…can be a rather fun and quirky alternative to going out and buying finished wallpaper. You could surround yourself with your favourite novel or poetry collection, do your bit for the environment by recycling old newspapers, or why not use a dictionary so you’ll never have far to go when you want to look something up! :)

I quite like the way the bookpages look on the walls in the image above – a bit haphazard and without too much yellowing of the pages. The end result is rather light and fresh. Below is another example.

I love the bed in this picture, the luxury of the white leather tufted headboard clashes in an interesting way with the scruffy thriftiness of the book-papered wall.

Another two examples below, this time with more vintage in the mix and with more ageing of the bookpages.

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I just have to re-post this interesting wall paper piece I stumbled across over at Apartment Theraphy. It’s for doorways – unused doors I presume, a handle would certainly interfere with the picture – and it features ‘old parisian metropolitan’s stairs’ (above), Montmartre’s stairs and stairs from the Catacombs, an empty dressing, escalators, a vintage iron store front, a castel corridor, a mesy book stack…view full range here. The idea is funny I think, although not all too often useful if not you remove some skirting and put up door moldings on the wall -  install a faux door. That would make this an exemple of framed wall art…! Anyway, for the one who has shut a door whose crossing serves no purpose – this should be excellent inspiration.

I find crafts and DIY-projects vastly inspiring. The creativity behind all the ideas is like brilliant sunshine to me! Best thing, you can soak up inspiration for your own unique project. Here’s a collection of a few of my favorites/thought nuts in this area:

| Distressed Folk Art Painting and Resolutions Subway Art (click for tutorials) by Lil Blue Boo |

| Cutout Mirror and Pom Pom Flowers (click for tutorials) by Poopscape |

| yarn pasted on balloon-lamp by Pickles |

| the painted globe by Abbey Hendrickson/Aesthetic Outburst |

There are soo many lovely wallpapers around these days! Today some wallpaper samples I’ve ordered arrived, and it got me thinking…how can they be of best use?

So far, my ideas are as follows: I will frame 1 piece. One of them I fancy so much I might order one more sample and get going on my old desk (as in example 2 below, from Sköna hem). Idea 3, to dress an old flower pot in a beautiful sample, is appealing as well. And maybe, 4, an old shoe box can be transformed into a decorative storage box. So What’Ya think?! I’ll get back on the results! =)