Help; trying to match victorian wallpaper
deanmorley
6 years ago
Hi all, hoping someone out there can help - we have been web searching for a while now trying to match some wallpaper on the ceiling of our London Victorian semi - see photo. Thanks all :)
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Daisy England
6 years ago
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Comments (10)thank you so much for your advice! so the structure is pretty much unchanged so it's not a new wall that was erected in between rooms. Walls are original, solid but when a hole is drilled in them, they do have this crumbly stuff that comes out...am I making ANY sense?! 😂🙃 He's basing his opinion on the flats that he's renovated and that he also bought and renovated his own flat on the same road as mine. I don't know if he was putting me off extra work to help me save money OR he didn't want to take on more work. I've had a few carpenters flake on me so I'm not sure which of these two it is- will see if I do get a quote from him or not 🤷🏻♀️ yes for the bedroom, papering on top and painting below the beading. The wallpaper I want alone is likely to cost £1000 so I would die if I buy it and then can't use it...😬...See MoreDaisy England
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6 years agoHi Dean. I can't find it anywhere either :( is it anaglypta or lincrusta (Which is like Lino as shown in the pic)? It may be worth contacting either of them but I think an awful lot of patterns were discontinued
deanmorley
6 years ago
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