Tell people that you live in an apartment and they instantly think bland, white, boring… I know I was a bit afraid of that when we first started discussing it. But I decided it didn’t have to be.
We are lucky, our landlord allows us to paint. However, we chose not to. Rather we (meaning me as my hubby only had the illusion of choice) decided to focus more on the pops and punches of color throughout. I really didn’t want anything to take away from our treasured items we wanted to display.
This weekend while spending a child free weekend garage-saling and bargain hunting at Goodwill & Savers I came across this lovely vintage contact paper. I knew instantly that this would go great with my rug and other kitchen accessories.
For those of you who have not discovered the amazingness of contact paper, well, you are about to be schooled! This amazing roll became the backsplash in my kitchen. In addition, I have used contact paper to cover the back of bookshelves for a nice pop of cover as well as cover the glass front doors to hide mess and increase privacy. The best part is that it is easily removable should you want to change up the look. As for the kitchen, it eases the clean up of the backsplash as it is washable. Much easier than trying to scrub yuck off the orange peel textured wall.
Installation is really easy. I simply measured the space I meant to cover. Cut to size. Cut out a hole for the outlet. Remove backing and adhere to wall. Voila!
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Anonymous
Awesome idea to use contact paper, now I know how to fix my bathroom cupboard!! Thanks! 🙂
~Abby