New to this, going insane trying to wallpaper
UPDATE: Thank you all so much for the advice - I finally did it! I used a glue stick (Pritt Stick) and a credit card to smooth it down. So much easier! :D
Finally got my hands on a nice wooden dollhouse - yay! Wanted to do one for years. Was told it is 1/12 and measured to confirm. Prepped and removed the old interior of the first room.
Then I searched around and found a free Victorian style 1/12 wallpaper on a dollhouse site. Printed it, cut it out, then realized it was too short for the walls. Okay, no biggie, can work with that. Decided to paint the upper wall and go for a picture rail effect. Sourced and ordered some wood for the picture rail.
Next I stuck the wallpaper in with modpodge. Took me ages, I was as careful as I could be. In the morning I realized it had horrible dark spots from where any glue had touched the printed side. Not too happy about that, so I ended up removing it all with a sponge and a scraper.
Feeling a bit daunted at this point but I printed and cut more wallpaper, this time on thicker better quality paper. Tried to pretreat it with modpodge to stop the dark stains, but it made the colours bleed. Damn.
Trying not to get annoyed at this point. Researched glues and ordered some spray mod podge. Hoped to use it to pretreat the wallpaper, allowing me to stick it down with regular mod podge, without any of the dark stains. I waited days for that to arrive, then applied it to the wallpaper. Waited a day for that to dry, then pressed the wallpaper as it was curling.
Went back and checked it a day later, it was still wrinkled. Tried heavier weights, left it a day, checked again. It's still bloody wrinkled. Unusable.
Honestly getting upset with it now, just wanted a chill Sunday where I could spend some time on it. I just want to wallpaper this room and I don't know how! Please can someone advise me before I lose my marbles? Any help would be much appreciated.