Whenever you hang wallpaper, you’re bound to end up with some offcuts.

Chances are, you’ve fallen in love with your wallpaper choice so why not use your offcuts to decorate your home or business further.

Here are some ideas of things you can do with your wallpaper offcuts:

• Decorate some cardboard or timber boxes
• Decorate folders
• Use it as wrapping paper for birthday gifts
• Frame a large piece either on a canvas or under glass to create a stunning artwork
• Wallpaper a filing cabinet
• Wallpaper the top of a lamp table or coffee table and put glass over the top
• Make coasters and placemat sets
• If you have a freestanding cabinet or kitchen cabinet with glass doors, place the wallpaper on the back panel
• Update a chest of drawers with your wallpaper design
• Use them yourself or give them to friends who like scrapbooking.

If you can think of other things you can do with wallpaper offcuts, we’d love to hear. Please add your comments.

I bet it’s only one of ours!

We’ve just added a wallpaper calculator to our website so you can determine how many of our rolls of wallpaper you need to create your feature wall. Usually it’s only one, but just to be sure, check out our calculator. Simply enter your wall height, width and the pattern repeat then click on calculate and voila! For all you DIY wallpaperers, it will even tell you how many pieces you’ll require and how long to cut the paper.

Many thinks to my multi-skilled and very clever brother who helped us pull this fantastic tool together. Mwah! And thanks also to SI customer Sharon for suggesting it.

Be sure to let us know what you think and please report back if you find any bugs we need to squish.

Happy hanging