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Specialist Wallpaper Installer covers Lake Hart in southeast Orange County for installation, removal, accent walls, murals and wall repair. Our process is built for newer stucco homes and the area's humid summers.
Lake Hart lies in the southeast part of Orange County, about 11 miles from our Orlando base, and much of the housing out this way was built in the last couple of decades. Expect master-planned streets, two-story stucco homes, and families who moved in when the walls were still plain paint. A lot of our calls from this side of the county come from homeowners ready to give those walls character: a papered nursery, a patterned dining room, a mural in a playroom. Others want help removing a quick fix someone else put up. We handle both, and everything in between.
Popular projects in southeast Orange County homes
Families in newer neighborhoods tend to start small and grow. One accent wall becomes a hallway, then a powder room, then the whole primary bedroom. Here are the requests we hear most often from Lake Hart.
- Nursery and kids' rooms with washable papers or a playful mural
- A dining room or entry papered top to bottom for a formal feel
- Accent walls behind a bed, TV or home office desk
- Powder rooms with bold patterns or a papered ceiling
- Removing peel and stick panels that started to curl or bubble
When peel and stick lets you down
Peel and stick is easy to buy and quick to try, so we see a lot of it. In Central Florida, though, it often struggles. Summer humidity and the light texture on most builder walls keep the adhesive from making full contact, and edges start lifting within months.
We can take those panels down cleanly, remove the sticky residue, and either rehang a better-suited peel and stick on a properly primed smooth wall or switch you to a traditional pasted paper that bonds for the long haul. If you love the look of what you picked, there is usually a pasted version of a similar pattern.
Kids, pets and walls that need to be wiped
A playroom wall will see crayons, sticky hands and the occasional toy truck. For rooms like that we suggest a scrubbable vinyl or a heavy non-woven paper rated for cleaning. Murals can be printed on durable substrates too, so a large illustrated scene does not have to be fragile.
Pet owners often ask about lower walls in mudrooms and laundry areas. A tough vinyl below a chair rail, paired with a lighter paper above, protects the most exposed area while keeping the room from looking utilitarian.
Our approach to prep, climate and timing
Each job starts with the wall itself. We check for moisture, fill nail pops and cracks, smooth texture where needed, and seal the surface with a wallpaper primer. This step is what keeps seams tight once the hot season returns.
From June through September, the region is hot and humid with afternoon storms most days, so we ask that the air conditioning stay on and doors to the lanai stay shut while paste cures. The drier winter months are an easy time for big multi-room jobs. During hurricane season, June 1 through November 30, we keep scheduling flexible in case weather or power outages interfere.
On the day itself, we protect floors, move what needs moving, hang the paper, trim it cleanly at ceilings and baseboards, and clean up before we leave. You will know exactly what was done and how to care for the new surface.
Picking a pattern you will still like next year
Open floor plans in two-story stucco houses make pattern choice tricky, since a wall in the family room is often visible from the kitchen, the stairs and the upstairs landing. A busy print that looks charming in a sample can feel loud when it is the backdrop to three spaces at once.
We usually suggest taping up a large sample and living with it for a few days, in morning light and under evening lamps. Scale matters as much as color. Small repeats read as texture from across a room, while big botanicals or bold geometrics act like artwork. If a wall is broken up by outlets, a thermostat or a window, a smaller repeat tends to look cleaner because cut pieces are less noticeable.
Color is personal, but practical too. Lighter grounds keep a room feeling cool during long, bright summers, and deeper shades work well in bedrooms and powder rooms where the goal is a cozy, enclosed feel. We are happy to give an honest opinion on how a pattern will sit in your space before anything is ordered.
Where else we work near Lake Hart
Homeowners in Belle Isle, Edgewood, Sky Lake, Kissimmee and Winter Park are on our regular routes as well, so nearby projects can often be grouped together.
