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Wallpaper installation, done the way the paper deserves.

Non-woven, vinyl, grasscloth, murals, ceilings. Measured twice, walls prepped by a crew that does drywall for a living, seams you can't find — and a written guarantee on all of it.

Why wallpaper fails

Three things go wrong. We built the company around preventing them.

Bubbles and lifting seams. Almost always a prep problem: paper hung over texture, over unprimed drywall, or over paint that hadn't cured. We skim, sand and prime before a single strip goes up.

Patterns that don't line up. Repeat and match type decide where every strip starts. We plan the layout on the wall before we cut, center the pattern where your eye lands, and hide the one mismatched seam behind the door where no one will find it.

Paper you paid $200 a roll for, wasted. Wrong roll count, mixed dye lots, a strip cut short. We calculate the count from your paper's actual specs, check every roll's lot number on arrival, and cut with overage on the wall, not in the van.

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What's included

Every installation, every time

A written price before we start

Ballpark from photos in one business day, exact after the measure, and it doesn't change once we've seen the walls.

Roll count you can order from

Calculated from the paper's width, length, repeat and match — not square footage — with overage from one dye lot.

Wall prep and wallcovering primer

Repairs, skim coat where needed, sanding, and a proper wallcovering primer so paper sticks now and strips clean later.

Furniture moved and protected

Floors covered, outlets and switch plates pulled, fixtures masked, everything back where it was.

Seams rolled, corners wrapped, edges trimmed

Double-cut where the material calls for it, overlapped and trimmed where it doesn't. No gaps, no ridges.

Walk-through and the guarantee

You check every seam with the crew lead before we leave, and the guarantee goes in your hand, signed.

The painter's advantage

We fix the wall before we decorate it.

Most wallpaper installers are one or two people with a table and a smoothing brush. They are often very good at hanging paper. What they usually can't do is repair drywall, skim-coat a knockdown wall smooth, or repaint the ceiling after the old paper comes down — so they either turn the job away or hang over a wall that isn't ready.

SwiftHand Wallpaper & Design is a sister company of SwiftHand Painting, a licensed Utah paint, drywall and plastering contractor. The same company that hangs your paper can strip the old paper, repair the damage, skim-coat the texture, prime with the right product, and paint the ceiling and trim to match. One crew, one schedule, one guarantee.

It matters here more than most places. A large share of Wasatch Front homes built from the 1970s through the 2000s have orange-peel or knockdown texture, and paper shows all of it. We treat that as the first step of every job, not a reason to say no.

How we make textured walls paper-ready

Two ways in

Bring us the paper, or let us find it.

Path one

I already have my wallpaper.

Send us the brand and pattern link, three photos and your wall dimensions. You'll have a written price in one business day, or book a route-friendly measure online right now.

Send photos for a quote
Path two

Help me choose.

Book a Design Session. We measure, shortlist five to ten papers from trade accounts that fit your room and budget, order the samples, and calculate the rolls — and the fee comes off your install.

Book a Design Session
Ballpark pricing

Labor, by material

Wallpaper is not included in an installer's price — you buy the paper, we hang it. These are starting ranges; the price sheet shows rooms by wall condition.

Standard papers

$7–$10 per sq ft

Non-woven, vinyl, pre-pasted and traditional paper on smooth, ready walls.

Grasscloth & textiles

$10–$15 per sq ft

Natural fibers, silk and fabric-backed papers that need double-cut seams and a slow hand.

Murals & panels

$11–$18 per sq ft

Scenic panels and custom murals sequenced across the wall.

Project minimum

$1,000 per job

Covers a powder room or one accent wall with prep and primer.

Ballpark figures for planning. Removal, skim coating and ceilings over 10 feet are priced separately — see the full price sheet. Financing available with 0% APR up to 12 months and $0 down for qualified buyers.
The process

How a SwiftHand wallpaper job goes

1

Book or send photos

Pick a route-friendly time online, or send three photos and your wall size for a written price in one business day.

5 minutes
2

Measure & sample

We measure the walls, confirm the roll count against your paper's repeat and roll size, and help with samples if you're still choosing.

30–60 minutes on site, or remote
3

Prep the walls

Old paper off, repairs, skim coat if the wall is textured, then a wallcovering primer so the paper sticks now and comes off clean later.

Same day to 2 days
4

Hang it right

Rolls acclimated, dye lots checked, patterns matched, seams rolled, corners wrapped. Most rooms are papered in a day.

1 day for most rooms
5

Walk-through & guarantee

You inspect every seam with the crew lead. We hand you the written guarantee and clean up like we were never there.

15 minutes
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FAQ

Installation questions

Do I need to remove old wallpaper before you install new paper?
<p>Almost always, yes. Paper over paper traps moisture and telegraphs every old seam. We strip the old paper, wash off the paste, repair the drywall and prime before anything new goes up. If the old paper is bonded to unprimed drywall and would tear the surface, we'll tell you, and we'll skim-coat instead of fighting it.</p>
Can you install wallpaper on textured walls?
<p>Yes, and it's the most common situation in Utah homes built from the 1970s on. Orange peel and knockdown texture shows straight through most papers, so we skim-coat the wall smooth, sand, and prime with a wallcovering primer. It typically adds two days and $2–$4.50 per square foot, and it's the difference between a paper that lasts and one that lifts.</p>
How much wallpaper should I order?
<p>Don't order from square footage alone. Pattern repeat, match type and roll size decide how many usable strips each roll gives you, and every brand's roll is a different size. Send us the product link and your wall dimensions and we'll give you the count, with 10–15% overage from the same dye lot. Our calculator gets you close; the free measure gets you exact.</p>
How long does installation take?
<p>A powder room or accent wall is usually a single day. A full bedroom or dining room is one to two days. Add one to two days earlier in the week if the walls need removal or a skim coat. Rolls rest in the room for 24 hours before we hang them so they match the humidity of the space.</p>
What kind of walls do you need before you can start?
<p>Smooth, clean, sound and primed. New paint needs to cure — most manufacturers say at least four weeks — before paper goes over it. If your walls aren't there yet, that's our job, not yours: we prep every wall we paper.</p>
Will the seams show?
<p>On non-woven, vinyl and paper, a properly hung seam is nearly invisible. On grasscloth and other natural fibers, seams are part of the look — the fibers don't match edge to edge, and no installer on earth can hide that. We'll show you photos before you buy so there are no surprises.</p>
Do you install wallpaper I bought online, or from a designer?
<p>Yes. Bring paper from anywhere — Spoonflower, Rebel Walls, York, a showroom, your designer. We'll check the roll count and dye lots before we start, and we'll receive and inspect the delivery for you if you'd like.</p>
Is there a minimum job size?
<p>Our project minimum is $1,000, which covers a powder room or a single accent wall including prep and primer. Smaller jobs are welcome when they're part of a larger booking.</p>
The SwiftHand Guarantee3-YEAR · in writing
Risk reversal, in plain words

Unconditional protection against peeling, bubbling, lifting seams or poor workmanship.

“We are confident our Guarantee will never have to be used because our Workmanship & Quality is that good. If for any reason you feel there is a Guarantee issue, just call and we will take care of it quickly. That's it. Short & sweet.” — Spencer Heyward, Owner

Read the full guarantee
Ready when you are

Walls worth staring at start with a five-minute booking.

Pick a route-friendly time online, send us three photos and your wall dimensions for a written price in one business day, or call and talk to a person who hangs wallpaper for a living.