Booking is when you soak the paper, and you let the back of it where the wet glue is make contact with itself to help activate it.

If you've ever made "flowers" using toilet paper, you keep alternating folding back and forth, sort of an "s" pattern... that's what they call booking (sort of making a book). Make sure the glue on the back makes contact with other glue parts... Just don't press on the folded edges... you don't want it marked.

Let it sit a few minutes and that helps the glue activate better.

The border and wall colors look good, you did a good job :-)

Mrs. Voya

funlovin,

Thanks. The original due date was Jan. 6th. My wife now has gestational diabetes, so her Dr. says he will most likely come early. It sounds like the Dr. is leaning toward a c-section sometime in December.

Yes, removing wallpaper is a pain. I've done that before. I have a small heat gun that I bought to remove paint and I also used that on the wallpaper.

TIP: Don't try to use a heat gun to melt wax that dripped on a carpet. The carpet also melts. D'oh!

There's a picture of the wallpaper border.

you can also get a steamer to do it at most tool rental centers @ 25- 50.00 per day , and it is relatively easy but it can be very time consuming as well messy, and after removal walls at times need a few extra steps before re painitng

that is why wall paper though still avilable does not tend to be used as much as opposed to some of the faux finishes and texturing techniques seen on walls these days at a fraction of the cost

Tip for removing the border - We found out quite by accident if you spray it with water and let it soak a few minutes it'll peal right off. At least ours did.

You think putting it up was a pain in the butt just wait until you have to take it down major pain. I will not put up wallpaper, painting is so much simpler.

Mrs. Voya

thse subtle loose points can be either backfilled with a little paste or even small amounts of simple craft glue ( because of the aplicator ) if there are really noticable spots there used to be an actual aplicator with paste for such minor repairs or when seams lifted . it has been some time since I installed wall paper or borders I am not sure that they carry such items any more but do know simple craft glue will work in pinch especially since it tends to be water based and can be cleaned relativly easy in small areas later on down the road . glad to hear you were able to get it done, isnt it nice to look back on any such self accomplised projects?

AHH forgot to mention about keeping it inline with the cieling and that is ALWAYS a pain in the ass.

as your wife said nobody but you will notice the loose spots.

i look at imperfections of my home remodeling all the time but nobody else ever notices till i point it out.

I got the wallpaper done. Thanks for the tips. They helped, but it still wasn't an easy job. Had trouble keeping it in line with the ceiling and there are a couple of places where the edges didn't stick and they are slightly loose. My wife says I am the only one that will ever notice. All in all it turned out well for my first attempt.