Color Inspiration Black Bedroom Feature Wall Without Painting the Wall
After giving my bedroom a makeover, I got this crazy idea to make a black feature wall - problem is that I'm a renter and I'm not supposed to paint my walls, or if I do paint, then I need to put it back to white before I move out. I didn't want to have to repaint so I got creative and came up with a way to cover the entire wall to make it black, all without a drop of paint touching the actual wall!
Here's the bedroom before - I liked it but I couldn't get the idea of making the back wall black out of my head! I didn't want to paint the wall, and I couldn't use temporary wall paper because my walls are painted with a matte paint.
So after wondering around the hardware store, I found inspiration when I saw this cardboard to protect floors during construction : ram board. I got the idea to paint the cardboard to make panels and then to stick the panels onto strips of contact paper. I know, crazy!
I wasn't sure if this was going to work but after doing a test, I was so happy to see that my hunch was right and the cardboard took the paint really well.
For the contact paper, I found this matte black adhesive film on Amazon that is removable and safe for walls - I did a test to make sure this was true and it worked perfectly - it removed without leaving any damage to the wall. I cut strips of 5" attached them to the wall spaced out to accommodate 24" panels.
The first tape I tried wasn't strong enough to hold the cardboard but this one that I got on Amazon worked like a charm.
The trickiest part of installing the panels was to make sure that they were straight and evenly spaced out but using tape and a level helped with that.
I love this new look but what I love even more is that I won't have to paint the wall again when I move out and if I get tired of this black wall, I can always paint the entire thing again another color, all without touching the original wall!
You can see the entire project in this video - enjoy!
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Wow thanku thanku thanku.
I'm a renter too and I'm so sick to death of staring at white walls. This is a brilliant idea and very versatile..u could also paint on your own designs with stencils etc. Your idea worked and it looks bloody unreal. Well done U and thsnku so much. I just hope they sell the cardboard here in Oz..😉
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Gorgeous!😍👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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What kind of paint did you use on Ram board? And did it hold up?
Will the contact paper part work if the wall is textured ("orange peel") or does it need to be a smooth wall?
Is the contact paper going to damage the walls? I clicked on the contact paper and it sent me to Amazon however, I do not see anything that says it can be removed. I am confused.