When Goals And Budgets Collide

I’ve to provide you with a distinct plan for the again entry of my studio. The wallpaper thought isn’t an possibility.

I spent hours this final weekend engaged on the wallpaper. As I’ve talked about a number of occasions earlier than, I nonetheless plan on utilizing the wallpaper I designed for this room, however my mother and I did just a little redesigning and tweaking of the design to lighten and brighten among the colours in order that the flowers (particularly the darkest purple flower) would nonetheless appear like an precise flower from a distance somewhat than a darkish purple blob. You’ll be able to see what I imply on the unique wallpaper right here…

However I additionally wished to have the design printed in order that the flowers are a lot bigger. It’s been fairly a course of looking for an organization that may print it like that. Nicely, as if Spoonflower was studying my thoughts, I obtained a advertising and marketing textual content from them final Friday with useful hyperlinks for artistic wallpaper concepts, and one of many hyperlinks was particularly about flip a picture right into a wall mural and have it printed by them.

Their system actually isn’t arrange for printing murals, so you must know edit images utilizing Photoshop or one thing comparable, and work round their printing course of. It’s positively not a course of for newcomers, however for individuals who have expertise with Photoshop (or the same photograph editor), it’s doable.

So I spent a number of hours final weekend following their tutorial, modifying my picture in order that it might work with their printing course of, and checking and double checking to make sure I had performed all the things proper.

Then after discovering a coupon on-line for 20% off (which was greater than their Memorial Day sale), I went to order. The mural for the lengthy wall with the cupboards got here to $414 earlier than the low cost, and $298 after the low cost. That appeared cheap for such an extended wall.

I don’t thoughts splurging on issues that I actually, actually need. Shopping for a $2600 couch was a splurge for me. Spending $40,000 to transform a bed room into an accessible toilet that fits each Matt and me was positively a splurge. However $1500 on wallpaper isn’t one thing that pursuits me. I’d somewhat put that cash in the direction of a rock border for my entrance flower beds, or lastly getting our carport lights put in and the ceiling completed.

I used to be disillusioned, however there are different points with wallpapering the again entry as nicely that made the choice to not purchase the wallpaper a bit simpler. I’ve been involved about how the wallpaper would final in that space. I’ve advised y’all earlier than, however our home is continually shifting and shifting all year long. That’s the ache of dwelling in a home constructed on a pier and beam basis. And one cause that I’ve by no means used wallpaper in such a method that it has to wrap round a nook on this home is as a result of as the home shifts, I’d threat having wrinkled wallpaper within the corners.

I don’t have any wallpaper wrapped round corners in our home, however I do have a nook the place the precise drywall tape has wrinkled as the home has shifted all year long. You’ll be able to see it right here within the breakfast room nook. This drywall tape began off excellent after they initially put in and mudded the drywall. However it took lower than a yr for the whole nook, from from the ceiling to the ground, to wrinkle resulting from shifting.