It is nearing that time when homeowners everywhere are getting ready for the dreaded yearly task: spring housecleaning. However, why not take a new approach this year? Instead of thinking about taking all those window treatments down to clean them of the grease and grime that accumulated over the long months of winter with everything shut up tightly, why not go a few steps further?
Maybe it’s time to do a little bit of revamping. Haven’t you been looking to change up your interior design a bit? This is the perfect time to do just that since you’ll be breaking everything down to do a thorough cleaning anyway. In fact, why not get creative with wallpaper that is trending in 2023? Here are five ideas to get you started.
1. Add a Touch of Sunshine with Floral Wallpaper
If there is anything that brings a flavour of spring and summer to a home, it would be flowers. With the right colour scheme in floral wallpaper, you can bring a breath of fresh air in any time of year. In fact, next winter may not seem so very cold and shut-in when you have year-round blossoms to brighten any room. Once you’ve dusted and washed down the walls this spring, instead of painting, add a bit of sunshine with those blossoms covering one or more walls.
2. Create a Focal Point with a Single-Wall Mural
Have you ever considered doing up a single wall in the common area of the home with a wallpaper mural? These can be created with luxury papers from renowned designers like Roberto Cavalli. With a brand born in the 1970s, Cavalli has designs in literally every end of the fashion industry from clothing to perfumes to home décor. Imagine friends and family entering your home for the first time since you had created that mural on a single wall. You can proudly boast that you created interwoven patterns with wallpaper designed by none other than the ever-popular Italian designer, Roberto Cavalli.
3. Creative Use for Resurfacing Furniture
Whether covering freestanding cabinet doors or dresser surfaces, there are dozens of ways to use wallpaper to resurface furniture. It is simply amazing the various effects that you can achieve with the simple use of wallpapers that are either the same as used on walls or colours and patterns that complement those papers. One suggestion would be that when used as end or coffee tabletop coverings you should lacquer the surfaces once dried. This will prevent any spills from staining or lifting the paper.
4. Cover the Back Wall of Inlaid Bookshelves
Even though many homes have built in bookshelves, they are rarely used as bookshelves these days. They are more often used to display antiques and curios and softly lit with ambient lighting. By covering the back wall of the inlaid bookshelves, you can create the perfect backdrop for the items you proudly display. However, it is suggested that you use wallpaper with small patterns so as not to create a distraction from those curios. You want both the wallpaper backdrop and the antiques or curios to blend well.
5. Make Over Those Vertical Blinds
If ever there was a way to get a room to pop with colour it would be to makeover those wide-panelled vertical blinds you’ve just taken down to dust and wash. Once you’ve rid them of the build-up of grease and grime, let them air completely. There are countless instructions and suggestions for how to accomplish this online. You can do a rainbow effect or use floral wallpaper. Some DIYers like to use wallpapers with climbing vines whilst others simply prefer solid colours to form the rainbows mentioned above.
No matter how you approach making over those verticals, you will have a one-of-a-kind window treatment that will be the envy of friends and family alike.
So then, what is your inner creative self saying to you? Isit giving you even more ideas for the creative use of wallpaper this year?
Don’t forget that it’s a DIYers paradise when there are so many ways in which to employ trending wallpapers. From resurfacing furniture to creating artistic effects on walls in common areas, there is no end to what you can do. Just remember to keep those bits left over to cover things like cigar boxes and journals to also be displayed on end tables or those newly designed bookshelves. You see? There really is no end to what you can do!
