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Post by BoilerUp! on Jul 8, 2014 14:48:45 GMT
My 13 yr old dd decided she was ready for a makeover on her bedroom. We painted it yesterday, and it is a very pretty. A turquoisish - blue color, very teenage-girl room. She will have black and white accessories, and I think we are going to attempt to make some chevron curtains together!  She wants an open closet concept, and we are going to begin working on it later this week. I have to purchase a few items first! One thing that I can't seem to find locally (after driving all over town this past weekend, making what seemed like a million stops) is black and white chevron wall paper! I will have to buy online. Yes, I've googled - but hoping for some feedback from reputable store, rather than just what pops up on google. And, I do not want to use a vinyl decal. We will be removing the closet doors and installing new closet organization: drawers and hanging, shelving as well. So, we want to have the chevron wallpaper on the inside of her closet only. Want to help me find some chevron wallpaper that I can apply easily?  The doors aren't removed yet, but Here is a photo of what her closet looks like to give you an idea of what we are working with. Attachment Deleted |
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Post by BoilerUp! on Jul 8, 2014 18:59:08 GMT
Maybe Chevron isn't as popular as we thought? . . . I wonder if anyone has purchased from Spoonflower.com before? This is where I have located something that is as close to what she is wanting. Thanks! Nevermind . . . . That roll of wallpaper is only 2' x 12' and it is $60.  NOT spending $300 to wallpaper a closet! |
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Post by SockMonkey on Jul 8, 2014 19:03:11 GMT
I would actually not do the chevron wallpaper inside the closet, because you won't see it with the shelves, etc. that will be in there. I'd do the chevron curtains, though, and maybe do long side curtains on the closet in the chevron to frame it? And then, if you really wanted to/needed to, you could pull the curtains closed over the closet?
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Post by naby64 on Jul 8, 2014 19:35:36 GMT
When you say open closet, what does that mean exactly? I know with DD and DS, we had sliding doors on their closets. They both got tired of those. For both of them we got a tension shower rod and then shower curtains as a way to cover the space. For DD, she went with a brown taffeta like material and sparkly curtain hangers. DS had a surfing motif, so it was a TH set that had old woodies and surfboards and we happened to find matching hangers for it. He keeps his closed and DD keeps a very neat closet and swags her's back. Make sense? You could use this: Black white turquoise curtain |
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Post by SockMonkey on Jul 8, 2014 19:39:01 GMT
You could also paint a contrasting color inside the closet. Black would be drastic, but you could paint the turquoise inside, too. Or, do turquoise with a wide black stripe, or a white stripe?
What I'm getting at is that I would not wallpaper inside the space, because it will be a major pain in the booty and it'll get covered up.
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Post by 3SugarBugs on Jul 8, 2014 19:41:27 GMT
I agree about papering the inside of the closet with a big pattern...so much of it will be covered up by your shelves and hanging items. If it were me, I'd add another pop of color in there, as well as, the other accessories. If walls are turquoise and other furniture/bedding/other stuff is black and white, what about hot pink, bright yellow, orange/salmon?
Also if you keep the patterned things to bedding, curtains, etc, it's easier to make a change later without having to repaint/repaper.
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Post by annabella on Jul 8, 2014 19:47:16 GMT
Did you paint the whole room blue or just one wall because I don't see it in the picture? I googled for ideas and found this, you could paint the narrow wall space around the closet opening white/black chevron. Or get her chevron curtains for her window which will look pretty next to a turquoise wall. Or chevron baskets inside her closet. You could also paint the inside of the closet turquoise, I've seen this done with hot pink for kids rooms.    |
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Post by twistedscissors on Jul 8, 2014 19:54:15 GMT
Why not paint the chevron wall? I just painted one wall of my living room using a tutorial from pinterest.
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Post by BoilerUp! on Jul 8, 2014 20:30:24 GMT
Did you paint the whole room blue or just one wall because I don't see it in the picture? I googled for ideas and found this, you could paint the narrow wall space around the closet opening white/black chevron. Or get her chevron curtains for her window which will look pretty next to a turquoise wall. Or chevron baskets inside her closet. You could also paint the inside of the closet turquoise, I've seen this done with hot pink for kids rooms. I wasn't very clear in my OP, sorry! That picture I linked was before we painted! We are planning on getting black and white chevron curtains, and laundry hamper as well. We are removing those closet doors (as she wants it to be open) and looking at doing something similar to this: Attachment Deleted(but with some drawers in the middle section.) So, I don't think the chevron would be too much. And we are keeping the closet doors stored, so when she changes her sweet little mind again in the future, all we have to do it install them again. |
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Post by TankTop on Jul 8, 2014 20:33:16 GMT
What about doing the old fabric and fabric softener trick?
You don't need much and that way you can easily pull it down.
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Post by TankTop on Jul 8, 2014 20:36:45 GMT
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Post by twistedscissors on Jul 9, 2014 0:52:25 GMT
Here's the wall I painted. It was easy.  |
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Post by BoilerUp! on Jul 9, 2014 11:49:39 GMT
Tank Top - It would be so much easier to find chevron fabric! I may give this a closer look. Her closet is 9' tall x 9' 2" wide x 2' 2" deep. Thanks for sharing this tutorial! |
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Post by BoilerUp! on Jul 9, 2014 11:51:04 GMT
Here's the wall I painted. It was easy. If the gray area in this photo was black - This would match her bedroom 100% I  your wall. Was it terribly hard? I worry that I wouldn't get the chevron pattern correct and then it would drive me crazy! |
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Post by 1lear on Jul 9, 2014 11:58:03 GMT
My bosses daughter installed chevron wallcovering on one wall in her living room-it was by Schumacher. It was gray and white, but if you google Schumacher they may have other colors.
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Post by miss_lizzie on Jul 9, 2014 12:10:04 GMT
Twistedscissors, your painting rocks! It's so cool!
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Post by Judie in Oz on Jul 9, 2014 12:20:06 GMT
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Post by BoilerUp! on Jul 9, 2014 13:07:26 GMT
Schumacker's wallpaper is perfect - But to sign up for an account, it looks like they prefer you to be a business. They ask for financial records with their 3 page application. |
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Post by 1lear on Jul 9, 2014 13:13:57 GMT
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Post by twistedscissors on Jul 9, 2014 13:16:52 GMT
If the gray area in this photo was black - This would match her bedroom 100% I your wall. Was it terribly hard? I worry that I wouldn't get the chevron pattern correct and then it would drive me crazy! I didn't think it was hard. I used a tutorial from Pinterest. I made a grid of eight inch squares using a chalk line. Tape diagonal from corner to corner then painted two coats and peeled of tape. Very little touch up. |
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NOT spending $300 to wallpaper a closet!
your wall. Was it terribly hard? I worry that I wouldn't get the chevron pattern correct and then it would drive me crazy! 
