Being a grad student, I'm cheap/poor/resourceful. I want the look of professional wall decals such as Dvider or Blik or Ferm Living or Winkplay, but shelling out the $40+ for the look is not so high on my 'desirable' list. Enter ConTact paper and this instructable.
To accommodate all his belongings, we've been brainstorming. We thought about making Tetris-shelves (see this for our inspiration), but after finishing the chess shelves previously, we decided it was way too much work. Our plans are constantly changing.
Inspired by The Container Store's Elfa Series (so simple, yet so handy), we set out to make four 6' wood shelves. We bought overly powerful brackets, but at least we know they won't break under the pressure of the urban toy collection.
I apparently didn't learn my lesson the first time around with the fabric-starch decals in my friend's living room. I wanted a chessboard-ish effect for the den, to match his oversized chess pieces. The starched fabric decals have the same raggedy unraveling look, along with the bubbling because the squares are too big. *sigh*
