Decorative border and method for using same

In combination:

• a plurality of upstanding walls having a plurality of corners there between;
• an elongated strip of flexible decorative material having an elongated upper edge, and elongated lower edge, first and second opposite ends, a front face and a rear face;
• the strip extending in facing relation along at least three of the walls;
• a first external reinforcing member engaging the front face of the strip and being positioned in a first corner between two of the walls;
• a second external reinforcing member being positioned at a second comer between two of the walls;
• an elongated first fastening member extending through both the first external reinforcing member and the front and rear faces of the strip and having an inner end penetrating one of the walls at the first comer between the two walls;
• an elongated second external fastening member extending through both the second external reinforcing member and the front and rear faces of the strip and having an inner end penetrating one of the walls at the second corner to secure the second fastening member and the strip to the second corner.

A method for decorating a plurality of walls of a room, the walls having a plurality of corners there between, the method comprising:

• taking an elongated strip of decorative material having a longitudinal axis, an elongated upper edge, an elongated lower edge, first and second opposite ends, a front face and a rear face;
• placing the rear face of the elongated strip in facing engagement with at least one of the walls so that it spans between at least first and second corners at opposite ends of the one wall with the longitudinal axis extending generally horizontally;
• positioning a first and a second elongated reinforcing member in the first and second corners, respectively, with the elongated strip being between the first corner and the first reinforcing member and also being between the second wall and the second reinforcing member;
• securing the first and second reinforcing members to the first and second corners, respectively, by elongated securing members extending through the first and second reinforcing members, through the strip, and into the wall adjacent the first and second corners, respectively.

A decorative border for attachment to a plurality of walls having a plurality of comers

• there between, the border comprising:
• an elongated strip of flexible decorative material having a longitudinal strip axis, an elongated upper edge and an elongated lower edge both extending in the same direction as the longitudinal strip axis, first and second opposite ends, a front face and a rear face;
• an elongated external reinforcing member engaging a covered portion the front face of the strip and leaving an uncovered portion of the front face of the strip exposed, the uncovered portion being substantially larger than the covered portion;
• the reinforcing member having first and second member ends, an overall length extending between the first and second member ends and to the elongated upper and lower edges of the strip, and a longitudinal reinforcing member axis extending between the first and second ends of the reinforcing member and being perpendicular to the longitudinal strip axis;
• at least one elongated fastening member extending through both the external reinforcing member and the front and rear faces of the strip and having an inner end adapted to penetrate one of the walls for attaching the reinforcing member and the strip to one of the walls.