im wondering if anyone out there can help me, im going to try wallpapering around a chimney breast at my daughters house, the walls are anything but straight, its quite a pattern to match, is there anyway i can get around this, and finishing with a good match. thank you.

the mouse, December 2009

always start paper in middle of fire breast,work each way of centre stip till you finnish, you sould not have so much wast either,

rob harrison, February 2010

Best bet is to give it a coat of emulsion then fill all the holes bumps etc, then sand it all down and start again

Dean the decorator, December 2009

Treat the chimney breast as a separate item - Paper up to the internal corners on each side left and right and allow a small overlap onto the side walls of the breast - an inch perhaps.

Decide where you want the paper on the front of the breast i.e. join up the centre or somewhere else and paper the front face - go round the corner and finish at the internal corner - you will not get a match but it usually does not matter - nobody will look at these internal corners but the front face will always be in plain view.

Always hang paper as vertically as you can and let any irregularities and out of square issues disappear in hidden corners. You will only notice them during the paperhanging - other times they're unseen.

Good luck...

Peccavi, December 2009