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Thanks Heather!

Try pure deco too--http://www.pure-deco.com--they have a large selection and the shipping fee is way less than for domestic.

I purchased several (4) vynil decals from Rena at Rare Device in Brooklyn. She keeps many styles in stock and she can order anything for you. I highly recommend doing business with Rena. I found her prices to be EXTREMELY reasonable. She was actually cheaper than Urban Outfitters. You may have to wait a while for the domestic stickers because they are coming from France. They are intricate so it takes them a while to cut them.

I will say the vynil stickers can be quite time-consuming to install. All the parts aren't always completely removed, but the vinyl are all cut out on large sheets. So it takes some time to separate out them into their respective pieces. They come in approx 24" by 24" sheets.

The best way to install most of the domestic stickers is to take them off onto the clear plastic adhesive sheet then apply the clear plastic adhesive sheet to the surface, use a squeegie over the sheet, then remove the clear plastic adhesive.

The main problem is that the more intricate the sticker the harder it is to get the sticker to come off onto the clear plastic adhesive sheet. I found that a bone folder or even a brayer helps to rub the backside of the sticker first so that it will adhere to the plastic instead of the waxy paper. This process takes patience, time, and practice.

You should also have a good set of tweezers to remove any portions of the vinyl that was cut but that you don't want adhered to the wall. For example, the boym stickers has a bird cage which was relatively easy to remove the rectangular portions of the bird cage, but there was a gray wire structure that had the portions cut but not removed and it probably took me 25-30 min to remove all the cut pieces.

To install, its helpful to have a good Squeegie, single edged razor blades or an x-acto knife and I found a laser level to be very helpful as well.

It can definitely be done by one person just don't rush yourself.

All that being said I am extremely pleased with the vynil product.

Good call. My mom put a couple of these up in her new home, but couldn't get exactly the ones she wanted because Domestic wanted as much for shipping as they did for the pieces themselves (which we refused to pay).

The coat rack looks fantastic in her entry though!

This means that people WANT to put stickers on their walls?