Peel & Stick Wallpaper?

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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

I used peel-and-stick wallpaper in my kids’ rooms, and it was so much easier to put up than traditional wallpaper — no glue or anything, and it wasn’t messy, and you can also reposition it if needed. When we updated my oldest’s room a few years later, taking it down was super easy, and it didn’t damage the walls at all.

It’s not completely hassle free, though. The key is making sure the walls are smooth and clean before applying it, and maybe giving them a fresh coat of paint if needed, so that way, any adhesive residue will wipe off easily. And then, unlike traditional wallpaper, there wasn’t really any scraping involved, it just peeled right off. I’d definitely use it again for spaces I knew we’d want to update in a few years.

That's a good tip - we'll probably be painting, then doing one wall with a fairly busy pattern. So we'll paint the whole room, let it dry, then put up the paper.