Abstract: An apparatus for applying wallpaper which moistens prepasted wallpaper or applies paste to unpasted wallpaper and guides the paper as it is withdrawn from the roll and applied to the wall. The apparatus includes a base for rotatably supporting a roll of wallpaper and a frame attached to the base for supporting at least one pair of rollers for guiding the wallpaper through a trough partly filled with a liquid such as water or paste. The apparatus for use with paste has one roll in the trough of paste and a further roll for transfering paste from the roll to the paper.