How I Did my Wallpaper Border and Kitchen by Danmar
#1
I thought that maybe some of you would be interested in this. My kitchen was boring. I wanted to "fix it up a little", so I decided to get some wallpaper border and go to work. I found 2 borders that I really liked and they were on clearance, so I bought all of both at 25 cents each! Bargain!
I took them home and put the dark with roses up in the kitchen. I decided that with the white walls, the ivy leaves were just too light for the border. We live in a trailer so the kitchen and living room are in the same room like you know, and the couch matched the border paper great. Not so great when I got the border up though. It was waaaaay to dark!!! I didn't like it at all and took it down and threw it away. But I still wanted a border.......
Then, I had this great idea! I'd just make my own out of the 2 pretty border papers that I'd bought. Great idea, huh? The first thing that I'd have to do would be to cut it all up! Every single piece. I needed to get rid of that really dark green!!! First I cut the row of tiny ivy leaves off the ivy border paper. I cut out every rose, bud, leaf, ivy, etc. on a bunch of rolls of border. No one that came over could believe that I was doing this. They thought I was nuts and had to "get a life". I spent days and days cutting everything out for my kitchen border.
Next, I started laying out different designs on the kitchen table to see how I wanted it to look. I'm a "frilly", "ruffle" type girl, and even though I've never seen "rufflely" wallpaper border, that is the look that I decided on.
What is funny is that when I started putting up this new border, I had gone to alot of work cutting it all out. I didn't want to get it "stuck to the wall" and not like it (like the original paper), so I decided to just roll a piece of scotch tape and stick to the back of it, to put it up. No one thought that it would stay that way, but it's still holding! I just left the tape on it instead of ever wetting it and gluing it on right.
Here are a couple of pictures of the border paper, before I happened to it and after! :lol: :lol: And then a picture of the border that I made. What do you think?
I took them home and put the dark with roses up in the kitchen. I decided that with the white walls, the ivy leaves were just too light for the border. We live in a trailer so the kitchen and living room are in the same room like you know, and the couch matched the border paper great. Not so great when I got the border up though. It was waaaaay to dark!!! I didn't like it at all and took it down and threw it away. But I still wanted a border.......
Then, I had this great idea! I'd just make my own out of the 2 pretty border papers that I'd bought. Great idea, huh? The first thing that I'd have to do would be to cut it all up! Every single piece. I needed to get rid of that really dark green!!! First I cut the row of tiny ivy leaves off the ivy border paper. I cut out every rose, bud, leaf, ivy, etc. on a bunch of rolls of border. No one that came over could believe that I was doing this. They thought I was nuts and had to "get a life". I spent days and days cutting everything out for my kitchen border.
Next, I started laying out different designs on the kitchen table to see how I wanted it to look. I'm a "frilly", "ruffle" type girl, and even though I've never seen "rufflely" wallpaper border, that is the look that I decided on.
What is funny is that when I started putting up this new border, I had gone to alot of work cutting it all out. I didn't want to get it "stuck to the wall" and not like it (like the original paper), so I decided to just roll a piece of scotch tape and stick to the back of it, to put it up. No one thought that it would stay that way, but it's still holding! I just left the tape on it instead of ever wetting it and gluing it on right.
Here are a couple of pictures of the border paper, before I happened to it and after! :lol: :lol: And then a picture of the border that I made. What do you think?
BEFORE---These are the 2 Wallpaper borders that I bought
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AFTER---This is the border papers when I was finished with them!
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This is the Wallpaper Border that I made out of the pieces! Cool, huh?
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#2
A couple of months later, I decided to do the whole kitchen with my little flower border. I cut out some more pieces and went to work. First I re-painted the whole kitchen white. Then I started to decorate it.
I used that little row of ivy leaves that I'd cut off the ivy border up above the cupboards and on the stove hood.
I mixed 2 of my acrylic paints and made them match the color in the border, and then painted my door handles and drawer knobs with it. I think it came out really cool!
The last picture is of my MIL. I made her this knitted cabled aphgan for Christmas that year.
I used that little row of ivy leaves that I'd cut off the ivy border up above the cupboards and on the stove hood.
I mixed 2 of my acrylic paints and made them match the color in the border, and then painted my door handles and drawer knobs with it. I think it came out really cool!
The last picture is of my MIL. I made her this knitted cabled aphgan for Christmas that year.
Close up of one of the designs I put on the cupboard doors
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My Completed Kitchen with it's New Look
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#3
I used the exact border (the ivy one) in an upstairs bedroom. I wanted something unique. My StpD wanted her room in white,dk green and brass. I made a line from midpoint on each wall and painted a dk green diamond on the ceiling. I used the border around it but wanted the small print on each side so I put up two strips, one going each way. Add a white, glass and brass ceiling fan and light fixture, a brass bed and brass accessories and it looked great!
#8
Originally Posted by danmar
Thanks you guys! I had fun doing it and I was really happy with the way it turned out.
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