recycle this wallpaper?

the renovations are coming along, and today I spent the morning removing the wallpaper in the hallway. it was a bittersweet feeling. it couldn't stay - McKenzie saw to that in her early days with us, and we'd always intended to take it down. but it had just grown on us, as most of the wallpaper in this place has.

everyone told us it would be a b*tch to take down (since it has probably been there for 40 plus years) but it peeled off so easily and in perfect sheets for the most part.I was left with these great whole sturdy pieces and thought what a great craft project it would make.
imagine the right little cabinet lined with this bright and sunny pattern.so I got online to come up with a few ideas to justify hanging onto this stuff. and was instantly inspired...

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now I just have to find a place to hide it that Bryce won't throw it out on me :P

PS - if you'd like some let me know and I can send you some, there is a bunch of it.

wallpaper these walls

after living with our funky retro wallpaper for a few months I must admit I have become slightly attached to the idea of it... and when I saw this one by Graham and Brown, I fell in love... I love it in stark white, for the main back wall of our bedroom, but if I get bored of it we can always paint it :)

look what I found

my bathroom has this funky green floral wallpaper which I must say has started to grow on me - it kind of reminds me of my Nanna and Poppa's house as a kid, but I noticed this little patch of brown peaking through so I peeled it back and look what I found...

As you can see the green wasn't their first choice, or even their second... I love their first choice! It's a shame we couldn't peel the other 2 layers off and leave this retro abstract design... think I'm going to make a painting of it and of course it will have to hang in the frame I am going to make with a sample of each different design of wallpaper we find while renovating. :)