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Home > Paperhanging basics > How many rolls > Measuring walls
| Wallpapers | Distance around the room - including the doors and windows. | ||||||
| Total feet around the room | 33 | 39 | 46 | 52 | 59 | 66 | 72 |
| Total metres around the room | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 |
| 7ft or 2.1m wall height | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 7ft6" or 2.3m wall height | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| 8ft or 2.4m wall height | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 8ft6" or 2.6m wall height | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 9ft or 2.7m wall height | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 |
The amount of paper needed changes according to the size of the matching
pattern. The chart above assumes wallpaper without a matching pattern.
For instance, on a 7ft 6" wall, using a wallpaper with no pattern or a very
small repeat pattern you will get four pieces from one roll but using a wallpaper
with a large (24") repeat pattern you will only get three pieces from a roll.
That means for a large pattern you will need an extra roll for every three
of unpatterned.