Did you have a good weekend? I sure did. I accomplished so much AND had time to sit in the sun too!
One of the little things I did was to paper Wille's desk drawer. When we built the desk I put down a piece of wrapping paper in there with double stick tape but because of the raw MDF drawer bottom the tape refused to stick to it so I decided to use some left over wall paper and actually stick it down with wall paper paste.
I started out by cutting the pieces. I had to do a bit of patching because the pieces I had left over weren't big enough.
I then brushed on a coat of wall paper paste first without any paper, to seal the MDF. Once it was dry I then put down a second coat and the wall paper pieces.
So easy and effective, love the finished result.
I also love the way the colors in the wall paper work with Wille's Eames shell chair. Details, details people!
Oh, if you are wondering what those bent hair clips and paper clips in the little take out container are for, they are Wille's tool kit. He's attempting to pick locks...
I've used wallpaper for lining drawers, shelves, and - once - a suitcase! I hate to throw out wallpaper when it takes me so long to choose it for the walls :)
Also use it as giftwrap, but I suppose everyone does that?
Way to go, Willie! Developing career plans? ;)
Posted by: quinn | June 29, 2009 at 03:12 PM
Jättesmart, och fint!
Posted by: Petra- Designfragment | June 29, 2009 at 06:50 PM
What is the real job of this coversß to protect the wood? It looks nice.
Posted by: jja | June 29, 2009 at 08:12 PM
Hi Benita!
I have read your blog for quite some time now but my commenting skills... need a bit improving, really.
I love your blog and you´re such an inspiration for a messy crafter like me, thank you! I have a blog and I have put yours into my favorite blogs there, I hope that´s OK?
Sunny greetings from Finland!
Yours,
Mia
Posted by: Mia | June 29, 2009 at 09:11 PM
hahaha...
Posted by: Benita ~ Chez Larsson | June 29, 2009 at 09:14 PM
The raw MDF isn't so great to look at so it's there purely for aesthaetic reasons :)
Posted by: Benita ~ Chez Larsson | June 29, 2009 at 09:15 PM
Absolutely, thank you!
Posted by: Benita ~ Chez Larsson | June 29, 2009 at 09:16 PM
Can I reply to something this old? We shall see!
Benita, on the weekends (when there are no new posts to pore over) I have been reading your archives in date order. It is funny, because I feel that you have just posted these, and I am all ready to wish Martin a happy 50th birthday... and then I look at the date! Oh, well...
I just wanted to tell you that I chuckled at this post. My dad was an FBI agent and was apparently quite the lock-picker in his day. He'd be proud of Wille's hobby, which I doubt is one he encounters regularly!
If you have time-traveled back this far, thanks!
Posted by: Lori | February 21, 2010 at 07:07 AM
FBI agent? I told Wille and he thought that was really cool :)
Posted by: Benita ~ Chez Larsson | February 21, 2010 at 10:42 AM
I love the trays in those drawers. May I ask where you purchased them?
Posted by: Amanda | January 11, 2011 at 01:09 AM
I'm not sure anymore, I think they came from a local home improvent store, Clas Ohlson.
Posted by: Benita ~ Chez Larsson | January 11, 2011 at 07:57 PM