Kearns homeowners and designers: measured roll counts, walls prepped by a licensed drywall contractor, most rooms papered in a day, and a written guarantee you'll actually get a copy of.
Kearns began as a World War II Army Air Forces base and was turned over to the state in 1946, then developed quickly as Salt Lake County's first true post-war suburb on the base's grid. The central and northern blocks are 1950s-60s ramblers and early split-levels with mature trees, the areas west toward 5600 West grew in the 1970s and 1980s, and a few newer subdivisions went in around Oquirrh Park in 2019-2020. Expect original plaster or early drywall in the 1950s core, and orange-peel texture in the 1970s-80s sections; Kearns has a high owner-occupancy rate of about 84 percent.
Whatever era your Kearns home is, the sequence is the same: measure, prep, prime, hang, walk through. The prep step changes; the standard doesn't.
From a single accent wall to a whole home, with the walls prepped first and the seams guaranteed.
InstallationOld paper off cleanly, drywall repaired, textured walls skim-coated smooth — by a crew that does drywall for a living.
Removal & prepHelp choosing the paper, with samples and roll counts, and the fee comes off your install.
Design SessionType II vinyl and specialty wallcoverings for offices, clinics, restaurants and hotels, scheduled around your hours.
CommercialFrom Postwar core (4700 South to 5400 South), Oquirrh Park and Olympic Oval area, West Kearns toward Mountain View Corridor and East Kearns along Bangerter Highway across the rest of Kearns, the same crew, the same guarantee, the same published price sheet.
Accent walls from $1,000, powder rooms from $1,200, standard papers $7–$10 per square foot of labor, removal $1.5–$3 per square foot. Kearns is inside our core route, so there is no travel charge.
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The processPick a route-friendly time online, or send three photos and your wall size for a written price in one business day.
5 minutesWe 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 remoteOld 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 daysRolls acclimated, dye lots checked, patterns matched, seams rolled, corners wrapped. Most rooms are papered in a day.
1 day for most roomsYou inspect every seam with the crew lead. We hand you the written guarantee and clean up like we were never there.
15 minutesYes. The walls in these homes are often plaster or early drywall that is fairly smooth once patched and primed, and the compact rooms mean a powder room or dining wall can be done affordably. We check for old paneling glue or painted-over paper, which show up in some of these homes, before we start.
A single accent wall or a half-wall above wainscoting or a chair rail gives most of the visual impact at a fraction of the cost, and it keeps the number of rolls low. We can also do the back of built-in shelves or a hallway niche as a small, high-impact project.
Kearns is on the core route, so most weeks we have route-friendly slots within days. The online calendar shows real availability; January and late summer book up fastest.
Yes — every neighborhood, and the nearby cities listed below. Book online and the calendar confirms your address is in the service area before you pick a time.
An honest guide to stripping old wallpaper: national costs, the right order of steps, the failure modes that generate most of our repair calls, and the removal-plus-repaint bundle.
Read the guideThe roll math installers actually use: strips not square feet, how pattern repeat eats paper, straight vs. drop match, mural panels, and worked examples for a bedroom and a powder room.
Read the guideEverything we tell clients before they order grasscloth: the three types, why natural seams are part of the look, how dye lots work, where it belongs, and what the install costs.
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.