Wallpaper Installers in Winchester

A single feature wall in the right room has a stronger effect than wallpaper throughout. We help you identify which wall will work best before any paper is ordered.

Chimney breast alcoves in Fulflood Victorian terraces and St Cross Victorian villas are among the most successful locations for a feature hang.

Hanging a feature wall correctly means starting with a plumb line, not with the corner of the room. Corners in period properties are rarely square.

Starting from a true vertical ensures the pattern runs straight even when the wall does not.

See our interior painting page if you are combining a feature wall with a full room paint. For a painted feature wall rather than wallpaper, see our feature wall painting page.

Wallpapering a full room involves more than hanging strips from ceiling to skirting board. Every junction with woodwork, architraves, light switches, and radiator pipes needs a clean, tight finish.

Pattern repeats must align across every seam.

Cathedral Quarter Georgian townhouses on Kingsgate Street and Canon Street have high ceilings and deep architraves. Rooms of this scale need careful calculation of pattern drop and precise cutting at every strip.

The hanging sequence is planned before the first strip goes up.

For rooms with chimney breasts, alcoves, and window reveals, we work out the full pattern layout in advance. This avoids a misaligned pattern appearing on the most visible wall.

Lining paper creates a flat, stable base for wallpaper or paint. Original lime plaster in Fulflood and Hyde period properties is often uneven.

Applying wallpaper directly to an uneven surface shows every bump through the finished face. Lining paper smooths the surface and gives the adhesive a consistent base to grip.

We hang lining paper horizontally, cross-lining the wall when a high-quality finish is required. This eliminates the risk of lining seams and wallpaper seams coinciding, which can cause ridges on the face.

Lining is also the correct preparation for a very flat painted finish in period properties with lime plaster walls.

Hanging wallpaper in rooms with original cornicing presents a specific challenge. The cornice profile means the top of the wall is not a straight horizontal line.

Each strip must be cut individually to follow the cornice profile rather than cut to a single measurement.

St Cross and Fulflood Victorian rooms also have picture rails below ceiling level. Wallpaper typically runs from ceiling to picture rail, or from picture rail to skirting, depending on the decorating scheme.

Both sections need separate measurements and separate pattern planning.

We have worked on these rooms throughout St Cross, Fulflood, and the Cathedral Quarter. The approach is methodical and patient.

There are no shortcuts when the room has this level of original detail.

Removing old wallpaper is often more complex than people expect. Multiple layers of paper over lime plaster need careful soaking and slow removal.

Pulling too hard or too fast damages the plaster beneath, creating a repair job before hanging can begin.

We remove old wallpaper carefully, work through each layer systematically, and assess the wall condition underneath before advising on the next step. If plaster repairs are needed, we flag this at the site visit and include it in the quote.