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Closeup of black and white plaid removable wallpaper with purple pink accents in a powder bathroom.

DIY Removable Wallpaper Accent Wall

Do this plaid removable wallpaper accent wall with just $15 and a couple hours of your time.

Keyword DIY
Prep Time 3 hours

Instructions

  1. Measure your wall and find your wall's center.

    *For my wall, I wanted my center to be my built in toilet paper holder; but a good way to do this is to measure your wall in inches, and divide by 2. This will be your center.

  2. Since my Washi tape was 2 inches wide, I eyeballed that I wanted about 1" from each side of my wall's center for my first 2 washi tape vertical lines. I used my pencil and marked where each washi tape would be positioned.

    Note before you start laying down washi tape: I put marks vertically where my tape should go all up and down the wall. This helped me keep my washi tape straight. I did this for every stripe.

  3. Create the first direction pattern. I used the format 4 - 2 - 4 -2 for the first direction of stripes until my wall was covered. For my wall, I did 3 inches in between each stripe, and 8 inches between each grouping of stripes.

  4. Once your wall is covered in vertical lines, you'll do the same process, but start at the bottom or top. Now you'll space your stripes with even spacing in the pattern 3 - 2 - 1 - 3 -2 - 1

    As far as how far apart my spacing goes, I maintained 2" in between each stripe and eyeballed between each grouping of stripes. For the stripe grouping, I did 6" from the bottom then laid the grouping of 3 stripes, then 4" for the 2 stripe grouping, then 6", then started over with a 6" space before the grouping of 3 again.

    *If you wanted to be exac for your own wall, I would do your first set of [3 - 2 - 1] grouping, then measure the distance all the way up the wall for where each grouping should begin.



DIY Tips for making it your own:

  1. For an artistic interpretation, use frog tape instead and paint colors over it! It’ll make a great feature wall for your bathroom, living room, dining room, or anywhere you need some accent wall ideas. If you use paint, just make sure every part of the tape is completely on the wall so it doesn’t bleed when you paint. Let the paint dry completely before pulling up the tape.