#3 Fabric on Walls

Question #3- I am redoing the kids' room and would like to make some large animals, trees, owls, butterflies on the wall. I don't want to use paint. I was thinking fabric, contact paper, wallpaper, anything but I don't know what would work OR how to attatch it!:) HELP!!!!

Wallpaper would work awesome. I didn't do much research because it is pretty simple with that, but there is also Decals that can run pretty cheap. Alot of women have their own little sites. But I did research Fabric.... here is what I came up with.

Instructions: SO EASY

Materials:

• LINIT® Starch OR LINIT® Starch-n-Crafts™ Stiffener
• Fabric
• Clean sponge or paint roller
• Pan

Process:

1. Wash the wall to remove any dirt or film.
   

2. Lightweight fabrics, such as polished cottons, ginghams, and chintzes, are easiest to use. Measure from the floor to the ceiling and add a couple extra inches.
   

3. Cut the fabric accordingly. If fabric has a design, be sure to match the design before cutting the next panel as when using wallpaper.
   

4. Pour starch into a clean pan or paint pan or spray on if using stiffener (see Tip section if using spray stiffener). Apply starch to the top half of the wall with a sponge, paint roller or spray on if using spray stiffener.
   

5. Smooth fabric into place at the top of the wall, leaving about one inch to be trimmed later. Use push pins to hold the fabric temporarily in place. Apply more starch going down the wall as needed until you get to the floor, leave approximately one inch overlap at floor level.
   

6. Apply starch to the top of the fabric, brushing and smoothing the fabric in place to remove bubbles and wrinkles. Be sure the starch penetrates the fabric evenly.
   

7. Work your way down the panel, continuing to sponge or spray starch onto the wall, smoothing the fabric, and applying more starch.
   

8. Position the second panel, matching the design along the edge. Repeat steps.
   

9. Around windows and doors, leave a one inch overlap as with the ceiling and floor.
   

10. Fabric overlap should be cut when the fabric is completely dry. It will then cut clean and easily and any shrinkage will have occurred before you trim.

When Using Stiffener in Spray Bottle: Be sure to mask edges of ceiling & floor to avoid over spray.

To Remove Fabric From Wall: Peel one corner loose, then gently begin to peel the fabric off of the wall panel by panel. If the fabric does not peel easily, dampen the fabric with water using a wet sponge and it should come right off.

Whether you choose to cover your entire wall or only a portion, you will enjoy the look of a professionally decorated room, without the permanence of paint or wallpaper!

Here is some ideas:
This is my inspiration, a giraffe! But to me this looks soo....umm. it's not me that's all.

But I can invsision using a fabric like this for the body. Finding another patter for the legs and head that is less busy, maybe even a solid.

For the different leaves using fabric like this, and different tones, solids, stripes ALL different for each leaf.
For the feet...

You get the idea. See how fun and crazy it could be. Yet it would be to busy to look at that you would go crazy. From a distance it would look a lot like you used solids but when you arrived to the masterpiece it was different, unique.