You first saw this room when I was talking about my favorite paint tip. It is a small bedroom in a two bedroom rental we have in Maryland. She’s been a steady work in progress for a number of years in between a stream of various tenants. Over the last few months we decided to take the time to make some long overdue updates and hopefully attract a more … attractive type of tenant, let’s say. IfyouknowwhatImean. Thought #2 – This can’t be normal, we are losers, this is so embarrassing, I can’t let anyone see this.

I think some molding would look really good to trim it out, too. So that might still happen at some point in the future.Public Domain person leaning both hands on desk next to newspaper, pen, calculator, MacBook and iPhone

This upcycling idea seemed totally doable on my own, was cost-effective (glue is the only investment), I had the right tools (paint roller and brush) and I had recently discovered the free book section at the Key West library. Thought #3 – Look at how they’ve all tarnished over time, they look kind of like the old books I brought to cover the bedroom ceiling …We’ll go down the ‘here’s what we were thinking’ path in a bit, but the long and short of it is ‘out of sight, out of mind’. 😉 These wall poster newspapers soon came to be seen as efficient vehicles for publicity and propaganda in a factory setting even after the end of the newsprint shortage, as one early account noted: [1] Wall newspapers were frequently used in factories of Communist East Germany during the second half of the 20th century as a mechanism for publicity and propaganda. The form of these publications was at times more akin to a bulletin board than a formal newspaper. Step 4 – Adhere newspaper. (How do you like my work pants that make my butt look like the size of a boat?)

Public Domain surrealism photography of person reading news paper in fire while sitting on stool, person holding burning newspaper

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I really like the feel of the finished look. It’s casual, eclectic and unexpected. If you want a totally smooth finish you can follow these tips, but for this room I was fine with a few lumps and bumps.