Arrrrr, My Dad has made a real hash of it!!

[poppie123]

Where to begin.....

My dear Dad is currently re-decorating my Daughters room, being retired he jumped at the chance when I mentioned I was going to do it, so I said he could do it for me.
To start with I told him that she wanted 3 walls painted with white matt emulsion and the other wall was going to be wall-papered.
I came home to find he had done all 3 walls in silk paint not matt which meant I then spent the next 2 days sanding all the walls down as i was told you can't put matt paint over silk. If i hadn't of then he was just going to paint right over the top with the matt saying "It will be fine"

I love him to bits but his painting skills are not what they used to be and i ended up having to go over large areas which he had missed.(not that i minded)

However... yesterday he wall-papered the one wall and I have to say he has made a real hash of it. You can see every single join, one piece doesn't even match up to the next bit, he has overlapped the paper on some drops and others have a gap between the papers so you can see the wall slightly.

I don't know what to do, one the one hand I am really grateful that my Dad has done it as I certainly could not hang wallpaper, but on the other hand it looks terrible and at £20 a roll it wasn't cheap.
He has said it's because the walls aren't straight being an old house, the paper is bad and so is the light, which did make me smile as I felt like saying "so it had nothing to do with your eyesight then"

I could cry!!!

 

[natalielongstaff]

oh dear, what a shame

 

[Becx N Gav]

Oh no, I wouldn't have a clue about wall papering but I think I'd rather get a professional in than have a bad job - I'm a bit like Monica in friends and it would bug me sooooo much.
Nothing against your Dad - I know where you are coming from - it's lovely for him to offer but for you to then have to re-do things and have badly hung paper, it's more hassle. I'm sure your daughter won't notice, are you getting it re-done, can you put furniture on that wall (I know that defeats the point of having paper though ). I hope it's salvagable

 

[poppie123]

Oh no, I wouldn't have a clue about wall papering but I think I'd rather get a professional in than have a bad job - I'm a bit like Monica in friends and it would bug me sooooo much.
Nothing against your Dad - I know where you are coming from - it's lovely for him to offer but for you to then have to re-do things and have badly hung paper, it's more hassle. I'm sure your daughter won't notice, are you getting it re-done, can you put furniture on that wall (I know that defeats the point of having paper though ). I hope it's salvagable

I don't think I can afford to buy new wall-paper and get someone in to do it so I may well have to live with it, the room has ended up costing an arm and a leg as it is.
I keep going in there trying to kid myself that it isn't that bad but everytime i just look and sigh, I too am a bit of a perfectionist so anything less than perfect would stand out a mile to me, someone else may not even bad an eyelid.
My Daughter has seen it but doesn't seem that bothered,which really surprises me considering she did her pieces when she saw the painting (before I went over it) There is a wardrobe going on the wall so it will disguise some of it but the worst area will be on full display.

Just have to grin and bear it i suppose.

 

[mandymouse]

What a shame, dads eh ?? bless 'em

 

[Haworthfamily]

I would be really fussy about the finished result, sorry it's been messed up.
Hope you get it sorted and we can see a pic.
x

 

[orlandothebeagle]

that sucks.

 

[joolz1910]

My dad did something similar to me years ago. The wallpaper instructions said 'leave the paste to soak in to the paper for 10 mins' - my dad ignored this and the result was huge bubbles all over the paper and he'd papered the whole room! We had to strip it and start again.

Papering isn't that hard, perhaps you could get a friend to help you to redo it? Or it might be cheaper to buy a big picture for that wall....

 

[Ware Bears]

Oh dear