Unscrew and remove the outlet cover then apply strips of paper to the wall as usual papering over the open electrical box.
How to hang wallpaper around wall lights.
Paper loosely over a switch.
On the adjacent wall draw a plumb line if there s no door or window.
Ease the plate away from the wall and in front of the wallpaper.
Measure to the plumb line and adjust the paper to keep the distance equal.
Wallpapering according to plan 1.
Trim at the ceiling and trim the corner.
Apply the paper to the wall with the top edge of the paper starting about three inches above the corner where the ceiling meets the wall.
Hang your wallpaper as normal and gently lay the paper across the wall until you meet your light switch socket.
Overlap the existing piece on the adjacent wall by 1 8 inch.
Replace plastic covers with metal covers for better paper adhesion.
Hang a strip in the corner.
Loosen the switch screws.
Make a pencil mark just in from each corner impression in the wallpaper.
Using a wallpaper hanging.
We ll be removing the light switch cover to tuck spare paper underneath and it is imperative.
Prime the cover with wallpaper sizing.
Cut off the.
Hang the next strip of paper.
That way you can cut the paper with a perfectly straight.