The Single Easiest Trick for Serial Redecorators
If you decorate your own home, you probably fall into one of two main categories. You might be the type who paints a room, installs new flooring or carpeting, then adds furniture and accessories and hangs draperies, art and a mirror or two. When you’re finished you sit back and enjoy your room for years. Or you might be the type who does all that, enjoys it a bit and then gets the itch to do some of it all over again.
In my house the furniture stays the same, but I often repaint rooms, stencil a wall and change the artwork and accessories. I shop my home all the time and rotate furniture and accessories from room to room. How can I do this kind of flexible decorating without leaving holes in all of my walls? My secret is Velcro mounting strips.
I didn’t want to nail into the wood paneling in the guest bedroom, so I used Velcro mounting strips to hang curtains. I attached fabric to a piece of wood, then hung it with the two-piece Velcro strips. They hold up well and are very secure.
I used four strips per side. Here’s what they look like on the back of the curtain panel. The vertical placement is the trick to their holding power.
I stapled one side of the mounting strip to the back of my piece of wood. I then attached the other side of the mounting strip to the wall. The panels will be easy to remove when I get tired of the curtains and decide to redecorate.
After stenciling a wall in my downstairs hallway, the last thing I wanted to do was ruin my hard work with nail holes. I attached some wooden picture plaques using two Velcro strips each.
Mounting strips are great for creating and adding to a gallery wall. They come off easily, and you can rearrange the look as often as you like.
I also added family photographs to this reading nook using only mounting strips. I have used just seven nails on walls throughout my entire home.
I like having a mirror by my mudroom door, so I hung four lightweight mirrors vertically, creating one long one. Each is held up with two strips. (I hang larger and heavier mirrors with nails.)
I mounted an antique sign on the wall in my son’s shared bedroom. The plaque didn’t get damaged and stays up securely.
I created a faux headboard in my daughter’s room by attaching fabric above her bed with four mounting strips running across the top. I stapled the fabric to one side of each Velcro strip and then secured that to the strips on the wall.
Mounting strips come in various sizes and weight capacities. The 5-pound capacity works best for frames and artwork. Once you have determined your hanging spot, follow the instructions and decorate!
Fellow constant decorators: What’s your best tip for easily changed decor?
