How to use leftover wallpaper

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Often, after the completion of the repair, unused building materials remain - after all, we cannot always calculate exactly how much they will be required, and we buy with a margin. If you have any leftover wallpaper, then don't rush to throw it away, because colored scraps of paper can be a wonderful decor for your home.

By the way, it is not at all necessary to use only those wallpapers with which the walls of the same room are pasted over. For example, to decorate the living room, you can take suitable materials from the bedroom or nursery. This will give your rooms an additional pattern and color, and the apartment will get a more solid look thanks to the repetitive details in different rooms.

Wall decoration

The easiest way to use surplus wallpaper is to stick it on a plain wall. For example, you can designate the head of the bed or the sofa area in this way, as well as beat the ledge in the wall. By the way, the headboard will look more expressive and voluminous if you use plywood covered with wallpaper.

If you have many small pieces of wallpaper left, make a patchwork wall out of them.

If you have many small pieces of wallpaper left, make a patchwork wall out of them. Elements can be the same or different in size and shape, they can be glued exactly in a row or overlapping, in a chaotic manner. Your child will be delighted if you place an animal cut from a piece of wallpaper on the wall in the nursery.

Foreign wallpapers easily acquire a sophisticated and sophisticated look if you add a frame made of thin molding to them, turning them into false panels. Wallpaper decor looks good on doors too.

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Wallpaper as art

If you don't want to overload your room, then the idea of turning small pieces of wallpaper into original works of art - framed paintings and wall panels - is suitable for you. These can be either single objects or whole compositions. For them, you can use wallpaper of the same type, or different in color and style. Frames can also be chosen in a variety of styles, sizes and shapes. But the main thing here is not to overdo it with variety and make a harmonious composition.

Wall panels do not require frames: wallpaper can be pasted over chipboard, plywood or thick cardboard, wrapping the edges of the paper on the back side, attaching a suspension and hanging on the wall. This option is perfect for a rented apartment when there is no way to start a large-scale renovation, but you want to refresh the room.

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Furniture transformation

If your house has open shelves or shelves, then they can be completely transformed if you paste over the back wall with the remnants of wallpaper. It is better if the cabinet is not densely loaded with books, but filled with dishes, figurines, photographs in frames - then the background of the back wall will be clearly visible.

Using colored wallpaper and glass, you can mask the damaged surface of the cabinet or chest of drawers.

Wallpaper can give new life to slightly outdated furniture, one has only to paste over cabinet doors, drawer fronts or even the furniture body itself with colored canvases. Along the way, you can change the handles on them to make the changes more noticeable. Alternatively, you can add an extra flair by placing brightly colored sheets at the bottom of the drawers.

Try decorating your glass table by wallpapering under the countertop. This method will not only change its appearance, but also make fingerprints or small dirt on the surface less noticeable. Using colored wallpaper and glass, you can mask the damaged surface of the cabinet or chest of drawers.

You can paste over old stools with fragments of wallpaper. Just keep in mind that they will need to be varnished on top so that the paper does not fray from the seat and does not deteriorate from moisture.

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New look of old things

Continuing the theme of decorating pieces of furniture, you can build a new lampshade for a floor lamp or table lamp from the remaining wallpaper, make a background for a wall clock, paste over a mini-chest of drawers or ugly cardboard boxes stored in a closet.

Things transformed in this way will stop flickering in front of your eyes and will more harmoniously fit into the interior of your room.

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If there is no extra wallpaper left

What to do if all the purchased wallpapers are used or you haven't done any repairs at all, but still want to start decorating? In such a case, you can go to the hardware store and select several different rolls from the leftovers. Most likely, the remaining wallpaper in a small amount is sold at a discount, and you will not have to spend a lot. You can do the same if the wallpaper you have not used is not enough to make your idea come true - with a few rolls from the sale, you can add the color scheme and diversify the ornaments.