Wednesday, May 30, 2012

DIY Ribbon Border

I originally posted about Ladybug's room redo here.  I mentioned a couple of How To's here is the first.  I love borders.  They tend to break up the color on a wall, add a little bit of visual interest, but the mess of removing is a big deterrent for me.  A friend of mine taught me how to do a ribbon border.  It goes up incredibly easy, and it peels right off when you don't want it anymore. It doesn't shred like a sticker on the wall like a wall paper border would.

First you will need to measure your room and buy enough wide ribbon to cover it.  When I painted Ladybug's room, I obviously used tape to mark the breaking point.  I needed to find ribbon wide enough to cover my tape marks.  The next items you need are wall paper paste and a sponge.



I cut the ribbon into strips that fit the wall.  I tried to have one whole piece of ribbon per wall.  My seams were behind doors or in a corner so it was less noticeable.  This also made it easier to work with.  See Ladybug at work?  Even a 14 year old can do it...


After applying the saturated ribbon to the wall (and I do mean saturated), I went over it with a wet sponge to smooth things up and made tiny adjustments trying to get the ribbon to line up straight.  From close up, it isn't perfect, but it's like a Monet, it pulls together from farther out.














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12 comments:

  1. how great that looks!! 2 of my sons got the idea of boarders for their room...and cut the outlines of sports figures and made a border around their whole room...looks great actually...I think you are right..they break up the wall and add visual interest!!

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  2. That makes the room so much brighter. I'm sure my daughter would love that for her room.

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  3. How cute!!!! You have such creative talent. I love how it just jazzes up the room. You go girl!

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  4. oh that is cute.. never would have thought of it..

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  5. that is a GREAT idea!!!!! looks good!

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  6. So cute. Thanks for sharing. It would have never crossed my mind to do something like that.

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  7. Wonderful post! I'm visiting from MMB linky Party.

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  8. wow!! such a clever and beautiful idea!!!!

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  9. Love it! I bought actual wall border from Home Depot...thought it would be great and it just peels right off, but it keeps peeling off when it's not supposed to! Plus, it didn't have the exact print I wanted! Looks like it's off to get ribbon! Thanks!
    Newly following!

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  10. What a great idea! There are so many different ribbons to use!

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  11. Oh, that's adorable! Seems like it would be an obvious idea, but I would have never thought to do that. Love it.

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