Customer Reviews

Gossamer Wings Wall Border

5 star:		(15)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

My husband and I hung this border in less than an hour. It was super easy to do. We cut it in 6-9 square sections and dipped the sections in a bucket of warm water. We didn't stop at the corners, it was easier to match the seam in the middle of the wall instead of at the corner, and you can't tell that there is a seam because of the great design. We used a large sponge to secure the border to the wall and gently push out the bubbles.

Loved the Gossamer Wings - Such a beautiful peaceful room for our new baby. The wall paper went up with ease. We painted the room 1/3 of the way down from ceiling white then the rest with pink. Put the border in between and painted colored stars that matched the border on the white part of the room. Nice touch that I think our daughter can use for a couple of years. It's a great print that won't be outdated as she grows out of the infant stage!

I bought two rolls of the border to put in my nursery and ended up taking it back. Once I had everything else in the room, the border did not seem like it was as dazzling and elegant as everything else. This set has alot of shimmer and sheen which really dresses it up and is so beautiful. The border does not really depict the images with as vibrant color. I would like to have seen it with more embossed images that would reflect light a little more and match the shimmer and elegnace of the rest of the set.

Okay, I was expecting our third, a girl, I found this collection & loved it! The walls were white so we painted from the middle of the wall down & hung the border around the middle of the room also, it was darling but, a BIG Mistake, my now darling 17 mth toddler has torn all within her reach from her crib off the wall. You would think I would have thought of this since I have toddler experience, so unless you plan to put the bed away from the wall I would not recommend it.

My husband and I had trouble with this product at first and had to remove our first attempt. It was our fault we didn't wet the entire papper and so some arias didn't stick. My father in law showed us the best way to pui up the border and we didn't have any problems after that. My advice:

Make sure you have a bucket of water, a sponge, a dry towl and the part of a roller you put paint on (we discovered this by accident but it really works we.)

First, cut a setion of the wall border (I sujest slightly longer then the length of the first wall to be covered.)

Second, Wet the entire length of the section briefly but completely, as you pull the border out of the water re-roll the papper so that to glue side faces out.

Next, start in one corner and past the border onto the wall, smoothing each aria before unrolling and pasting the next. Take your time and make sure you arn't angleing the papper down. (You will tend to do this since the celing may not be strait if you're house isn't brand new.) use your hand to smooth the air bubbles out.

Once that section of border is applied run the roller pad over it and get out all the bumps.

go along the bottome edge with a slightly damp sponge and make sure it is smoothed out flat to the wall all the way around.

Use the sponge and the towle to remove the glue on the surface of the papper.

Repeat on the othe four walls.

The key is the reverce rolling it really helps and our border didn't tear once. It may sound like alot but it didn't take us long at all to complete a faire sized room, maybe 45 minutes. I'd tell anyone to go for it and if you goof up a little at first don't get upset because that's when things start to go down hill.

I bought this border, and a friend of mine and my husband hung it. It turned out very nice, I was almost a little afraid after reading some of the other reviews but it wasn't bad at all, I think it took them a couple of hours to get it finished but we are very happy with the finished product.

The wall border looks beautiful in the room. The room was a pale sky blue and everyone was saying we should paint it pink (since we are having a girl), but thanks to the border the room is perfect now. The border really brightens the room.

As for putting it up on the wall, I take no credit in that. My husband did all of it ,without much complaints. All his complaints had to do with our walls, so as long as your walls are even & straight it's very easy (and beleive me we thought ours were before he started to put up the border).

The only advise is do not roll the paper and then wet it. Instead, start putting the border into the water a square at a time and then roll it. Also do not put up more than 6-7 squares at a time. It's very easy to cut the squares and then match up the design on the wall.

This wall border is great for 1st timers like myself. It is very easy to put up. I was able to put this border up in one hour for a room that is 15x15. The squares make it very easy to cut into shorter pieces for easy hanging and managability. The only thing that I would suggest is to buy wallborder paste instead of soaking the roll in water. The paste comes in a squeeze bottle with a sponge roller and works very well. It allows you some time to slide the paper around the wall before it sets. You can not do this with water. It also keeps the paper on the wall much better. I love this border! It really completed my girls room very nicely.

This border is adorable now that we finally have it up. We had problems with the edges sticking and had to purchase a separate adhesive to get it to really stick to the walls. This is not the first time my husband and I have hung a wall border, so I can be fairly confident in saying that for some reason, this border was particularly frustrating. I would probably have forgone the border altogether had I known how difficult it was going to be to hang. If you do purchase it, good luck! 2 Stars are strictly on cuteness!

I registered for the rest of the Gossamer Wings collection and haven't received any of that yet, but in the meantime, I painted my nursery and put up this border. I have worked with pre-glued wall border before, and this is by far the easiest I have worked with. I had absolutely no trouble getting the border to stick to the walls and I did the entire border myself. I suggest cutting the border in 5-6 foot sections to make it a little more managable. I think it looks great and so does my husband (who's not really into the "girly" stuff.)