First up, this is good quality wallpaper of a good thickness. I wasn't sure how to rate the "sheerness" as requested in the review as we put up over cream walls, but don't believe it to be sheer or opaque. We put this wallpaper up on 2 walls in our kitchen, one of which has curves around the window and door. On the straight wall, the wall paper went up pretty well and looks great above and below the cabinets. It's not easy to match the dots though - side by side - in fact you just can't. So if you're a perfectionist or have OCD the imperfection may bother you, but there is so much going on with all the dots, it's really not bad at all. The pattern is fairly forgiving in that sense. Now, applying it to our rough, curved walls around the window and door were a nightmare. As we expected it would be - not the wallpaper's fault though - it's the build style of the wall. It took my husband one night to apply the wallpaper to the flat and straight kitchen wall. And 3 nights to do the other. The biggest challenge with this wallpaper is if you have to reposition it and you have flat/matte painted walls as we do. Now, the listing for this wall paper DOES specify you should apply over glossy or semi gloss walls, I believe, to be able to reposition in need. But we went ahead and ordered it anyway and my husband just tried to be careful. He is experienced (but not a professional) in applying wallpaper, has a lot of experience with making models when he was a kid, and has the patience of a saint! On a couple sections he had to reposition the wallpaper and the sticky glue on the back just ripped the paint off the wall. So beware! It was a frustrating exercise putting this up (again, we knew the curved wall would be tough and it was) but it does look good. Except the areas around the curves where it's creased etc. It's only when you are right in front of it that you can notice it. If you are applying on straight walls, you should not have this problem if you are careful when applying it. Don't use your hands or fingers to smooth the bubbles out of the wallpaper as you can smudge the blue ink. Use a plastic wallpaper smoothing tool instead. Use a pin to prick the bubbles if you need to smooth them out if it won't work with the smoothing tool alone. Overall, we are happy with the wallpaper itself - except for how it ripped the paint off underneath - but again, they do specify it works best on glossy or semi gloss paint and so we knew we had a matte paint underneath and it may happen. Can't blame the wallpaper for that. If you have smooth straight walls and are careful applying and/or have semi gloss/glossy walls we assume this would go a lot smoother than our DIY job did. While my super patient and clever husband did a great job in this difficult task - because of the curves we wouldn't wallpaper this room again (would paint instead). If/when we do remove this wallpaper, we will need to completely sand, prime and repaint to get a smooth surface again. So if you don't like it and have to take it off, keep that in mind (depending on your paint underneath). This wallpaper was picked by our designer and it does look good in the kitchen/house and the quality of the paper is very good. Just wish the glue was easier to reposition on non glossy walls. We used a different brick look wallpaper for the living room, and it was much easier to reposition without damaging the walls/paint underneath - but it wasn't as thick/high quality as this paper. And again, lining up the pattern was difficult. Oh one more thing, turns out we didn't order enough rolls for the job, and had to order one more roll a couple of months after the first batch arrived. Luckily it was the same die lot, so no inconsistency in the color. But I recommend you order MORE than you think you will need to cover yourself, as there will inevitably be some wastage as well. Especially if you are trying to be particular in lining up the pattern. For example, in the shorter pieces above and below the cabinets on the straight (left) wall, this was easier. Hope that helps. See photos for overall look and close ups. Does a nice job of brightening up our brown kitchen!
