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Wall decals: like stickers for adults!
Jun. 22nd, 2011 08:08 pmI may be an adult, but if I weren't worried about the deposit on my apartment, I'd paint the wall all sorts of colors and then put stickers up all over them. I can't do that, but I discovered the next best thing: Wall decals!
I started with decals that turned out not to be decals. These dragonflies are now my most favorite things in the world. Here's them on my wall, but they don't photograph well, the flash makes them shine and look cheap, they usually blend in perfectly with the shadow/lighting.
Then I moved on to some butterflies to brighten my kitchen. On my wall (again, the flash is too bright, reflects off the edges and makes the look like stickers). These are the only ones I'm not in love with. I like them enough to keep them up, but they'd be better in a child's bedroom. (Amazon link.)
Then on to my second favorite! This tree, edited (Amazon's image). My computer room is dark, I generally have only one light on at my desk and so the rest of the room is in shadows. Turns out the tree looked better without all its parts. Alas, again it doesn't photograph well. Here is it on my wall, but picture it with a bit of light hitting the lowest part, the top branches in deep shadows. It starts behind my computer monitor, so it looks perfect while sitting at my computer.
I also bought dandelions! My favorite flowers! But alas I didn't look at the picture close enough. They're white. My walls are the generic almost-white of every single apartment. I'm going to need to put them someplace not on my walls.
They're all pretty darned cheap ($8-$10 for the stickers, $16 for the dragonflies), but for all of them I've only needed half of the ones I was sent -- you could easily decorate two rooms/places for those prices!
Edit: I should add that these do not damage your walls. You can take them off and move them multiple times and they still stick. They DO damage painted wood (I put one up on a cabinet and took it off, and it took half the paint with it -- Oops!).
Edit2: Dandelions found a home! There's a red "desk" (sort of desk) in my kitchen, it holds my cookbooks and other assorted stuff. They rock there!
I started with decals that turned out not to be decals. These dragonflies are now my most favorite things in the world. Here's them on my wall, but they don't photograph well, the flash makes them shine and look cheap, they usually blend in perfectly with the shadow/lighting.
Then I moved on to some butterflies to brighten my kitchen. On my wall (again, the flash is too bright, reflects off the edges and makes the look like stickers). These are the only ones I'm not in love with. I like them enough to keep them up, but they'd be better in a child's bedroom. (Amazon link.)
Then on to my second favorite! This tree, edited (Amazon's image). My computer room is dark, I generally have only one light on at my desk and so the rest of the room is in shadows. Turns out the tree looked better without all its parts. Alas, again it doesn't photograph well. Here is it on my wall, but picture it with a bit of light hitting the lowest part, the top branches in deep shadows. It starts behind my computer monitor, so it looks perfect while sitting at my computer.
I also bought dandelions! My favorite flowers! But alas I didn't look at the picture close enough. They're white. My walls are the generic almost-white of every single apartment. I'm going to need to put them someplace not on my walls.
They're all pretty darned cheap ($8-$10 for the stickers, $16 for the dragonflies), but for all of them I've only needed half of the ones I was sent -- you could easily decorate two rooms/places for those prices!
Edit: I should add that these do not damage your walls. You can take them off and move them multiple times and they still stick. They DO damage painted wood (I put one up on a cabinet and took it off, and it took half the paint with it -- Oops!).
Edit2: Dandelions found a home! There's a red "desk" (sort of desk) in my kitchen, it holds my cookbooks and other assorted stuff. They rock there!
