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Product Review: Tempaper Temporary Wallpaper

082708_temp.jpgAs renters we're constantly on the lookout for reversible design solutions to blah apartments. One thing we don't have much experience with is temporary wallpaper. Thanks to Danielle who wrote in with a review of Tempaper:

 
 

I'm in the process of decorating our new apt. when I came across an older posting regarding Tempaper. It's the removable temporary wallpaper for those of us with a fear of sticky wallpaper. When I read the comments, I couldn't find any reviews on how the product worked. Since
I'm decorating on a budget, 75 bucks seems like a lot to waste..after all, that's like a set of side tables on Craigslist.

So I took the liberty and asked the people at Tempaper for a sample, and received a nice little packet within 10 days. I got a small rectangular sheet of each design. They are easy to peel off and very easy to apply. I just pasted them on the wall and peeled them off to reposition if I needed to. I left them on overnight to see how well they would peel off the next day. This morning, they came right off w/o taking any of the wall paint.
So, in conclusion, I'm willing to give it a shot for the real deal. This is much easier than all the prep I would need to do for real wallpaper.

Thanks Danielle! Anyone else have experience with temporary wallpaper or Tempaper?

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I have a question about this product too;

a. Do you think that it would work on a mirrored surface (I have closet mirror doors that I depsise)?

&b. Does anyone know of any other links or similar products, I would like to find a pattern that is more muted to fit my decor?
-let me know, Thank you.

posted by breballz on 2008-08-27 14:28:15
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are there any solid colored temporary wallpaper?

posted by jenniejenjen on 2008-08-27 14:52:09
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In my experience, wallpaper these days is all "strippable". Which means you can peel it off in big sheets, and just wash off the residual paste with warm water. No big deal, especially if it's a small area, or something like glass/mirror.

It's not like the old stuff which wrecked the walls and was a huge yank to get off. I stripped the entire downstairs of my house the first day I moved in, because it had been wallpapered in the 70's, and strippable paper was used.

So I don't see why you can't use any wallpaper at all, if you are prepared to clean off the water-soluble dried paste.

posted by susan in vt on 2008-08-27 15:02:16
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Breballz-I don't know of any other brand, but http://www.whatisblik.com/walldecals.html
carries a huge variety of wall decals you could probably use for your door. (I hate mirrored doors too) Also, I think Tempaper is coming out with new designs, so keep checking back with them!

Susan in vt-I've never applied regular wallpaper myself. I've seen my parents deal with the sticky aftermath, and knew I wouldn't want to deal with it. This paper leaves no paste or residual, so the option seemed attractive. Maybe they have advanced a lot since my parents wallpapered last.

posted by dwang on 2008-08-27 17:30:30
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After the post about Graham & Brown PastetheWall, I ordered some samples which just arrived. Decent size rectangle samples which hopefully will go on and come off w/out any casualties (fingers crossed). Trying them out this holiday weekend.

posted by Seaside on 2008-08-27 19:37:07
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left it on for one day? one day isn't a few months, or a year with varying humidity and temperature conditions. my guess is it won't peel so nicely after a while.

posted by indiasoup on 2008-08-27 22:42:24
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I recently moved to a new apartment, and while I love it, the walls are a mahogany brown color that ends up making the place quite dark most of the time. I like a nice, light environment, so I've been trying to find a way to cover the walls and lighten the place up a bit.

I was thinking about getting sheets and putting them up, but I'm wondering if this Tempaper might be better. Any idea if ti will hold up on my paneled wood walls? If so, I may think about investing in the Tempaper.

Also, any other suggestions for how to lighten up the place are much appreciated. :)

posted by Phil (allthingsphil) on 2008-08-29 03:08:29
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