Framed Wallpaper

Last summer, when Katie was out visiting, we spent a Saturday estate saling.  At one of the houses, I found this vintage wallpaper in the back of the garage.  We both bought some for a whole 50 cents and it has been sitting in my garage ever since.  Also, sometime last summer I bought this big frame, with no glass at a garage sale.  After seeing this on Pinterest, I've had this project in the back of my mind for a while and finally did it yesterday.  The original post is from apartmenttherapy.com.

I bought Aleene's Crystal Clear Tacky Spray.

And then cut out the wallpaper and cardboard to fit the frame.

 And then I started to spray. I had never used spray adhesive and underestimated it's power!

Whoops.  My wallpaper accidentally brushed the adhesive covered cardboard and there was no unsticking it.  To get it off, I had to rip it to pieces.  

And then I thought it out better.  Luckily, because the paper was already rolled, it stayed rolled as I attached just the top first.  And then I rolled it down carefully and pressed as I rolled.

Isn't it great wallpaper?

And then I spray painted the picture frame a glossy black.  It's a pretty big frame, 28"x38".

And then because I'm fancy, I taped it into the frame with packaging tape.  The duct tape was no where to be found.

Ta Da!  I Love it!

Pinmaker's Rating:  Love it
Level of Difficulty:  Easy