Wallpaper Maza: wallpaper vintage

Monday 20 August 2012

wallpaper vintage

Wallpaper Vintage Biogoraphy
The kitchen in my childhood home has sported the same awful, ducklings-in- togas wallpaper for more than 30 years. (Don't even get me started on the pineapple-theme guest room.)

What seemed stylish in the early 1980s 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 It's time-consuming to remove, leaves behind a messy residue and becomes outdated before you know it. White paint seems like a valid alternative, but 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 roughMaterials: Inch-wide ribbon, pushpins, scissorsThis 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, but, much like during college, 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 second ribbon parallel to the first. The narrower the distance, the more diamonds you'll get. (We spaced ours at 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.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/08/18/4726019/alternatives-to-stencils-or-ick.html#storylink=cpy

wallpaper vintage