Are you looking for a way to inexpensively and creatively improve the look of your home? Removable wall decals may be the right choice for you. Think of these as giant stickers for your walls, but thankfully they come in enough variety of style and color that you don’t have to worry about looking too hard to find one that suits your current home décor.
Removable wall stickers are a great choice for almost any home decoration scheme. They come in themes for children’s bedrooms (such as princess theme for girls or race car themes for boys), living rooms (such as trees), or for providing small accents to your current decoration scheme. Many well-known companies make these childrens wall decals. There is a large market for your children’s favorite cartoon character. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Batman, and Hello Kitty are among some of the more popular characters that are available.
One of the most appealing features of adhesive wall decals is that they don’t require a major commitment. Whereas a new coat of paint or hanging photos or artwork will make semi-permanent changes to your home (you would have to re-paint the room or patch and texture holes if you decided to make a change), removable wall decals give you a chance to change the overall look of a room, while enabling an easy change if you decide that you don’t like the design, placement, or are just interested in a change.
One of the downfalls of these decals is that it remains to be seen what they will do to walls long term. If you decide a year down the line that you would rather have a different decoration, there is a possibility that they decals will cause damage to the underlying paint when they are removed. There is also a risk of uneven fading and wear on your walls; if you choose to remove the removable wall decals when they have been on a wall that gets a fair amount of sunlight, you may be able to see a slight shadow of the decal once it has been removed.
Application on wall stickers and decals is relatively simple. Most decals use the following process. The first step is to mark your wall with the location where you want the final decoration. Usually a few marks with a pencil will work, but it’s often a good idea to use a level or have someone else give their opinion about how to hang the decal.
Next, you will prepare the removable wall decal by pressing on one side of it. This removes the decal from the shipping paper. Next, you will unpeel the top portion of the shipping paper from the decal and transfer tape. Line up the transfer tape with the marks you made on the wall. Slowly roll the paper downward, pressing on the transfer tape so that it adheres to the wall with few bubbles or wrinkling. Next, you will press on the decal so that it adheres to the wall instead of the transfer tape. Once you peel off the transfer tape, your removable wall decal will be ready!