Making a Book Page Wall

Book Page Wall

Writing this blog is one of the perks of my job.  I get to have all of my work documented and share it with you.  I love helping people and sharing what I’ve learned over many years of work.  My hope is that in some way I can help someone else by saving them the “stupid tax” that I’ve paid through failed projects in the past.

A quick thank you…

Recently my job has gotten even better because I have had the pleasure of talking to many of you in person at my shop.  It’s still really unbelievable to me that you guys actually care about what I have to say, so getting to talk one on one is AMAZING!!!  I love explaining to anyone that will listen how to use the products I carry to decorate their homes on a budget.  It has been an unbelievable experience.  One of the questions I’m asked almost everyday is how I completed the book page wall in the photo above.  So today I thought I would give explain how it’s done.

Making the book page wall

{Note-you can purchase the products used in this post via my online shop.  Or locally at my store located at 1861 Fairview Blvd Fairview TN.}

First off you’re going to need a few jars of DIY Clear Liquid Patina.  This product is amazing for giving your painted furniture a smooth durable finish and so much more!  It’s much like wax but in a liquid form and doesn’t require all of the buffing.

Next you’ll need some walls.  In my case some dirty, ugly green walls.

Finally you’ll need some books that you can tear the pages out of.

I decided to use old encyclopedias but any books will do.

Start by applying a thin coat of patina to the wall.  I used an inexpensive chip brush to apply mine.

Once you have applied the patina to the wall place the book page on the wet wall and then cover it with another coat of patina.

I decided to stager the placement of my pages so they wouldn’t have to be perfect but you can place them any way you wish.  You could even overlap them if you like.

Once I had all the large pages up.  I decided to take some smaller pages and cover them with dark patina and randomly place them here and there to break things up.

And friends that’s it.  It’s one of the simplest projects I’ve done in quite some time!  I used 4 containers of patina for these two wall and I had two people helping me so it only took us around two days.

This was such a great option for me because as you can see in the photos above the walls were covered in paneling and pegboard and I can’t afford to replace them right now.

I love how all of the products in my shop really stand out against the light background now.   The pages add lots of interest and cover all the flaws underneath.

I think this treatment would be great in so many rooms or on pieces of furniture.

What would you use it for?

Thanks for reading!