DIY Photo Wallpaper Border

A custom photo wallpaper border personalizes your bedroom, bathroom or hallway. Choose photographs carefully, concentrating on uncluttered images with a strong focal point. Vintage black and white portrait photographs lend themselves well to this project, as do nature photos. This wallpaper border will likely remain in place for a number of years, so consider the timeliness of the chosen photos. Multiple images of two or three photos will deliver a balanced look to the wallpaper border.

Digital camera
Vintage photographs
Computer
Scanner
Printer
Wallpaper paste
Wallpaper brush
Rags

Instructions

- 1
  Choose photographs for the wallpaper border carefully, selecting uncluttered scenes that focus on a single person or object.
- 2
  Download the digital photographs or scan vintage photographs for download on the computer.
- 3
  Print out the photographs on plain white computer paper.
- 4
  Apply wallpaper paste to the back of the first photograph with the wallpaper brush. Press the photo to the wall directly below the ceiling line.
- 5
  Wipe the photograph with the rags to remove excess wallpaper paste and smooth out bubbles.
- 6
  Apply subsequent photos in the same manner, carefully matching edges of the photos.

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