January Jumpstart: Inspiration & Ideas

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In gearing up for the January Jumpstart contest we’re holding with Apartment Therapy, we'd like to point out some great resources straight from the pages of Blueprint. If you're thinking about wallpapering a small space, a piece of furniture, or using it as a decorative motif, you’ll want to bone up on the techniques and refreshing ideas from our July/August story, The Cutting Room. Our How To Install Wallpaper guide is a must-read if you’re looking for stellar tips and exciting sources for waking up your walls – or anything else you want to plaster with graphic paper.

Create the illusion of a chair rail by applying two differently patterned wallpapers

Found something on the street, at a flea market, or on eBay – or have something in your house that just looks like salvage? Take a look at She Loots, She Scores (September/October) for simple ideas that will breathe new life into your goods. We even have the ABCs of how to reupholster a chair.

Turn a bath towel into a fresh new seat for a tag-sale chair

Think about applying the magical art of decoupage to your project – whatever it may be!

Decoupage a dresser, storage units, and anything else in sight

Here at Blueprint we believe that a fresh coat of paint can drastically improve the look of anything. Laure from Apartment Therapy proves it with her spray painted chair project. To learn all the essentials of painting a room, read this article from Martha Stewart Living.