Daily Archives: 2017-11-07

Love decorating with wallpaper but hate those pesky bubbles that start to form? Don’t fret, these helpful tips will have your wallpaper back to perfectly smooth in a few easy steps.

1 Before you begin, feel the bubble to ensure there’s nothing but air trapped under the wallpaper. If there’s something else, such as a bit of chipped paint, you’ll need to remove it before proceeding to step 2. 

2 Using an X-acto knife, make a small incision in the paper. To ensure the slit will blend right in when you’re done, keep it as small as possible and let the wallpaper’s pattern dictate its shape (if it’s a polka dot motif, for example, your cut should run along the outer edge of a dot). 

3 Press on either side of the bubble, working in toward the incision to push out all the air. 

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