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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Office Graphic Wall


This is a wall in our office/craftroom/library!
To see the whole office go HERE.



I would have done wallpaper or paint but since this is not "my" house I had to come up with a different, less permanent way.... So after searching through stores I found this heavy duty WRAPPING PAPER! $3 a roll! It also had to be wide enough so the frames wouldn't overlap the edges.



How-To: So at the top I folded over the edge of the paper and put thumb tacks through. The fold hides the thumb tacks. It worked great, ABOVE: I've pulled out the paper so you could see.
It still needed a bit more to make the paper lay completely flat so I bought BLUE paint and PAINTED the thumb tacks and stuck them along the top and sides. Crazy I know! You can't even see them! I also put a tack on each side at the bottom.



This is a frame from IKEA, I never liked it black so I painted it white. I was lucky enough to find an un-damaged one there too.


I also found these lamps in the AS-IS at Ikea, I can't even tell that something is wrong with them. They were $2.99! Taking a page out of Laurens book I added some ruffled fabric around the bottom of the lamp shade.

We just love to sit here and read and study.
If I ever want to change out the "wallpaper" for a different color I can always go to the party store ;).

4 comments:

  1. oops- I must not be keeping good track of the dates. This room rocks! I'm not worthy!

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  2. Beautiful and the model really sets everything at its best advantage.

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  3. Quite Impressive Stacey! I love this, too and the little guy model :)

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  4. AMAZING! I have that same frame. I'm using it for something else...but liking your idea MUCH better! =)

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