The Wall

This is my wall.
I love my wall.
And this is my blog so I can brag about my wall.  And how much I love it.

Meet, Wall.

 

Being a creatively challenged individual, the fact that I did this all by myself and it actually turned out is a minor miracle.  Thus, the bragging :)

 

This would probably be a good time for a confession.  I am addicted to Pinterest.  If Pinterest were a person, I would call and talk to her (Pinterest would totally be a girl) every day and probably say I love you.

 

I found this on Pinterest, followed the directions and low and behold, The Wall.

 

Ingredients for The Wall:

1. Brown paper-sack paper that you can buy on a ream at any home improvement store
2. Elmers glue
3. Water
4. Wood Stain
5. Polyurethane (I have to Google that damn word everytime on how to spell it!)
6. Bucket
7. Chip brush
8. Staining mit
9. Beer

Directions:

Rip up the paper into random pieces, keep the straight edged pieces in a separate pile for your edging of The Wall.  Crinkle them up and throw them in a bucket of Elmers glue and water of about a 6:2 water to glue ratio.  Leave 'em in there for about a minute and then just start slapping them on the wall in random fashion like a first grader arts & crafts project.  Make sure your edges overlap a bit.  Let it dry overnight and then apply the stain.  Use any color you want.  I used Dark Walnut.  Whatever you do though - and this is so important - do not trip and lose the can of stain and have it explode all over the basement floor and yourself like this:

That sucked.

 

That's where the beer comes into the equation.  And if you don't spill, that's where the beer comes into the equation because that is your reward for your awesome Wall.

 

Once your stain is dry, slap a couple of coats of poly on there and call 'er good.