Wallpapering The Dollhouse Living Room

I’ve decided that I’m not going to paint the walls in the dollhouse, but will instead wallpaper them.

I’m starting with the living room using the printable roses wallpaper design offered at Blohm Design.

Here’s the link to the wallpaper.

I’m printing the wallpaper design on regular copy paper using my color laser printer.

Once I’ve printed enough sheets of the wallpaper, I’m then covering the sheets of paper with Transparent “peel n stick” shelving plastic.  This can be purchased in the shelving paper section of any department store.

To cover the sheets, I am peeling from one corner of shelving paper (cut to about 2 inches bigger than my piece of wallpaper) about 2 inches down, then I lay the corner of the plastic on a corner of the wallpaper.  I then peel and press carefully until the sheet if covered.  As I peel I gently rub with the side of a Popsicle stick to remove any air bubbles and to help it adhere better.

When covering your wallpaper, be sure there is no dirt grime or trash on the table you are working on.  The plastic will pick up the smallest bit of dust, and dirt or trash will cause holes when you rub with the stick.

The plastic provides a nice sheen to the wallpaper, making it look more realistic when using regular paper, and also protects the wallpaper making it last longer.

I then cut the wallpaper to fit the left and back wall of the living room.

I’m using Elmer’s school glue to adhere the wallpaper to the wall. The wallpaper doesn’t need much glue, just a think coating. Once I position the wallpaper on the wall, I rub gently over it with a Popsicle stick, while wiping any glue that seeps out of the edges with a damp cloth.

 

Once the glue has dried, I then start to work on the wall with the French doorway.

I want a stone wall for here, so I am using the stone wallpaper patten provided by Jennifers Printables.

When printing the stone, it looks a bit too “new” for my tastes.  So I did not cover it with plastic because I want it to get a nice aged look.

I also adhered the stone pattern to the wall using Elmer’s glue.  I let this dry, and then I carefully cut the paper about 1/4 inch around the doorway with a razor knife.  I folded and glued the extra to the inside of the doorway.  I’ll cover this later with something else.

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