So I bought three yards of it (enough to go from floor to ceiling with a little wiggle room to spare) and rejoiced that the bolt’s width was easily wide enough to cover that back wall. I was going to cover that back wall with that fabric if it was the last thing I did. I thought we would end up using wallpaper or a stencil for some back-wall pattern, but then we came across this fabric (called Peaceful Perch by Waverly at a local fabric shop called U-Fab – but here’s an affiliate link to the same fabric on Amazon) and just KNEW it was the one.Ĭlara was with us and before I could even say “what do you think?” she was rubbing her face all over it (she’s her mother’s daughter) and saying she loved the birds. She plays in there a ton since there’s a lot of space in the back for her dollhouse and a few other favorite toys since we store most of her clothes in her six-drawer dresser with the exception of a few hanging items – and it’s a super deep closet, clocking in at 6.5′ feet deep and 4 feet wide. Right after we moved in she proclaimed her closet her favorite spot in the whole house. I’ve been obsessed with the idea of covering the back wall of Clara’s closet with something fun for a while, especially since images like this inspired me to add some playful to make it feel more like a little hideaway within her room. Ladies & gentlemen (gentleman?), I give you… Clara’s closet: Especially in the small/easy division (our sunroom reno and Teddy’s built-ins might have given it competition if it fell into the heavy-duty upgrade category, but there’s no way it belongs there because it was so simple). Ultimately, I can always remove them from the wall, wash them, allow them to dry, and then rehang them but Its a lot of work, and this will likely happen again since I will still have overlap.Favorite project ever! Ok, I probably say that to myself every month or two, but this one might reign supreme for a while. I have thought about doing a lite coat of starch over everything to simply make all the stains “even” or rollering it with water to try to wash it out but am not sure if that will dissolve the starch or leave me with a new set of stains. Unfortunately, When I went to put up the next panel, the joints where I got fresh liquid starch on the fresh panel dried with whitish stains that look like excess starch that the fabric cannot absorb, and which dried flakily on the top of the fabric. I put up one panel and then ran out of the extra liquid starch I had on hand. The wall needed five vertical panels to be covered, which I am overlapping because the stretching ends up with the seams not being straight (all good). I started this project on a large wall I have in my rental studio. Gail’s Catch as Catch Can at My Repurposed LifeĬraftberry Bush Inspiration Gallery Link Party And if you put fabric up on a wall in your own home I’d love to see pictures!Ĭreating With the Stars, hosted by East Coast Creative. If there is something I didn’t explain clearly, feel free to contact me or leave a comment, and I will do my best to answer it. Aren’t they fun? I found them at a consignment shop in La Jolla. It really is not a difficult project to do, hopefully my long post doesn’t discourage you from trying this method yourself.īesides the fabric on the wall, I think my second most favorite thing in this bedroom are the Nest chairs. This tutorial turned out much longer than I had antcipated. When the fabric is dry, do your trimming of all the edges using your exacto knife. It helps to seal the edges and give you a straight line for trimming. I used this technique in my kitchen pantry a couple of years ago and I was shocked on how easy it went up and how easy it is to take down and run it along the edge. Putting fabric on a wall with starch has been around for a long, long time.
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