How to Decorate Behind a Radiator

Wallpaper

• 1

  Cut a strip of wallpaper to fit from the ceiling down to the floor or wood molding.

• 2

  Apply wallpaper paste to the back of the wallpaper just far enough to hang the wallpaper from the ceiling to the top of the radiator.

• 3

  Measure the distance from the floor the any wall brackets on the back of the radiator and from the side of the wallpaper strip to the bracket.

• 4

  Mark that point with a pencil on the back of the wallpaper.

• 5

  Cut a slit from the bottom of the wallpaper up to the pencil mark on the back of the wallpaper. For the radiator pipe, measure and cut a hole connected to the bottom by a slit so the paper goes around the pipe.

• 6

  Apply wallpaper paste to the rest of the wallpaper strip. Allow it to drop into place.

• 7

  Run a broomstick behind the radiator to press the wallpaper into place on the wall.

Painting

• 8

  Paint the rest of the room as you typically would, painting as much as you can behind the radiator with a paintbrush or roller.

• 9

  Attach a paint roller to the end of a long handle.

• 10

  Dip the paint roller in paint and allow any excess to drip off.

• 11

  Apply the paint to the wall behind the radiator taking care not to touch the radiator with the paint roller.