{"id":13547,"date":"2019-11-12T14:39:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T19:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/?p=13547"},"modified":"2022-10-22T09:05:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T13:05:10","slug":"how-to-make-any-wallpaper-removeable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/how-to-make-any-wallpaper-removeable\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Any Wallpaper Removeable – Rental Friendly Wallpaper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My first and only rule about living in a rental is make it your own<\/em>. Sometimes, that means you have to go a little farther than throw pillows and picture frames. Our current rental home can be best described as a blank slate. There is absolutely no character, no color, and no lovely finishes. At first glance, it’s a sad space but one thing it has is potential, with some imagination and elbow grease. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Typically, the first thing I consider when moving into a new rental is painting. Usually, we are in a home for 2-3 years so it’s enough time for me to invest money and energy in painting a room or two. Since this house has a pretty open living and dining area, I had decided early that I wouldn’t paint downstairs. Also, my go-to color would be white (see my favorite white paint here) and since the entire house including the trim and doors is painted a creamy white with yellow undertones, white paint would just make the trim and doors look even more yellow. Since the painting option was out, I decided that hanging wallpaper would give me the color and character we needed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rental Friendly Wallpaper Hack<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I’ve used removable wallpaper in our home office<\/a> before and I love how rental friendly it is. It’s simple enough to install and comes off easily with no damage to the walls, the only drawback is the cost and it’s not reusable. Temporary wallpaper is expensive. I priced several options and at the low end, it was $350 to cover a 9’x8′ wall. Also, there are considerably fewer options for “temporary” wallpaper than for traditional wallpaper and I found myself finding the perfect wallpaper only to discover it wasn’t removable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wheels started turning when I realized we could make any wallpaper removable with this removable wallpaper hack. Now the options are endless and much more affordable making it a really great option for rental friendly wallpaper. I even sprung for the high-end paper<\/a> and still spent less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How to Make Any Wallpaper Removable Tutorial<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Supplies Needed:<\/strong>
Wallpaper (measure and measure again before ordering your paper. I needed two rolls of this paper<\/a> for my 9′ x 8′ wall)
Frog Tape\u00ae<\/a> (read on for my explanation why it must be Frog Tape)
Laser Level<\/a>
Double-sided Tape<\/a> (I used 4 rolls of tape)
A sharp Xacto Knife<\/a>
Ladder (optional)<\/em>

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