Alexa, the creative presence behind the blog The Swell Life, recently transformed a wall in her apartment from a boring off-white shade to this eye-catching grid of color. The project is renter-friendly, and it cost her less than $20. Plus, most importantly, it looks utterly fantastic.
Alexa explains, "Like a lot of people, I live in an apartment. The type of apartment complex that doesn't allow painting of any kind. I really try to jazz up the blah eggshell walls with color, whether it be colorful artwork or colored lampshades that cast a hue on the wall. Well, I wanted to step it up a notch with my décor beyond that and do something totally different with my bedroom wall that would make visitors come in and say, 'Wow! You did that?'"
Wow indeed! To find out what she made this wall from, read more.
Alexa achieved this look through multicolored scrapbook pages, Zot adhesive glue dots, and a tape measure. Yes, scrapbook paper. I was surprised, too! Want the full DIY directions to get the same look? Read all about it on her site!
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I don't care where I live, I want to do this on a wall! It makes everything look a lot less boring - and it's better than just having random art and movie posters.
1Its really cute but even if i spent the rest of my life trying i would never get all the spacing right!
2I like the way it looks, but I would be afraid the paper would get dirty, wrinkled, bent, etc.
3Nice.
4Interesting idea!
5Ohh, I like it!
6My husband did a rasterbation (http://i39.tinypic.com/fxe8vp.jpg and a close up http://i40.tinypic.com/ygs90.jpg) in his 'office' because we can't paint either :/
7Aw, this would be fun in a kid's room!
8It's the perfect execution that makes this work - congratulations Alexa: it looks stunning.
And lilkimbo, if a piece gets dirty, replace it!!
9ps - but I'm not too psyched about that candle in the lower right corner now that I know the whole thing is made of paper!!!
10Plus, I would have to be replacing pieces far too frequently. It wouldn't be worth it for me.
But it might work for someone else.
11Which was kind of my point. Obviously I figured out on my own that you could replace a piece if you needed to.
12I'm loving this! Seriously I am considering running out to Michael's right now. Hope this solves my bare wall problem in the guest room.
13That is amazingly awesome. I would love to do something like that in my apt, but I don't have any small walls...all of my walls are really long.
14very cute!
15this is a really good idea.
16obviously if you were a home owner not a renter you could do this with paint.
if it was for a kids room then washable paint...
could even throw in a few squares of blackboard paint to get creative
and allow the temptation to draw on walls!
Love it!
17Next weekend project, coming right up!
18I think I might do this in my son's room
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