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How To: Use Up Your Wallpaper Scraps
Better Homes and Gardens

41509wallpaperscraps1.jpgLast year we wallpapered a little bathroom, and the leftover strips and scraps have been stowed away in our garage ever since, awaiting some higher purpose. Fortunately, Better Homes and Gardens has put together a gallery of fun, stylish projects using wallpaper scraps, complete with helpful tips and instructions for the adhesive-wary...

 
 

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Most of the projects on Better Homes and Gardens' list require nothing more than wallpaper adhesive, a T-square, and a craft knife. Some, like their mix-and-match display pictured above (left), are large-scale, requiring a substantial time commitment, and others, like the picture frame upgrade (right), wouldn't take more than an hour.

Inspired? Check out the gallery of projects over at Better Homes and Gardens for details.

And in case you've got enough leftover scraps for many weekend projects, here's some further inspiration from Apartment Therapy:
How To: Revamp a Candelabra With Wallpaper Scraps
6 Uses for Wallpaper, Not Including Hanging It on a Wall
How To: Make Your Own Magnetic Matchbooks

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Not necessarily scraps, but I wallpapered my closet bi-fold doors--a great way to transform something very blah.

posted by art on April 16th 2009 at 9:05am
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That console table in the photo on the left is hot - anybody know the maker?

posted by HollyinDC on April 16th 2009 at 10:41am
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