Thank you for your kind words on my laundry room makeover!  The wallpaper is clearly everyone’s favorite part of the room.  Me included.  It definitely makes this space.

I worked with Walls Republic for the wallpaper and decided on Grey Geometric.  They had SO many options.  So many really, really great options.  They offer 5 free samples, and I highly recommend getting samples before you take on a wallpaper project because they look entirely different in person.  I was actually pretty sure I was not going to choose this pattern when I ordered the samples, but threw it in there as part of my 5.  Glad I did!

Here’s the room before paper went up.  Bones were all in place, but it was pretty boring.

I was a little uneasy going into this project because a) I’ve never wallpapered before, b) I remember my mom struggling with pre-pasted paper years ago, and c) I had A BUNCH of cut ins to make.  A lot of my fears were set aside when I realized this is not our momma’s wallpaper.  Paste is applied to the wall and then the paper is laid on top.  No pre-pasting (pre-pasteing??) the back or having to run it under water to activate an existing adhesive.  Such a better method!

My apologies for the crummy photos.  I did a lot of work at night after kids were in bed and was snapping pictures with my phone.

Another thing that I was pleasantly surprised with was how thick their wallpaper was.  I was worried about tearing the paper while working with it and that I was going to see all the imperfections of my textured walls coming through.  I had zero problems with it tearing on me and I did a lot of tugging at times.  And I don’t know if it was due to the thickness of the paper, the darker color, or both, but I don’t notice the texture behind the paper.

Now the areas where I had to cut around built ins and shelving was a booger.  Not gonna lie.  Had I done a regular room without having to work around built-ins it would have been a breeze!  I heard someone say wallpapering is a lot like child birth.  While you’re going through it you swear you won’t do it again, but what you end up with in the end erases all the bad memories.  The pain of a few difficult cuts was totally worth the finished product.  It has been papered for a couple of weeks now and I still walk in there just to look at it.

Wallpaper can be a bit of an investment, so I love the idea of using it in a smaller space like this where you get a lot of bang.  I’ve seen so many great uses of paper lately where just a little changes everything.

Above wall molding

Accent wall

Niche

Backs of bookcases

So… who wants to win some wallpaper?!  Walls Republic and I are giving away one double roll of Grey Geometric to one lucky reader!!!

Use the Rafflecopter below to enter.  Giveaway open to US Residents only.  One random winner will be announced Thursday May 28th.  

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A big thank you to Walls Republic for providing me with the wallpaper for this project.  I wasn’t otherwise compensated and all options are my own.


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17 Comments

  1. Danielle Niemand says:

    Love your laundry room! The wash tub is awesome! I would wallpaper an accent wall in my master bedroom!

  2. I love the impact that the wall paper has on your laundry room!! Love your blog and following your projects 🙂

  3. Love the laundry room! completely have to have this is we ever get to finally build our dream home! I would wallpaper a shared wall that can be seen from the front door in the middle of our entry way and extends upward into our bilevel living space — would join the two spaces perfectly! I would literally die if I won!

  4. i'm not sure where my comment went, so sorry if i post twice! i would do our laundry room too- it has an awful glowing alien green color from the 70's that needs a bit of an update! thanks for the great giveaway! your laundry room looks fabulous! 🙂
    beth c

  5. I love the look of the wall paper! it looks great in the smaller space!!

  6. I'd love wallpaper in my bedroom. Who would have thought that wallpaper would be so on trend again?

  7. Love the wall paper you have used. I would love to wallpaper the bathroom ceiling.

  8. I think I would paper the back of a bookshelf.

  9. I would wallpaper my dining room with that black wallpaper above. Love it.

  10. Oh my gosh, I would be waffling for days trying to decide what to wallpaper!! LOVE your laundry room!

  11. I would wallpaper my small downstairs bathroom. Your laundry room looks fabulous! Thank you for the wonderful giveaway.
    Erin

  12. Eeeeeeee, I'd LOVE to do our main bathroom. It has the beadboard on the lower part of the wall already and everything….it's meant to be! 😉

  13. I would definitely wallpaper my powder room! Denise

  14. I think I would use this in my mud room.

  15. I'd also use it in my laundry room. It's between my kitchen and powder room so guests see it a lot and it could use some pizazz!

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