LivelyLady

Ohhhh...I love that idea! You've got me thinking about doing that to one of my walls!..Thanks!!

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.

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.

psquared52

I also put up fabric on my bathroom walls using the liquid starch technique. This was a guest bathroom and not heavily used. It is a little messy and working with 3 yds of wet fabric can be a bit cumbersome, at least until you figure out what you are doing. I believe I trimmed the selvages before hanging. Trimmed the top and bottom edges after hanging, because I had a pattern to match. I was VERY happy with it. Very easy to remove. No damage to fabric if you want to reuse it. No damage to walls (you do need to wipe down to remove starch). I trimmed the upper and lower edges with a jute-like braided fabric, which coordinated with my fabric. Didn't use a nail or a staple anywhere. Got many compliments on it! I say go for it!

duckydo

There was a decorating show on HGTV a while back that showed someone doing there walls with fabric and they used wall paper paste and did it just like hanging wallpaper. I would google how to cover walls with fabric

dosnanas

Nate Berkus had a segment on his show about using fabric/starch to cover a wall - try The Nate Berkus Show (Google). I think he used the 1/2 strength solution and sprayed the wall then the fabric and smoothed it on. Apparently can be removed without damage to the wall finish.

clsurz

Now this an interesting subject. I have wondered over the last few months if such could be done. Now that I know it can I will research online and try it first in my back hallway and see how it comes out.

MaggieLou

You can put decorative moulding at the top and bottom to hide stapes.

Glenda m

This is very possible. In fact, I did it to my living room. I used the bottled starch right from the shelf of the local gro store. Using the starch and fabric as you would paste and wall paper, you brush the starch on the fabric. I did no wall prep other than making sure it was clean and on 'lumps.' Its like putting up wall paper and cleanup is easy too. I didn't do the whole wall, but just went up so far and painted the top part. Where the pieces of fabric join, I used lathe painted dark brown (you can use any color, LOL) and put on a "chair rail" - 2" lathe to top it off. Hope you like the during and after pictures of my project!

clsurz

Thank you for sharing your photo's.