of your wallpaper will be secure (to avoid snagging and premature peeling of your wallpaper) and clean! Because we like work done to perfection, and we are attentive to details, this finishing joint could satisfy many of you. You can also use this tip if your wall edges are irregular.