the wallpaper alternative

I have come up with an alternative to wallpapering, such as stencilling!

Remember clear back when I was swooning over wallpaper? Well I still have the wallpaper bug and seriously want to use it in our main bathroom. But the husband says no way. And, agreeing with the fact that I do tend to redecorate often, I don’t want to deal with the mess of putting it up or tearing it down. So, I am considering painting with stencils to achieve the wallpaper effect without the messy application and teardown.

A brown chair, a lamp and side table beside a wall that has a pattern on it in brown and white.

via DecorPad

A mostly white bathroom with wooden floors and a geometric design on the walls.

via DecorPad

A living room with a fireplace, a wall feature above the fireplace with antlers on a stencilled wall.

via Isabella + Max Rooms

Some cute stencil options are found at WhitewallCo and the Etsy shop Cutting Edge Stencils. Probably a much easier sell to the husband and an easier working solution for me!

Cutting Edge’s Trellis, Hourglass and Acacia are three of my favorite stencils {I could obviously modify the colors any way I wanted to}.