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I did an accent wall in a walk-in closet with this method. It looks awesome, but it was not easy. Not terribly messy, but definitely requires two people and a day's worth of work. The fabric was washed and dried before putting it up, and I found that once it was saturated with the starch, it would expand. The fabric I used had a semi-abstract pattern, so it was easier to camouflage where things didn't quite meet up correctly, but I wouldn't recommend using something with a geometric pattern.

Also, at one point we saw that there was a bubble in the middle of a section of fabric so we peeled it back to reapply to the wall. One small area had dried a little bit more than the rest, and it peeled the paint and the paper off of the drywall- leaving bare gypsum exposed. I would think that in order to remove the fabric from the wall safely, there would have to be a great deal of water used to break the bond between the two.

fantastic!! I've been looking for new blogs for motivation to get back to work on renovating our 100+ year old home... It's been three years of hard work, and there's still much to be done. Thanks for such a timely post!