{creating a book page wall // DIY}

Earlier this week I shared a sneak peek into our living room, decorated with the help of World Market, and that little peek showed off our DIY book page wall.

For months I have been wanting to put old book pages on a wall but didn’t have the right home to do it in. In Minneapolis, our home had wallpaper that we weren’t allowed to tamper with. But now that we’re in Los Angeles and we have beautifully painted cream walls, my heart released a sigh of relief: I could finally make it happen.

It was so easy — I can’t wait to show you how I did it, plus something neat about one of the materials used…

For this project you’ll want to decide how you want your book pages to be displayed. Or maybe you want to wing it as you’re taping them up? Either works — after all it’s your project! :)

I found an old book from a used book store {$4.95; a hardcover + it had age which was important to me because I wanted the pages to look a bit discolored}, and since I had already read this post on different ways to decorate with book pages, I didn’t feel so bad about ripping them out of the binding. Kinda sorta didn’t feel bad. OK, so I asked Zack to do it.

Then I found some Scotch tape in the drawer, which I assume it is safe since the packaging had a note about being photo safe. Photo safe = acid-free, right? ;)

DIRECTIONS// Step 1, start on the far left side of your design and work top to bottom, applying a piece of tape to the back of each book page, then pressing firmly against the wall. Continue all the way down until you’ve reached the appropriate length, vertically. Step 2, work left to right to create a horizontal row of book pages. Repeat applying tape to the pages and continue your design horizontally. Step 3, start building your second column of book pages. Continue working all the way down until the length is complete. Step 4, time to build your second horizontal row of pages, mimicking step 2 above. Repeat steps 1 & 2 for steps 5 & 6 and continue until you have finished the design.

Notes: Every so often I applied a second piece of tape to the backside of the book page for extra tack. Have fun with this project! It’s OK of the pages get a little crooked, it adds character ;) You could do the entire wall in pages or just a section like we did. Create a large diamond design or a “flutter” of pages like they’re tossed on the wall.

We added a couple of pieces of art to the book page wall and I love how it’s turning out. I can’t wait to add more!

Our book page wall has been up for over a week and so far one of the pages have fallen down. I wasn’t sure how well the tape would hold up but Scotch is totally making me proud. I figure if a page becomes wonky/loose I’ll just tack another piece of tape to the backside and that’ll fix it. For the amount of time this took, compared to how much I love it {and how fun it was to build it}, mending a page or two won’t bother me at all.

What kinds of materials have you put on your walls for decor? Share a link below and/or tell us about it!