Wallpaper Installation for NYC Apartments & Homes

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Wallpaper hung with matched patterns and clean edges, on walls prepared properly, by painters who know New York buildings. In New York homes since 2007.

5.0 from 109 Google reviews · Painting NYC homes since 2007 · Licensed and insured, NYC HIC #1321983-DCA
EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm · Manhattan and northern Brooklyn · Estimates credited to your project

Wallpaper installation for apartments, co-ops and brownstones

Paint Works does wallpaper installation in NYC apartments and homes, from a single powder room to a dining room papered in silk. We work in Manhattan and northern Brooklyn, for homeowners, renters and buyers, and for the interior designers they hire.

Wallpaper shows everything underneath it. A wall that looks fine painted can show every crack, bump and old patch through paper. Most of a good wallpaper job happens before the first strip goes up.

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What we hang

Bold prints, quiet textures, or whatever you had in mind, on walls, ceilings and built-ins.

  • Accent walls and full rooms
  • Powder rooms and bathrooms
  • Ceilings
  • Built-ins and cabinetry panels
  • Murals
  • Delicate papers, including silk
  • Designer papers from houses including Holly Hunt, Scalamandré and Cole & Son
  • Removal of old wallpaper, and the wall repair that follows

Walls that need repair before paper goes up? See Plaster Wall Repair. Painting the rest of the room? See Interior Painting. Trim that needs attention first? See Trim & Molding Repair.

leopard print wallpaper in a NYC apartment bathroom

Wallpaper in New York buildings

Wallpaper is unforgiving in any home. In a New York apartment the walls are older, the rooms are tighter and the building has rules of its own.

Patterns matched, even on uneven walls

Prewar walls are rarely straight and ceilings are rarely level. Patterns are matched across every seam anyway, and the paper is trimmed cleanly at moldings, casings and baseboards. Narrow hallways, small powder rooms and tall ceilings get the same care.

Working with your designer

Wallpaper is often specified by an interior designer. On one Riverside Drive apartment, a designer we have worked with several times chose a delicate silk wallpaper for the dining room. The work was staged so the client could keep using the apartment, with dust contained throughout.

Building rules handled

Certificates of insurance, building hours and service elevator bookings are part of the job, as they are for any work we do in your building. Give us the managing agent's details and we deal with them directly.

Lead-safe in prewar buildings

Walls in buildings from before 1978 may carry lead paint under later coats, and disturbing it during preparation is regulated by the EPA. Paint Works is an EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm, certification number NAT-63579-4, so preparation in those apartments happens with containment and proper clean-up.

Removal and wall preparation

Old wallpaper comes off without damaging the plaster or drywall underneath. Then we prepare the wall: cracks cut back and filled, rough surfaces skimmed smooth, and everything primed. Paper hung over a bad wall shows the wall.

Sanding is done with Festool sanders connected to HEPA dust extraction. Very little dust reaches the room, and none is left on the wall, which matters more for wallpaper than for paint: paste holds best on a clean surface.

This is also the part of the job most quotes leave vague. Ours says what preparation is included, so you can compare it against anyone else's.

  • Old wallpaper removed without damaging the wall
  • Plaster and drywall repaired and skimmed where needed
  • Dustless sanding with HEPA extraction
  • Walls primed before the first strip goes up
  • A two-year workmanship warranty
Custom wallpaper in a living room

What happens after you get in touch

Send photos

Share a few photos of the walls, and of the paper if you have chosen it, and tell us what you want done. Most of what we would otherwise ask on the phone is answered by the pictures.

Book a time

We find a window that works around your building's hours and access rules. If a certificate of insurance is needed first, we send it ahead.

On-site estimate

We come and see the room. We measure the walls and the ceiling height, check the condition of the surface, and confirm exactly what the job involves.

Written quote

A detailed quote, line by line, covering preparation, materials, protection, sequence and schedule. The number does not move unless the scope does.

"Price quoted was the price charged." 
- Paul P.

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Looking up at a wallpapered ceiling

Questions we get asked

Ready to talk about your walls?

Send a few photos of the room and we will come back with a time, within 24 hours. Prefer to talk it through first? Call (212) 923-2600. We never share your information.

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