Now that the twins are TWO, I felt that it was time to transition into a more “big kid” room. I chose a safari theme, and plan on doing a bunch of neutrals and soft fabrics. I don’t want there to be anything too busy, especially as we transition to toddler beds. This means a calm space with few distractions at nap and bedtimes.
I saw a new line of removable wallpaper at Target a few months back, and have been dying to try it out on something. Lucky me, this project is on the front burner. I really wanted to do a “feature wall” in the twins room that incorporated a giraffe pattern, but painting is out. Enter my secret weapon: Devine Color removable wallpaper from Target. Holler! I bought two rolls of the weave wallpaper in the color “Mirage & Silver.”
Here is a complete list of my supplies:
You may think I’m joking about the red wine and 90’s music being optional. I challenge anyone to work on this project alone in a silent room. You will start to lose your mind. So crank up the tunes, crack open a bottle of vino, and hop to it!
Step One: The dreaded part of almost any DIY project – the math. I will use round numbers here for my example. Each roll of this removable wallpaper is 20-inches wide. I wanted to do 4 stripes. That is 80-inches worth of stripe. Say your wall is 120-inches long. Subtract the 80-inches of stripes from 120-inches of wall to get 40-inches. Since there will be three spaces between the four stripes, divide the 40-inches of wall by 3 to get 13 1/3. This means that the space between each stripe would be 13 1/3-inches wide. Clear as mud? Cool. On to the next step.
Step Two: Freehand, baby! I initially printed out a giraffe pattern off of Google images. You can do the same thing, and follow it as closely (or not) as you would like. I found that the less I thought about it, and the louder I turned up the music, the easier the pattern came. I just flipped the wallpaper over, and drew on the adhesive backing paper with a sharpie.
Step Three: Get comfy with your level and your squeegie. I started by cutting out a few edge pieces of wallpaper. I found that it was easier to treat this like a puzzle – start with the edge pieces and work your way in. When I measured my wall, I made small tick-marks with pencil as a guideline for placing the stripes. I then used the level to make sure the edges of my stripes were straight when I first placed them. Then smooth the wallpaper out with a squeegie. I also found it helpful to draw “up” arrows on the back of my wallpaper cutouts. After about the 50th cutout, your mind starts playing tricks on you. The arrows helped keep me on track.
Step Four: Once you have had your fill of your level and squeegie, step back and admire your work. Aren’t you crafty!
I’m so excited to share phase one of this twin’s room project with you, and I’m already hard at work on phase two. Hint: it involves framed prints from an old copy of “The Jungle Book” and new bedding. Stay tuned!
love it. Did not know such a thing existed!
That is so gorgeous! Giraffes are my favorite animal!
Turned out great. I can’t wait to see what else you have in-store for their room!
Looks great! Being a mom of twins I love seeing how people put together great rooms for twins. 🙂 Love yours.
Great project idea… and it turned out very nice. 🙂
Awesome! I did the jungle theme for my kids, too, when they were younger. This idea is so fun! Love it! Great tutorial, too.
love it so fun and looks great
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VERY cool. I love that your kids can grow into this room instead of growing out of it.
Wow this is so amazing! Sooo creative!
Wow, you must have a lot of patience! That is a LOT of detail and so beautiful! You did a wonderful job. It looks so cute. Thanks so much for sharing at Inspire Me Wednesday. Featuring you in next week’s issue.
It’s fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful creativity on The Inspiration Board at homework. I loved your project and featured you today!
Have a wonderful weekend!
carolyn ~ homework
Love your feature wall! Very cool! Stop by House on the Way tonight at 8pm to see it featured at the Twirl & Take a Bow Party! Have a great week.
Leslie
So Cool! Thanks for the feature!!
Oh my gosh – I had to come by when I saw the twin cribs ( I have twin girls – 31 years old !!! )
This is beyond brilliant – I can’t believe what I’m seeing – and I’m off to pin it right now – what a gorgeous room for your gorgeous twins !!!
Thanks so much for sharing
XOXO
So cute! Your twin kids’ room is adorable! What a great idea!
Super cute room! Love your blog… I’m a twin mommy as well and just stumbled across your blog and will be following!!!
Thanks for following, Layne!