Kitchen Wallpaper Biogoraphy
The kitchen in my childhood home has sported the same awful wallpaper for more than 30 years: ducklings in togas carrying sprigs of ivy in-mouth and on the way, I’d always imagined, to some raucous pool party. (Don’t even get me started on the pineapple-theme guest room.) What seemed stylish in the early 1980s, bless my mom’s heart, has turned into a perpetual reminder that wallpaper is a sticky situation. It’s time-consuming to remove, leaves behind a messy residue and becomes outdated before you know it. While paint seems like a valid alternative, we’ve got an even quicker and less-permanent way to combat blank white walls: Our homespun projects all took less than one hour to do, cost less than $50 each and can be removed with ease.
Diamond in the Rough
This larger-than-life adaptation of a ribbon board is an adult-approved version of the dorm-room staple. We peppered ours with personal effects and prints from Art Deco (1508 King St., Alexandria; 703-548-4361) though, much like during undergrad, feel free to experiment.
How To:
1. Starting in the upper left-hand corner of a wall, tack the end of a spool of ribbon with a pushpin.
2. Pull the ribbon tight and tack it on a slight diagonal to the bottom of the wall. Snip it with the scissors.
3. Tack the ribbon parallel to the first. The narrower the distance, the more diamonds you’ll get. (We spaced ours about 1 foot.)
4. Stretch the ribbon to the bottom of the wall and tack it in place, making sure to keep it equidistant from its parallel pin.
5. Repeat until entire wall is covered, and then do the same starting from the upper right corner.
The kitchen in my childhood home has sported the same awful wallpaper for more than 30 years: ducklings in togas carrying sprigs of ivy in-mouth and on the way, I’d always imagined, to some raucous pool party. (Don’t even get me started on the pineapple-theme guest room.) What seemed stylish in the early 1980s, bless my mom’s heart, has turned into a perpetual reminder that wallpaper is a sticky situation. It’s time-consuming to remove, leaves behind a messy residue and becomes outdated before you know it. While paint seems like a valid alternative, we’ve got an even quicker and less-permanent way to combat blank white walls: Our homespun projects all took less than one hour to do, cost less than $50 each and can be removed with ease.
Diamond in the Rough
This larger-than-life adaptation of a ribbon board is an adult-approved version of the dorm-room staple. We peppered ours with personal effects and prints from Art Deco (1508 King St., Alexandria; 703-548-4361) though, much like during undergrad, feel free to experiment.
How To:
1. Starting in the upper left-hand corner of a wall, tack the end of a spool of ribbon with a pushpin.
2. Pull the ribbon tight and tack it on a slight diagonal to the bottom of the wall. Snip it with the scissors.
3. Tack the ribbon parallel to the first. The narrower the distance, the more diamonds you’ll get. (We spaced ours about 1 foot.)
4. Stretch the ribbon to the bottom of the wall and tack it in place, making sure to keep it equidistant from its parallel pin.
5. Repeat until entire wall is covered, and then do the same starting from the upper right corner.
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Kitchen Wallpaper
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Kitchen Wallpaper
Kitchen Wallpaper
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