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I had a friend who used a staple gun at the very edges and then glued ric-rak and kind of framed it and it looks beautiful.
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Originally Posted by scowlkat
I have actually done it! Use 1/2 starch 1/2 water a large sponge and first put the sponge against the wall (after wringing the sponge out so it doesn't drip), then put the fabric against the wall, use the sponge the saturate the fabric and hold it for a few seconds so it adheres. The beauty of this method is that when you get ready to take the fabric down, just use a wet sponse and the fabric will be easy to remove.
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Originally Posted by JeanDal
Originally Posted by dakotamaid
There is a recipe of 1/2 water, 1/2 starch, soak the fabric until it is really wet, wring out and apply to the wall. I'll google it and see what I find.
http://www.decoratorsecrets.com/diy-...wallpaper.html You can also staple if your pattern helps hide the staples. used the starch to cover up my oldest dd bedroom in one old apartment where the horsehair plaster was starting to crumble.. just got a bunch of topsheets on sale & covered it all up.. i think i may still have some of those left... they have been dropcloths & rags & a couple quilt backs (they were pink flowered, didn't go with much!) |
In Graceland, Elvis had the walls and ceiling of one room covered in fabric. The ceiling fabric was even pleated. It looked good. Just didn't like the design of the fabric but it can be done.
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never had a problem with ants or bugs of any kind. Keep in mind, I have had fabric on my walls for going on 8 yrs now and it is on with nothing but liquid starch. (in a bathroom--in Virginia--where it has high humidity)
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A friend of mine in college put fabric over canvas frames, and made a sort of "quilt" design on her wall. It was really cool.
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Don't know if anyone has suggested this or not (don't have time to read all the posts), but you could tack fabric very tightly along all edges of the wall and then cover the tacks with some kind of trim. Or, you could find some thin strips of lumber, build a frame the same size as the wall, attach the fabric tightly to the strips of lumber and then attach it all to the wall. Are these ideas as clear as mud??!!!
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Originally Posted by Rhonda
I took the easy way out. I tacked a 1'x1'trim board at top and bottom. I stapled the fabric at the top and bottom and overlapped each panel as I hung it. I covered the staples at the top and bottom with a wood trim. It wasn't hard to do at all. The first time I did it at work where I ran a bookstore the wall was paneling and it was so easy to tack it at the top and bottom to the paneling. I liked the look so I did it at home too. At home we had problems with crumbling walls. It hid the problem areas nicely.
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Originally Posted by bob1414
Don't know if anyone has suggested this or not (don't have time to read all the posts), but you could tack fabric very tightly along all edges of the wall and then cover the tacks with some kind of trim. Or, you could find some thin strips of lumber, build a frame the same size as the wall, attach the fabric tightly to the strips of lumber and then attach it all to the wall. Are these ideas as clear as mud??!!!
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I did this a few years ago. I used the starch full strength folded under the top and bottom edges. Works better to have 2 people doing it. I left the salveges on and just squeezed a little of the starch out. I used a half sheet cake pan for the starch and layered the fabric back and forth in it. I just smoothed it out with my hand. It works great but is messy. I used a cotton/poly blend.
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