Pattern-matched wallpaper across three loft bedrooms and a reception room

The problem

Every upstairs room has a steep vaulted or dormer ceiling with multiple angle changes, which is where a repeat pattern most easily goes visibly out of alignment — a print that doesn't match at the apex or around a dormer cheek is obvious from the middle of the room, not just up close.

What we did

Set out each ceiling with a laser line before the first drop went up so the pattern repeat was planned around the apex and dormer returns rather than corrected for afterwards, then hung and pattern-matched every seam by hand. The reception room's floral paper was hung as a band above newly painted wall panelling, matched around two window reveals and a chimney breast.

Materials used

• Pattern-repeat wallpaper (hot air balloon, nautical and woodland-animal prints)
• Morris-style floral non-woven wallpaper, reception room
• Heavy-duty paste for non-woven papers
• White painted wall panelling and woodwork, reception room