Wallpaper Borders - adding a distictive flair

Wallpaper borders are a well kept trade secret used by many interior decorators.  More than just a strip of wallpaper spanning horizontally across your wall, these borders can add color, personality and warmth to any room in your house.

Typical usage of a wallpaper border is a decorative strip mid-height across your wall, or across the top of the wall where it meets the ceiling.  Often accompanying a matching companion wallpaper set, these borders are often used to “tie together” a two tone wallpaper application, and at the same time cover the otherwise exposed ugly wallpaper edge.  Not to be outdone by wallpaper, a painted wall can be beautifully spiced up with the flair of a mid height border, or a wallpaper/paint combination with a border.

Wallpaper border styles and options are so vast, that there are choices that will suit any room in your house.  Through online retailers, you will easily find a plethora of wallpaper borders, themed and suited for your kitchen, living room, family room, bathrooms, dining room, den, bedrooms, children’s room, rec. rooms, nursery, laundry room and even your garage.  Either pictured or patterned the many styles include religious, novelty, specialty, racing, animal, fantasy, sports, floral, food, outdoorsy and artsy, to name a few. 

Adding this colorful or distinctive accent to a room couldn’t be easier as a typical 7” wide by 15’ roll can be purchased for under $10.  Are you unsure about color coordinating, or how it will look in your room?  Order a sample; many online seller will ship you wallpaper borders samples for a small fee.

Application is similar to applying normal wallpaper.  Generally the factory coated adhesive will be suitable for most wall surfaces, just add water and be prepared to smooth out the bubble pockets with a sponge or smoothing brush.  Don’t forget to measure and make frequent alignment marks to follow, in order to keep your border straight.  Few walls are perfectly square, so consider following a “straight line” that the eye will notice.  In other words, if the border is near or at the ceiling, follow the line of the ceiling, not the floor.  If it’s closer to the floor, or a lower-mid height, consider following the line of the window sill, existing trim or the floor itself.  Regardless, follow the supplied manufacturer’s installation instructions.