We are starting to get desperate. We have to do something with our blank walls! And we have a lot of small art, but not a lot of big art. Plus, the latest wallpaper is so beautiful and fun. So, we've been brainstorming ways to hang wallpaper in a rented apartment — without glue.
Luckily, Apartment Therapy bloggers and readers have come up with a many ideas. Now to decide on an accent wallpaper ...
• 1 Scroll-like
• 2 Bulldog clips
• 3 Poster hanger
• 4 Paste to light plywood and lead against wall
• 5 Suspend fabric from fishing line
• 6 Staple gun
• 7 Clear thumbtacks, or map tacks
For more brainstorming: Good Questions: How to Hang Temporary Accent Wallpaper
And if you've done any of these, let's see the pictures!




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Oh I'm going to do #5 but you don't want just a fishing line or you'll get weirdness, dowel fishing line.
We had a really heavy wallpaper so we used the top and bottom rail package at Ikea (http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80141685) which set us back a whopping $5 a panel. We hung two panels which are out of the way (so little wear) but after two years, still no problems with anything and the paper still looks great.
For large scale wall art, I love the Rasterbator ( http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/ ) I took a photo, blew it up with the Rasterbator, printed it on iron-on transfer paper, and transferred it to canvas. Then I inserted grommets in the corners to hang it from the wall. You could easily spend hours browsing their gallery for inspiration.
I used double-sided sticky tape in my entrance and on my whole large living room wall! Took alot of tape-- and patience-- but worked great, and easy to remove and even reuse the wallpaper.
I like the idea of this, the scale, artwork like feel, but it just screams "dusty mess in a month" to me.
I really like the feather wallpaper - does anyone know where I could find it? Thanks.
I wish this post had appeared two weeks ago when I fell inlove with a roll of beautiful wallpaper that came up for auction on ebay! My rented flat is already papered with textured paper that would be impossible to paper over (and too much like hard work to strip!) and the only other uses I could think of for it were lining drawers and an old travel chest but it would have been to exquisite to hide away like that. I never thought of hanging it like a poster, or framing a piece.... ah, well..... next time!
Second Katie78's request--where can one find this feather wallpaper?
TAJ -
Hi, I will be using Iron-On Transfer paper for the first time with a Raterbator creation. But I'd love to get your advice before I start printing.
I'm going to create a piece that's around 5'x3'. For the fabric, I was thinking of using Muslin because it's pretty thin. Do you think that will work, or would you recommend a different fabric?
And I was hoping you could point me in the right direction for Iron-On Transfer paper. I've never used it, so I don't know if I should go with Avery or someone else.
Any advice would be awesome! Thanks!!
Instead of wallpaper, buy fabric and adhere it to the wall using starch and water. You can peel the fabric off the wall when you are ready to move. No muss, no fuss and if there is any residue you can wash it away.
I searched and search for the feather wallpaper and I finally found it at www.tracykendall.com. It is called slim feather and is part of their graphic series. I believe they are a UK based business. They have so many lovely wallpapers, I couldn't help but share!
Tracy Kendall wallcoverings are repped and carried here in NYC at the Ted Boerner showroom in the NYDC.