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Charly
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Can anyone give tips on how to put up a border?
How high? How to make it level? I've never used a border before.
I think its the kind you have to wet vs. peel and stick.
Any tips would be greatly appreciated!!! We'll be putting it up today b/c the furniture is coming on Saturday!!
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Posted 10/8/06 10:50 AM  |
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Re: Can anyone give tips on how to put up a border?
Charly I swear sometimes we are the same person - we are getting our furniture Saturday too! 
Are you putting it in the middle of the wall or the top? I've only done it once but there was a moulding there already - for the middle of the wall I would imagine every few inches you can pencil mark (say 36 inches down from the ceiling) to keep it even. Other than that no suggestions - good luck!
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| Posted 10/8/06 10:53 AM |
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Re: Can anyone give tips on how to put up a border?
Posted by FireIslandLove
Charly I swear sometimes we are the same person - we are getting our furniture Saturday too!
Are you putting it in the middle of the wall or the top? I've only done it once but there was a moulding there already - for the middle of the wall I would imagine every few inches you can pencil mark (say 36 inches down from the ceiling) to keep it even. Other than that no suggestions - good luck!
 We do seem to have a lot in common We are putting it in the middle and there's no chair rail or border already there. I was wondering how high it goes? Should I do it a few inches higher than the tallest piece of furniture?
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| Posted 10/8/06 10:57 AM |
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Re: Can anyone give tips on how to put up a border?
Yeah definitely so you can see the border! I would also do a search in Parenting and Pregnancy for "nursery" - I bet a lot of the other moms have pictures of borders in past posts that you could get ideas from! 
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| Posted 10/8/06 11:17 AM |
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Re: Can anyone give tips on how to put up a border?
Jack's room had a border in the middle of the room and I think I used standard chair rail height which is about 36" high? I think.. Anyway, I also have one of those laser level tools that stick to the wall with a suction cup and I used that to make sure I kept it level. They are pretty cheap...maybe $30 or so. It shoots a laser across the wall that wrapped the walls so once the border was wet and ready to go up it was quick and easy.
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| Posted 10/8/06 12:41 PM |
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Re: Can anyone give tips on how to put up a border?
Posted by FireIslandLove
for the middle of the wall I would imagine every few inches you can pencil mark (say 36 inches down from the ceiling) to keep it even. Other than that no suggestions - good luck!
Jodi, this is how we put up the border in our  's nursery (or I should say DH put it up, since I'm really stinky at things like this )
We made sure the border was just above the tallest piece of our furniture, and he made marks around the room from there, using a level thingy ..
I have pics of the nursery on my camera I am going to post later, but here is one example of the border placed higher than the highest piece of furniture (the tall dresser in the corner of the room):
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MommyofG
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Re: Can anyone give tips on how to put up a border?
Posted by FeliciaDP
Posted by FireIslandLove
for the middle of the wall I would imagine every few inches you can pencil mark (say 36 inches down from the ceiling) to keep it even. Other than that no suggestions - good luck!
Jodi, this is how we put up the border in our 's nursery (or I should say DH put it up, since I'm really stinky at things like this )
We made sure the border was just above the tallest piece of our furniture, and he made marks around the room from there, using a level thingy ..
I have pics of the nursery on my camera I am going to post later, but here is one example of the border placed higher than the highest piece of furniture (the tall dresser in the corner of the room):
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how cute I LOVE the way you decorated your nursery!!!!
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| Posted 10/8/06 5:05 PM |
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Re: Can anyone give tips on how to put up a border?
Felicia your nursery looks great! I love that set for a boy! 
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