so excited to see you guys here!!! I spotted Up in the Air Somewhere’s booth at BKLYN renegade back in June and their booth had sheets of square paper overlapping tops and bottoms. Totally inspired me to give it a try! I’m going to attempt to cut half moons to get a more fishscale look. Or maybe cut white paper plates in half? We’ll see!

this is great! i have been trying to think of what to do with all my random photos, papers, etc., wanting to display them/keep them from shuffling around on my desk without it looking like a dorm room.

Magazines and newspaper applied to walls as wallpaper is a very old idea. American pioneers did it often out in the country to decorate bedrooms. They liked to use old copies of catalogs (when all the images were gorgeous drawings) and sometimes had themes to the rooms. I’m glad it’s coming back. :-)

Fantastic! Have seen these before, but always are inspiring.

I used old encyclopedia pages for our hallway wall. The key is to put down a layer of easily removed wallpaper backing first. Then we mod-podged the pages onto that. This way, we can take down the papers easily when we want to try something different.

Great idea! I’ve been thinking about doing something similar to cover a nail ravaged wall in my studio. Thanks J & K for the guest post :)

what an awesome idea, thanks for all of the great inspiration!! I love seeing diy solutions for rentals it’s a challenge to make them pretty and not get in trouble!

Haley: We’re glad, too! It’s such a great idea. So visually interesting!

Nat: Thanks for the tip! You’ve just saved us from hours of work in removal :)

We’re happy you’re all enjoying the posts so far! Thanks for all the comments, everyone.

Great Idea, my attention was actually drawn to the big fish!

I used Chinese newspapers, with the occasional red character, to wallpaper an old houseboat – lots of rave reviews

I “wallpapered” my guest room with torn tissue paper over a layer of paint and gloss-it gave the wall treatmetn the look of handmade paper and did a great job of covering flaws

Great ideas! It brings me back to my childhood and my Granny’s old summer house, she used to have newspapers on the walls in the outdoor toilet!:-)

I love this idea…my boyfriend and I will do this in our bedroom restroom…He already started to place my love notes to him on the walls…for some morning inspiration… I know we can let our imagination loose and create something nice!

Thanks for this wonderful post and the amazing pictures!!

Great to hear some of you have tried this out. Chinese newspapers, tissue paper: these sound like something to see!

but doesnt newsprint yellow pretty quickly…? and the smell? what about that?

Terry – do you have an image?

Great post and wonderful images, thank you! But would you like to make your next project a little greener? If yes, try using recycled materials or go here for more info:
http://www.auadesign.com/work/5-questions-green-designers-should-ask-a-printer.html

How do you go about pasting all the paper on the walls? Glue?

I’d like to see a pix of Nat’s encyclopedia-walled hallway.