What are some ideas to hide ugly walls?

I'm moving in a temperary flat with my husband, I'll be living there for three years. Thing is the flat has three ugly walls that consist of red and white floral wallpaper with a golden frame. The apartment belongs to his mom and she's being nice to us untill we get our on house. Thing is, I don't want my friends to see these walls because they do not compliment my furniture at all, they actually make the whole house look ugly. I can't take them down because his mom likes them alot, so I can only disguise them in the meantime... Any suggestions?

What are some ideas to hide ugly walls?
I would suggest slips covers for the sofa and chairs in a color to compliment the wall paper ,and large plants helps a lot .Not too many pictures,, But would go with a wood candle holders ,on the wall. keep it simple, and not over do it cheaper to buy sofas covers than camouflage the walls. Choose curtains to compliment the sofa and chairs, and you will have a very pretty and comfortable feeling room, no one will notice the wall paper, if the room feels good. Hope this helps.
Reply:LOTS of book cases or maybe tack some type of cloth over them
Reply:You could easily (and rather cheaply) cover the walls with fabric. many fabric stores have discounted rolls of fabric that could be used. I would gather the fabric at the top and the bottom and use the staple gun or t pins to attach it. Depending on your style you could use alternating fabrics to add interest to the wall. You could still hang pictures over the fabric to add depth.
Reply:You could lightly staple some fabric to the walls, or even hang the fabric on curtain rods. With all the great designs on bedsheets these days, or a rich solid color, you could have alot of fun with this, and come up with a great look that you can live with, and it still be affordable....
Reply:MOVE
Reply:tall plants and bookcases
Reply:There is a temporary technique to hang fabric or paper by lifting the molding and putting the fabric or paper under the molding and replacing.

No adhesives necessary.

Carefully lift the molding doing this without damage to wall and molding.

No molding on top you can add some. Keep fabrics light weight.

This is a way to keep the wall covering you choose up untill time to remove.

just be aware if you smoke alot it willretain odor of ciggs/pipe.
Reply:You should use fabrics, organize it in a very tasteful way and staple them at the very top near the ceiling where no one will notice it.
Reply:find some dollar a yard cloth in colors and patterns that you like and thumb tack it to the walls. you can turn the ugliest walls into the most beautiful part of you home this way.
Reply:U can do posters,bookcases,desks,mirrors,dressers...
Reply:buy a wide bookcase, and also get some nice art at ikea~~ but red and white is pretty hard to cover up...just make sure to frame your art with big silver frames or something, it draws people's attention away from the stuff behind it...good luck~~
Reply:Lots and lots of pictures. Maybe his mom wouldn't mind if you "update" the walls. Ask. The worse she can say is no.



In my opinion, I would think that if someone covering the walls in an apartment I owned would mean that the tenant didn't like them. So I think an honest approach would be best.
Reply:First... you need to make sure not to put staple holes or tacks all in the wall. She is being nice enough to lend you the space so don't change it up on her. Just function in the space as is. You won't be there forever just make the best of the situation. I have some great suggestions for you.



Very simple fix.

Use shower curtain rods to hang flat fabric panels on the walls. Get them as close to the wall as possible.



If the shower curtain rod will not reach all the way across the wall... thats okay. Buy a 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 inch stick of wood long enough to reach from floor to ceiling and just stick it in place with some velcro and maybe a tack nail or two.



Then put two shower curtain rods ... one on each side.

Simply hang your desired fabric on the walls.



Great temporary fix to a tricky problem.



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Use the same technique... except use wallpaper.



This will work best if you glue some wallpaper to itself. Ugly cheap stuff on on one side... doesn't have to match cause no one will see it.

Put the pretty side that will show to the world on the other side.

Fashion it like a curtain and use the curtain rods as mentioned before.

Use two more long skinny wooden boards on either side of the wall.. tacked with nails gently into the wall on top of the paper to hold it in place. This will be a temporary fix to put up wall paper.

Stain the wooden boards a color that will match your living room decor.



This way ... you can have whatever wall paper look you want.



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You could use wooden dowel rods stained to the color of wood you prefer. Back these with fabric and sew the rods in place. Hang these on the shower curtain rods as described above. Make sure that the wooden dowel rods are on the curtain in a horizontal manner to make the room look much wider than it is.

This will create an illusion to expand your space.



Use horizontal stripes in a small apartment to make it look bigger. Then.......... use very tall furniture items.. (such as bookcases or things that are stacked from floor to ceiling) to make the space seem taller and wider.
Reply:folding shoji screens; cabinets and shelving units; framed poster sized prints; large floor standing bushy plants, like palms; floor standing 6' tall framed mirrors. if there is a window or windows on 1 or 2 of the walls, get drapes that cover the entire wall instead of just the window.