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Removable wallpaper helps youswitch up your wall designs andsave yourself lots of headache.B Y S T E P H A N I E B A K E RP H O T O G R A P H Y C O U R T E S Y O FC H A S I N G P A P E R

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You push the last side table into place inyour newly-rearranged living room andplop down on the couch to enjoy your vic-tory. But then you realize that boring tanpaint has got to go.

If you’ve ever decorated a house orrearranged a room, then you know thatchanging the style of your walls can be abig hurdle—the labor of painting or thefear of commitment—what if you don’t likeit after all? One way to avoid this struggle isto try removable wallpaper. Removablewallpaper is as simple as it sounds—youpeel off the back, apply it to the wall and

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peel it off when you get tired of the designor color, with no damage done to the wall.It doesn’t take much effort or energy toapply. Chasing Paper produces these no-hassle wallpapers, and they offer a plethoraof fun designs and colors. The paper isreusable as well as removable, so if youdecide that zigzag design would look betterin your hallway than in the kitchen, you canmove it.

Another bonus of the removable wallpa-per is that you don’t have to use it solelyon walls. It comes in small panels, so youcan stick it to the top of a table, line adrawer with it or even stick it to yourrefrigerator. Wherever you envision thedesign, you can place it there. These cre-ative designs are great for renters, commit-ment phobes and anyone who likes tomake life easier.

Pair the wallpaper with your more inter-esting walls, like this wood siding, foradded appeal.

« Opposite « Keep things interesting in aroom by only papering part of a wall.

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Wall Decals and Stickers: Don’t want to decorateyour whole wall? Try removable and reusable wallstickers, and add a tree, animals, cars or even a city landscape to liven up a room. Check out wallwords.com for more ideas.

Patterned Paint Roller: If you’re set on a paintingchallenge, make the room more interesting with thepatterned paint roller. Paint over a solid color withthe roller for a repeated design that gives theappearance of wallpaper. Visit notwallpaper.com.

Wall Tiles: Give your walls 3-D appeal with inter-locking tiles that pop off the walls in intricatedesigns. Find ideas at modtiles.com or shopreworks.ca.

Upholstered Walls: Though perhaps more on thechallenging side, lining your walls with fabric cancreate a nearly sound-proof environment and give off a more intimate vibe. Check out wallsbyannemarie.com for ideas.

Wall Collage: Avoid the hassle of finding frames for your photos, and instead, show them off in a fun wall collage. Send your digital photos to collagewall.com, and they’ll make the collage foryou, or you can get tips and ideas for DIY collageson Google and Pinterest.

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« Clockwise « Line the inside of yourdrawers or decorate theoutside—you can nevergo wrong with remov-able wallpaper.

Hang this design slightlycrooked by mistake andno one will be able totell. It also would lookgreat lining a bookshelf.

Fun flower designs canlighten up a dull room.Peel the back off thewallpaper, line the corners up on the wallsand smooth down thepaper with your hands or a credit card.

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