A headboard wall, the wall behind the crib, the fireplace wall, the wall your dining table faces. Accent walls are the smartest first wallpaper project — and the one most often botched by a Saturday afternoon and a YouTube video.
Which wall. The one you face when you walk in, or the one the furniture anchors to. Not the one with the most doors and outlets.
The scale of the pattern. Big patterns need a big, uninterrupted wall; small patterns read as texture from across the room. We'll tape a sample to the wall and stand at the door with you.
The edges. An accent wall is all edges — two inside corners, a ceiling line and a baseboard. That's where DIY jobs show. We trim to the corner with a fresh blade every cut and seal the edges so they never lift.
Headboard accent wall, botanical printBallpark labor from $1,000 for a standard-paper feature wall on a smooth, primed surface, including prep and primer; a 12-by-9-foot wall with one or two rolls of paper is a half-day for the crew. Textured walls add a skim coat and a day. Grasscloth, murals and ceilings-over-10-feet run higher. You'll get a written number from three photos and the wall's dimensions in one business day.
It's the right first project because you'll learn how a pattern lives in your light, how much paper actually costs, and what a properly hung seam looks like — for a few hundred dollars, in one day, on a wall you can repaint in an afternoon if you ever change your mind. Most people don't. Most people call us back for the powder room.
On smooth, primed walls. Paper not included.
Two days including drying, then primer.
One accent wall or a powder room with prep.
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 quoteBook 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.
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Read the guidePick 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.