https://www.mrwallcover.com/Mr Wallcover: guides and case studiesMr Wallcover is a London specialist wallcovering installer founded by Dorin Burcus. Survey, supply, installation and aftercare for hotels, retail and homes.2026-10-09T00:00:00ZDorin Burcushttps://www.mrwallcover.com/about/https://www.mrwallcover.com/advice/designer-specification-checklist/A designer's wallcovering specification checklist2026-10-09T00:00:00Z2026-10-09T00:00:00ZWhat a wallcovering specification needs before site: maker and code, elevations, repeat and match, samples, light, lining, free-issue responsibilities and change control.Dorin Burcushttps://www.mrwallcover.com/advice/developer-wallcovering-package/A developer's wallcovering tender and handover checklist2026-10-09T00:00:00Z2026-10-09T00:00:00ZWhat a wallcovering package needs to be priced, programmed and handed over: scope, measurement basis, substrate handover, programme, changes, snagging and spares.Dorin Burcushttps://www.mrwallcover.com/projects/north-london-residence/A Georgian house in North London2026-10-09T00:00:00Z2026-10-09T00:00:00ZHouse of Hackney's BAMBUSA in Midnight, hung in a historic guest bedroom of a listed Georgian house in North London.Dorin Burcushttps://www.mrwallcover.com/projects/calico-ahluwalia-estuary-rosewood/Ahluwalia x Calico Wallpaper: 'Estuary' at Rosewood London2026-10-09T00:00:00Z2026-10-09T00:00:00ZAn event install for Calico Wallpaper, not a hotel fit-out: the runway backdrop for Priya Ahluwalia's first wallcovering, hung in a single day before the show.Dorin Burcushttps://www.mrwallcover.com/projects/browns-hotel-mayfair/Brown's Hotel, Mayfair2026-10-09T00:00:00Z2026-10-09T00:00:00ZA full decorating package for London's oldest hotel, delivered while it never stopped welcoming guests.Dorin Burcushttps://www.mrwallcover.com/advice/wallcovering-problems-and-aftercare/Bubbles, lifting edges and cleaning: what to do next2026-10-09T00:00:00Z2026-10-09T00:00:00ZWhat to do when a wallcovering bubbles, lifts or marks: what to photograph and record, what not to touch, how to clean each material, and when an inspection is needed.Dorin Burcushttps://www.mrwallcover.com/projects/heathrow-terminal-4-calico/Calico Wallpaper airside at Heathrow: a luxury fashion house's store, Terminal 42026-10-09T00:00:00Z2026-10-09T00:00:00ZA painted landscape wraps the walls of a luxury fashion house's store, hung overnight while the terminal kept running.Dorin Burcushttps://www.mrwallcover.com/projects/calico-beverly-1975-cadence/Calico Wallpaper x BEVERLY 1975: Cadence at The Lavery, Brompton Design District2026-10-09T00:00:00Z2026-10-09T00:00:00ZA feature wall for New York homewares shop BEVERLY 1975's first London presentation.Dorin Burcushttps://www.mrwallcover.com/projects/trematon-castle/Castle of Trematon, Cornwall2026-10-09T00:00:00Z2026-10-09T00:00:00ZNearly three years inside a Norman castle's Georgian heart, hanging the prints of the house that made maximalism modern.Dorin Burcushttps://www.mrwallcover.com/advice/choosing-wallcoverings/Choosing wallpaper for the room, not just the photograph2026-10-09T00:00:00Z2026-10-09T00:00:00ZHow to choose a wallcovering that still looks right once it is on the wall: traffic, light, cleaning, moisture, sample size and the questions to settle before ordering.Dorin Burcushttps://www.mrwallcover.com/projects/doubletree-west-end/DoubleTree by Hilton London – West End2026-10-09T00:00:00Z2026-10-09T00:00:00ZGuest room wallcoverings at the Holborn hotel in 2019. The building was previously the Bonnington Hotel.Dorin Burcushttps://www.mrwallcover.com/projects/four-seasons-ten-trinity-square/Four Seasons Hotel London at Ten Trinity Square2026-10-09T00:00:00Z2026-10-09T00:00:00ZGuest room and suite wallpapering, 2016 to 2019, inside one of the City's great Beaux-Arts buildings.Dorin Burcushttps://www.mrwallcover.com/advice/grasscloth-seams-and-variation/Grasscloth: the seams and variation to expect2026-10-09T00:00:00Z2026-10-09T00:00:00ZGrasscloth seams show and panels vary in shade. What is normal, what is a fault, how the set-out and the batch change the result, and what to settle before you order.Dorin Burcushttps://www.mrwallcover.com/advice/hand-painted-murals-set-out/Hand-painted papers and murals: plan the room before ordering2026-10-09T00:00:00Z2026-10-09T00:00:00ZHow a scenic or hand-painted paper is set out: elevations, the focal point, panel sequence, doors and corners, finished dimensions and when the survey has to happen.Dorin Burcushttps://www.mrwallcover.com/projects/hilton-garden-inn-silverstone/Hilton Garden Inn Silverstone2026-10-09T00:00:00Z2026-10-09T00:00:00ZMain wallcoverings contractor for the only hotel on the Silverstone Circuit.Dorin Burcushttps://www.mrwallcover.com/projects/house-of-hackney-st-michaels/House of Hackney showroom, St Michael's Clergy House2026-10-09T00:00:00Z2026-10-09T00:00:00ZPreparation and making good of the 1856 clergy house, then decorating and hanging House of Hackney's own wallpapers through the concept rooms, bedroom and tiled cloakrooms.Dorin Burcushttps://www.mrwallcover.com/projects/old-bailey-hotel/Hyde London City (the Old Bailey Hotel)2026-10-09T00:00:00Z2026-10-09T00:00:00ZA complete decorating package for 110 rooms: paint, specialist wallcoverings and window film, delivered over about two years inside a Grade II-listed Victorian hotel opposite the Central Criminal Court.Dorin Burcushttps://www.mrwallcover.com/projects/inverness-terrace/Inverness Terrace, Bayswater2026-10-09T00:00:00Z2026-10-09T00:00:00ZA full exterior on Inverness Terrace in 2018: scaffolded front and rear, stucco and render repairs, windows, balconies and the rear brickwork.Dorin Burcushttps://www.mrwallcover.com/advice/wall-preparation/Is the wall ready for wallpaper?2026-10-09T00:00:00Z2026-10-09T00:00:00ZHow to tell whether a wall is ready for wallcovering: old coatings, dryness, soundness, filling and sanding, lining paper, priming and what needs a site inspection.Dorin Burcushttps://www.mrwallcover.com/projects/calico-lee-broom-overture/Lee Broom x Calico Wallpaper: 'Overture' at the Lee Broom Shoreditch showroom2026-10-09T00:00:00Z2026-10-09T00:00:00ZLee Broom's first wallpaper, a trompe-l'oeil theatre curtain, brought to the UK for London Design Festival 2025.Dorin Burcushttps://www.mrwallcover.com/projects/raffles-london-the-owo/Raffles London at The OWO, Whitehall2026-10-09T00:00:00Z2026-10-09T00:00:00ZBespoke Vescom wallcoverings for the guest rooms of London's most storied address.Dorin Burcushttps://www.mrwallcover.com/projects/pimlico-st-georges-square/St George's Square, Pimlico2026-10-09T00:00:00Z2026-10-09T00:00:00ZA full exterior on St George's Square: scaffold supplied and managed by the practice, then masonry and render repairs and painting, windows, and the entrance ironwork.Dorin Burcushttps://www.mrwallcover.com/advice/hotel-wallcovering-specification/Wallcoverings for working hotels and busy corridors2026-10-09T00:00:00Z2026-10-09T00:00:00ZSpecifying wallcoverings for an occupied hotel: cleaning and durability, the sample room, batch control, phasing around guests, product documents, spares and handover.Dorin Burcushttps://www.mrwallcover.com/advice/installation-cost/What changes the cost of wallpaper installation?2026-10-09T00:00:00Z2026-10-09T00:00:00ZWhy there is no honest price per roll: measured area, repeat and wastage, wall preparation, the material, access and protection, and what a quotation should include.Dorin Burcus