Post #597336 by Chip and Andy on Wed, Jul 13, 2011 6:43 AM

On 2011-07-12 19:18, MadDogMike wrote:
wide unbleached muslin is fairly inexpensive (check WalMart or Joann's - Joann's often has coupons for 40% and single cut of fabric no matter how long) As long as you are going to the trouble it might be worth the effort to paint on something more permanent than butcher paper.

Muslin is dirt cheap and you can paint, or dye, or tea stain, or just about anything to it and then treat it like wall paper. Use liquid fabric starch (there are recipes out there if you want to make your own) to apply the fabric to the wall.

When you are ready to change things up, or move, you simply peel fabric away and give the wall a wash-down and the landlord will never know.

Or.....

Find your local school supply store, or ask a local printer about paper companies and pick up/order a roll of 24" Kraft wrap. Don't get butcher paper because that has a waxy coating. Get kraft wrap, its the plain old brownish paper.

With kraft wrap you can apply it directly to the walls using discreet thumbtacks (poster putty is better!).

You can , with some testing for colorfastness, apply it with the same liquid starch method from the fabric.

You can paint, or print, or mottle, or just about anything else you can dream up. And a roll is typically 200 feet or more so you will probably have enough to do you walls, decide you want something more and you still have enough left on the roll to keep going.