Wallpaper is the tattoo of the home; sure you can remove it if you really want to, but you should be pretty darn sure when you chose your design that you'll want to live with it for a while. Unlike many decor decisions, there's an inherent added level of commitment involved in hanging wallpaper. Arjan van Raadshooven & Anieke Branderhorst's Magnetic Wallpaper presents a clever and, as a bonus, eco-friendly way to dodge that commitment.
Manufactured under Raadshooven and Branderhorst's Dutch design label Vij5, the paper reflects the company's commitment to creative solutions and upcycled materials. The Magnetic Wallpaper is essentially strips of vintage wallcoverings mounted onto flat, rectangular tiles. The tiles have a magnetic backing, which can be hung, moved and rearranged upon any pre-treated magnetic wall. The effect is fresh and modern. It's also environmentally conscious since it uses old, out-of-production wallpapers and can be moved with you from one home to another. Call it the single-life aesthetic: until your really ready to settle down, this magnetic paper is a way to string along your walls.
More Info: Magnetic Wallpaper
(Images: Vij5)
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Neat idea and an easy diy.
this looks really expensive
I'm not sure I get this. The wallpaper tiles are magnets so you have to have a metal wall? What is a "pre-treated magnetic wall" (as mentioned in the post)? Is that a wall painted with magnetic paint? While it's cool, I'm not entirely sure this should be called "environmentally conscious". Sure it keeps those wallpaper strips out of the landfill, but is it "environmentally conscious" to create magnets or to paint walls with magnetic paint just to hang wallpaper on them?
We have one kitchen wall painted with magnetic paint. It took many layers of paint and it still requires strong magnets or large area of magnet. These would hold on my wall, I think, but I won't do it. I don't recommend painting with magnetic paint if you are living in the house. (we were not) The off-gassing is terrible.
Totally cool. Great idea.
Megdur - Thanks for the tip!
I saw some rolls of decorative strips similar to this (although NOT "vintage" at Michael's Crafts. I believe the adhesive was similar to "PostIt notes". So you could play around with ideas like this but not have to use the magnetic paint. (Just a similar concept -- temporary strips of trim.)
I didn't notice the price... sorry.