About I Want Wallpaper

I Want Wallpaper is an online wallpaper and wall covering specialist, and an I Want Wallpaper discount code is worth having before you order, because wallpaper is one of the few purchases where buying slightly too much is cheaper than buying exactly enough. Getting a room right depends on three numbers most people never look at: the roll count, the pattern repeat and the batch.

Work out the rolls before the colour

A standard roll covers a stated area, but the usable amount depends on the pattern. A plain or textured paper wastes almost nothing; a large repeat wastes a strip at every drop because the pattern has to line up. Measure the wall height and the total width, check the repeat on the product page, and round up. Running out halfway is the expensive mistake, not ordering one roll too many.

Batch numbers are not a formality

Wallpaper is printed in batches and the colour can shift slightly between them. Two rolls of the same design from different batches can read as different shades on the same wall, in daylight, where it is most obvious. Order all the paper for a room at once, check the batch number on every roll before you start, and keep an offcut in case of a future repair.

Paste the wall or paste the paper

These are different products and the instruction is on the label. Paste-the-wall papers have a non-woven backing, go up dry, do not need soaking time and strip off in one piece later. Traditional papers are pasted and left to absorb for a stated number of minutes before hanging, and skipping that soak causes bubbles. Mixing the two methods causes most amateur failures.

Screens lie about colour

No monitor shows a paper's true shade, and a north-facing room will cool it further. Order a sample where one is offered, tape it to the actual wall, and look at it in daylight and under the lamp you use at night. Murals are printed to a specific size and are not returnable once cut to order.

Using an I Want Wallpaper discount code

Apply the code in the basket and check the total before paying. Codes commonly carry a minimum spend, exclude clearance and made-to-order murals, and rarely cover delivery. Order samples first, since a code cannot fix the wrong colour.