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could you paste it to some light plywood and hang that on the wall or lean it against the wall?

Sherwin Williams makes wallpaper for renters that's easy to remove.

At Rare Device in SF, they've hung several panels in a row using these:

http://www.raredevice.net/item.php?item_id=97

Here's a photo of the shop so you can see what it looks like:

http://fermliving.blogspot.com/2008/07/julias-in-house.html

Well, some thoughts that come to mind are:
* you can get a sheet of very thin plywood or foamboard, paste the wallpaper to the plywood or foamboard and then lean the plywood or foamboard up against the wall.
* if you can get fabric instead of wallpaper, suspend it from fishing line (clear, strong thread) from where the ceiling and the wall connect -- you should be able to put a very tiny nail right in the joint that won't show at all).
* depending on the size and weight of the wallpaper pieces, you might be able to use heavy-duty double-sided tape to adhere to the wall.

Barb

If it is a heavy paper you could attach it to two dowel rods, one at top and one at the bottom. Attach screw eyes to the rods and place them on cup hooks hung from the ceiling. This makes it more like a tapestry however. I really like akostalas's idea as well.

Soak some fabric in starch and while it is still wet apply it to the wall. I will stick and should be easy to peal off when you are ready for it to come down.

Also Ikea sells those fabric pannels with a frame at the top and bottom. You should be able to put a cup hook in the cieling to suspend it close to the wall. That would make a beautiful accent piece/headboard.

There are brushed aluminum poster hanging rails that would be perfect for this purpose - or any other paper that you'd care to hang. They come in various widths and are sold at retailers such as Chiasso.com

http://www.chiasso.com/shopping/modern-home-accessories/modern-art-decor/poster-hang-ups.aspx

Two words: Staple gun.

I just did this over the weekend to hang wallpaper in my closet the lazy way, and it worked like a charm. You can pull it nice and tight so it will look like it's pasted.

P.S. I also like staple guns because the holes are so small the landlord will never know.

I was going to try something similar with unobtrusive thumbtacks. All the pieces of wall that I'd like to do it on have vents and switches and stuff. Ehhh!

I recently hung some with two very thin nails at the top. For a while it hung there with some binder clips weighting the paper down...

These are all great suggestions. I'll take a picture and send to AT once I'm done. Everyone on here is so resourceful!


Thanks :)
Monica

I made something almost identical to the picture. Using premade wallpaper paste (from Home Depot), I pasted the wallpaper onto a huge stretched blank canvas which can be bought from an art supply store.

The easiest way I can think of would be to apply the wallpaper to a pre-stretched canvas. Dick Blick has great prices on canvases. I would get a gallery canvas that has a thicker profile and paint the edges in a color from the wallpaper. But be sure to paint the canvas edges before applying the wallpaper it will be far easier.

Push pins, in a color that matches the wall paper. Tiny holes.

If the wall paper is heavy, consider map tacks, in the right color, spaced every 3 or 4 inches. Also tiny holes. You may need needle-nose pliers to get them out when you leave, especially when the round tops come off.