The best way to make fake DIY wallpaper utilizing vinyl decals to create the look of ceiling wallpaper utilizing a block print fashion so as to add drama to any room.
We all know one factor for certain about our daughter’s “preteen” bed room makeover at this level; it positively isn’t boring.
The classic Swedish wallpaper, the basketweave fandelier, the Smoky Blue paint, and now the most recent DIY chicken wallpaper ceiling all add as much as fairly a press release. It’s so whimsical! Plus, I managed to create the look of ceiling wallpaper utilizing a fake technique for simply $67!
The Finest Room to Strive a Wallpapered Ceiling
Including wallpaper to a ceiling is such a enjoyable method to elevate a room whereas including coloration and sample to that “fifth wall”.
Since there actually isn’t every other room in the home the place you stare up on the ceiling fairly as usually as whenever you’re mendacity in mattress, a bed room is the proper place in the home so as to add large persona from above.
As a substitute of counting sheep on this bed room, I assume Olivia will rely birds.
We’re actually going all in with a maximalist decor look by implementing a lot of enjoyable patterns into this bed room makeover as a result of Olivia is all the time a more-is-more type of woman.
This fake DIY wallpaper ceiling undertaking utilizing vinyl sticker decals in a block print sample is certainly one thing that may add further drama to an already dramatic room, or it will possibly look refined in a minimally adorned house.
You possibly can adapt this tutorial to work with any type of decal shapes in a block sample too, not simply birds.
Why Select Peel and Stick Fake Wallpaper for a Ceiling?
Price
I liked the look of this sparrow wallpaper from Lulu and Georgia however couldn’t justify the price of $198 per roll. Your complete ceiling utilizing that wallpaper would have value $792!
Through the use of these chicken vinyl decals to create fake wallpaper as a substitute, it solely value me $67 for the complete 13’x13′ ceiling.
Labor
Putting in pasted wallpaper or a peel and stick mural on partitions is tough sufficient however putting in it on a ceiling is much more difficult because you’re working in opposition to gravity.
Should you don’t really feel assured in your wallpaper hanging abilities, you’ll seemingly spend extra on a contractor to hold it too.
Temporariness
Should you don’t need to decide to actual pasted wallpaper, peel and stick fake wallpaper decals are simple to take away later. Eradicating pasted wallpaper although is kind of a laborious course of.
Works on Textured Ceilings
The ceiling on this bed room has a slight popcorn texture. It’s not a brilliant chunky popcorn, nevertheless it does have a barely raised texture.
I used to be in a position to apply the vinyl decal birds proper on prime of the feel with none adhesion issues.
The best way to Add a Fake Wallpaper Ceiling Utilizing Vinyl Sticker Decals
It’s not fairly Lulu and Georgia, however this candy fake chicken wallpaper turned out so significantly better than I’d hoped. It might be nice to make use of as an accent wall too!
Provides
- Chook vinyl sticker decals – I used 3 packs (Stars, butterflies, or every other shapes would work effectively too.)
- Ladder
- Scissors
- 2 tape measures
- Laser stage or laser measuring instrument
- Marker
- Calculator (It helps to double test your measurements as you’re employed since after some time numbers actually begin to swirl round in your head.)
Step 1 – Determine Your Measurements
Measure your whole room and determine how far aside you need to house your sticker decals on the ceiling so that you just gained’t find yourself with decals midway minimize off whenever you place the final row.
This bed room is 13′ x 13′. I made a decision to house the birds 12″ aside, alternating their spacing in every row.
Step 2 – Mark the Ceiling Placement
1. Stretch the tape measure throughout the room parallel with a wall. I positioned my first tape measure at 12″ from the wall.
2. Stretch the second tape measure perpendicular throughout the primary tape measure on the spot the place you need to place your first decal. (In my case, I wished it 12″ from the wall.)
3. Place your laser instrument flat on the ground the place the 2 tape measures meet in order that it factors as much as the ceiling.
4. Mark the laser dot on the ceiling with the marker.
Step 3 – Measure and Mark 1-2 Rows
1. Repeat Step 2 by transferring the second tape measure (the perpendicular one) down the primary tape measure (the parallel one) to the subsequent 24″ mark.
2. Mark a dot each 24″ alongside the tape measure on the ceiling utilizing the laser as your information.
3. As soon as my first row was marked, I slid the tape measure over 12″ and repeated the method marking each 24″ however began marking 24″ from the sting of the wall to alternate the earlier row.
The First Row marked measurements – 12″, 36″, 60″, 84″, 108″, 132″, 156″
The Second Row marked measurements – 24″, 48″, 72″, 96″, 120″, 144″
The sequences of these two rows repeat till the complete ceiling is marked.
Step 4 – Place Vinyl Sticker Decals on Ceiling Marks
Use scissors to chop out every vinyl decal individually from the total sheet and place every one on the ceiling the place you beforehand marked the rows.
I attempted to show the birds all completely different instructions and alternate their completely different shapes to imitate the look of the Lulu and Georgia sparrow wallpaper so no two an identical birds had been positioned immediately beside one another.
Repeat measuring, marking, and inserting decals till you’ve got a totally lined fake wallpapered ceiling!
The Completed Chook Wallpaper Ceiling
This DIY undertaking actually wasn’t exhausting to do in any respect! It was simply tedious transferring the tape measures, checking measurements, and climbing up and down a ladder a bajillion instances. 🤪
I completely love how this whimsical ceiling turned out although! So ultimately, even when perhaps I must schedule a chiropractor go to now, it was nonetheless completely value it.
Birds have a really sentimental that means to our household:
- Olivia’s grandfather is an artist who hand carves and paints birds.
- My and Robert’s marriage ceremony had a chicken theme.
- Olivia’s nursery once we lived in my dad and mom’ spare room again in 2012 was adorned with birds.
So including the birds to the ceiling in her room a decade later felt very very like a “full circle second”. 🥹
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