DECORATING

Here you will find helpful DIY tips for decorating around your home.

WALLPAPERING TIPS

• Tools and equipment you will need to decorate your home
• Preparation :- removing old wallpaper and filling holes and cracks
• Wall plaster repair
• Repairing a hole in plasterboard/drywall
• Plastering tools needed to get the job done
• Wallpaper measuring and planning
• Hanging lining paper before wallpapering
• Pasting and hanging that first piece of wallpaper
• Wallpapering around windows and inside reveals
• Wallpapering around corners
• Wallpapering a ceiling
• Adding a wallpaper border
• Cutting wallpaper around switches and sockets

PAINTING TIPS

• Preparing woodwork for painting
• Painting woodwork
• Painting doors
• How to obtain a good paint finish on walls using lining paper
• Preparing and painting walls and ceilings
• Cleaning paintbrushes