• Plan the layout of the wall containing the archway so that the first strip will overlap the arch to cover it.

• Make a horizontal cut precisely at the top edge of the arch over to the wall. Install the wallcovering that remains below the vertical cut around the left-hand vertical side of the arch.

• Cut the header strips over the archway long enough to cover the underside of the archway.

• Hang the strip on the right side of the archway in the same manner as the strip was hung on the left side of the archway.

• Now, fill the areas on the underside of the arch at the extreme left and right. Cut matching pieces. Tuck the "top ends" under the wallcovering on the face of the arch, where the horizontal cuts were made, and smooth the piece onto the underside of the arch, filling the space.

• If you are wallpapering the wall on the other side of the arch, wrap all pieces around to that wall slightly and trim to a ½" overlap.

Curved Archways

This is similar to rectangular archway hanging, except that when hanging paper on a curved archway, a separate piece must be used to cover the inside of the arch.

• Plan ahead so that you end up with about 2" at the edge of the doorway to wrap to the inside. It's fine if there is more, but you don't want to be caught with less.

• Hang the strips around and above the arch in the usual manner, letting the excess hang freely in the doorway.

• Cut any excess away, leaving 2" to wrap to the inside

• In the curved area, make small wedge-shaped clips, snipping close to the edge. Wrap the wallcovering to the inside of the arch and smooth. If you do not want to cover the inside of the arch, use a very sharp blade to trim away ¼" from the arch edge on the wall

• To cover the archway, cut two pieces ½" less than the width of the arch and long enough to cover from the middle of the arch down the sides.

• Figure the pattern match from the bottom up. Then hang the strips from the center down the sides, with the edge of the wallcovering in ¼" from the edge of the archway. Use vinyl-to-vinyl adhesive on the overlap.