barkingCLOSET: papered wall.

Think of it as recycling paper.

Here is an option for being creative in the bedroom…with paper. You have some great magazines, catalogues or prints of some sort lying around & you want to utilize them. If you are an artist, you could incorporate them in a collage, if not an artist, just let them pile on a coffee table for people's casual perusing. But there is another idea I have explored. Use it as wallpaper.

For 2 years now, I have held onto a catalogue I picked up from the Montauk furniture store in Montreal (http://www.montauksofa.com). The images were fantastic & I knew that I would do something with them eventually. Good thing I kept them pristine because they made it onto a wall in our present house. I wasn't sure how well the whole wallpapering process was going to work out because the paper was much more fragile than standard wallpaper. I kind of held my breath while applying them one by one, embracing the crinkled effect left behind. I realized that they were never going to lay flat, but this effect ultimately added to it's beauty. It's individuality. And I am all about trying to be different. & it was very cost efficient since the catalogue was free & I already had the glue for adhering it to the wall.

Loved the challenge. Love the fact that my husband let me explore the unknown on our feature wall! It was creatively liberating. So much so, I did a 2nd wall using a paper table runner I purchased recently in Montreal with the intentions of using it in our office space. New wall-paper, new experience.

I actually laid out all my pages with tape onto the wall to make sure the whole flow of images worked well together. Then laid the pattern on the table. I figured that I needed to work quickly and the glue might dry a little to fast if I couldn't decide which image to use next. And there really wasn't room for error. I had only a few extra images left over so I had to be precise. Yes, this was time consuming, but worth it. I definitely didn't want to botch up my project!

Half way there…

Completed. & satisfied!!

The wall.

This is my paper runner wall project.

The truth: My 1rst strip was a disaster. It stuck so quickly & I had a hard time working the whole strip at same time since like the catalogue images, it was more fragile & once it got wet, it stuck all over the place. errrr… Good thing I had plenty of paper to work with. Not recommended for people who have never done wall paper before or who are short in patience ! Though the dining room wall was great practice. Below is the crumbled strip.