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Not everyone has the patience for paintjobs. Debrae offers some tips for selecting and applying wallpaper in your home so that you can reap the rewards of recoloring an entire wall without the splash damage.
The D-List is a recurring feature on KUNV 91.5 Jazz & More that focuses on interior design practices and trends. Every segment highlights a new way to spruce up and improve your interiors.
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This is the D-List with Debrae Little. I'll be sharing some amazingly simple ideas, tips, and design trends to improve your home. After a year of seeking refuge and facing isolation due to the pandemic, we are all seeking renewal this spring. So let's reimagine, revive, and restore by defining what your home is and will be for handling the many roles and duties we require of it in this new stage of what is normal. Awaken your home with wallpaper. Wallpaper is a quick affordable agent of change. Here are 12 simple tricks for using temporary wallpaper or a mural in a botanical, a playful color, or an abstract pattern. Welcome your guests with wallpaper in the entry. Apply wallpaper to one prominent wall. It will grab their attention or energize a visit. Steal the show for a head tilting moment by using floral wall covering on your powder room ceiling. Bring a seating nook alive in your kitchen, reading area, or mudroom with wallpaper. Hang framed wallpaper prints on the wall. If you love the character and sophistication that wall molding and trim brings to his face, try wallpaper instead to create a Wayne's cutting effect. Just wallpaper the lower half of a dining room or bedroom wall without the fuss of wood and paint. Want to take a boring wall to wow? Create a backdrop with a spring inspired print. Apply wallpaper in the center wall from the top to the bottom. The area should be at least 36 to 48 inches wide to make a statement. If the wall is large, then your backdrop should be wider. This backdrop will highlight anything you choose to place in front of it. Consider a sideboard, cabin, or a seating area in this space. Then finish with accessories and you've created a wow moment.
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Wrap your crown molding with wallpaper.
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It will draw your eye upward and make a huge visual impact. This works best if you're installing molding for the first time. It can be done with the help of a professional installer. Give your fireplace a lift by cladding the facade with wallpaper. Make sure to avoid the direct heat of the fireplace. I don't However, using wallpaper on the firebox or surround. Line the inside back of your shelves in your closet. Use a metallic paper if you want your shoe collection to shine. Spice up your pantry with a bright retro wallpaper. to a heavily trafficked and unexpected area, clad your stair risers with wallpaper. Try a mix of patterns in the same color or theme or go eclectic by blending assorted patterns, styles, and colors. Give a facelift and a bit of glamour to your dresser, side table, or bedroom drawer. Line the inside or the outside of the drawers with a flocked or vibrant floral wallpaper. Use a glass frame or wrap a canvas with a sheet of wallpaper and mount it on your wall. Use a glass frame or wrap a canvas with a sheet of wallpaper and mount it on your wall. Combine several frame papers to create a fun and unique gallery wall.