Wall Stickers on Furniture
Here’s a great idea for refurbishing tired furniture. Cover up the dings or watermarks with wall stickers and decals. This project comes from Ikea Hacker.
You can get the details by reading her post here.
I’ve done this myself and it’s a great way to get creative with furniture. I once added some flames to a teenager’s desk which I had Bondo’d and spray painted at an auto body shop.
Here are some resources for stickers and decals:
Mandecorating the Eco-Friendly Way
Here’s something for Chris, and all other college students who buy a house which they rent out to roommates in order to pay the mortgage. It’s a great idea. It offers a way to learn about the responsibilities of home ownership and get a head start into the wonderful world of mandecorating.
Every man cave needs wall art. It’s especially nice if it’s manly in an eco-friendly way. These wallstickers from Toifu are a nice way to create that much-needed focal point without having to harm a real animal.
This series of Toifu stickers are the first products from Swiss designers, Ala Ramildi and Ren?© Etienne Keller, the founders of ala webstatt, a studio for illustration and interaction design based in Zurich, Switzerland. The stickers come in a variety of sizes.
I’m also liking these coasters and house numbers. They’re made, respectively, from recycled vinyl records and street signs. Find them at Eco-Artware. The coasters are $20 for a set of six. The street numbers come in three sizes and range from $120 – $200 each.
blik Teams Up With Threadless
Now, perhaps you’ve heard of blik. They make wall decals with awesome designs. Blik is now teaming up with several companies to turn their designs into wall decals. One of these companies is Threadless, the online-community-based tee shirt company, to create a new, continuously evolving line of wall graphics.
Threadless is a nifty shop where anyone can submit a design for a tee-shirt. If Threadless likes it, they produce it and the artist gets a percentage of the sales. You can also vote for your favorites. I’ve bought several T’s from Threadless and adore them.
Every six weeks, the blik team posts some of our favorite Threadless original tee shirt designs and ask you to tell them which ones should be the inspiration for a new set of wall graphics. Now we’re all designers.
Here’s a look at several Threadless designs that blik has transformed into wall art. Enjoy!
Byebi by Tan Wei Hau
99 Luftballons by Ross Zietz
Growth Of Destruction by Jessica Walsh
We’re Not Savages by Philip Tseng, inspired by the classic novel Lord of the Flies.
As you can see, blik’s choice of design, or I should say, their readers, have great and varied taste. And decals offer an inexpensive and fun way to transform a room in no time.
Wall Candy
Decorating walls with decals has become a bit of a trend. They’re especially great for children’s rooms, where redecoration is a constant. Decals offer a way of changing a look without having to repaint.
Allison Krongard, the owner of WallCandy is launching some new designs this week. I really admire people who are brave enough to start new careers. Allison worked as a sales rep. for Knoll International for eight years. She developed WallCandy after being asked frequently by friends and family for stylish ideas to decorate babies’ rooms.
Her designs are styled primarily for children rooms, teens, and areas of the home that could use a little more whimsy. Here’s a look at some designs I particularly like.
The birds are new – just launched this week. The trees have several new decals which you can add to your basic tree. These would be wonderful in a bedroom or playroom. The kids could play with these and create something new every day. I really like that idea.
My favorite is the Paul Smith Collection. They’re sold in sets of 80 spots for $68.
I’ve used decals only on furniture. I had a desk made for a teen that was topped with flames. Does anyone have experience using decals on walls? Are they difficult to apply?
Puddles from Tord Boontje
Add some decorative fun to your walls. Designer Tord Boontje, who designed the Garland light fixture, has created Puddles.
Puddles are decorative surface tiles cut from mirror-polished stainless steel. Each tile is self-adhesive. These would be a great way to dress up a child’s room, powder room – even a laundry room. The largest tile is 17″ x 20″. Prices range from $29 to $70. You can find them here in Detroit at Mezzanine, and online at Unica Home.
What room would you put them in?
