Overall, I think this is a great project for a small area and a great idea for a renter. I read several times that the seams sort of “disappear.” I’m here to tell you mine don’t disappear very well. I had done a lot of research on this before I actually did this fabric wall. So if you can wait until the fabric dries, it will be easier to clean up the edges. I did find that it was easier to cut the drier, starched fabric than the wet fabric. This really wasn’t my night, but I was determined to have my fabric wall treatment. Yes, I cut myself (note the bandaid) in the process. I went through and cleaned it up by cutting off the extra along the edges. The difficult part was finding the right piece of fabric to match the pattern. The smaller pieces were so much easier to work with. I then went to work piecing the fabric so it covered the entire wall. In hindsight, this was probably overkill and you can skip this step. I really was afraid that a heavy piece of fabric was going to come falling down on me, so I rolled more liquid starch over top. I was not in the right frame of mind (after the craziness of hanging a heavy piece of wet fabric alone). My fabric was several inches short and wide. I realized the wet starch had shrunk my fabric. This was so difficult because you have to line up the fabric to the ceiling and along the side of the wall. Somehow a half-hour into it (maybe 45 minutes?), I managed to successfully tack the fabric back on the wall. I yelled for my kids to help, but they were useless. I was sweating, frustrated and just a hot mess. My husband wasn’t home, and I’m not sure why I tried to attempt this project alone. That fabric was huge and heavy – and now being soaked in liquid starch it was CRAZY heavy. Clean and the starch cleaned up quickly.) (But, it is really easy to wash away – I used Mr. This process makes a mess, and the liquid starch got my floors really sticky. I laid out my gigantic piece of fabric on my tile and rolled starch on the back. Learn from my mistake and add an extra six inches to the length. I left several inches on the bottom – which I thought would be more than enough. I tacked up my fabric with small nails and decided to measure this way rather than using a ruler and risking a mistake… I found that this rotary cutter wasn’t the best choice, and I ended up using my X-Acto knife. I used a small sponge roller, a small paint tray, Liquid starch, and a knife.
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