
I saw this idea on Apartment Therapy a while back and thought, “I have to
try this!”
It’s actually pretty simple. I don't have any pics of the actual process itself. That requires like, planning. And foresight and stuff. Sha! Leave me alone.
Step 1. Buy a roll or two of Contact shelf paper that's adhesive on the back. Choose your colors and patterns wisely. There are a
lot more options of both available online.
Step 2. Pick out a pattern and make a stencil for
one of the repeats. Remember that you'll be cutting this out until your hand goes Evil Dead on you, so again, choose wisely. I went with a simple scallop design that I felt
integrated well into my Alice in Wonderland inspired kids area in my kitchen.
Step 3. Cut out the pattern. Repeat. Many, many, many times. Then do it some more. I started out using an Xacto knife, but switched to scissors pretty
quickly. What you use will depend on your pattern to a certain extent.
Step 4. Start peelin’ and stickin’. This is the
really tedious part because you have to just go slowly. Stand back and look
every few minutes to make sure that the pattern is equally spaced. Mine started getting away from me about half way through and looked kind of cock-eyed, but I was able to adjust it a bit.
I added a framed out chalkboard to the side of it for the kids to use and for the occasional grocery list and Voila!:
There you go, for about $6, you can radically transform your great white (or black) kitchen elephant into a chic conversation piece. I did this last summer and it's held up very well. None of the pieces have peeled and it still looks neat. This is the perfect solution for me until I can start my kitchen remodel!
This is absolutely AWESOME! I saw it on AT and love it, thanks for the easy tutorial :)
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