We started renting our house a couple of months before our son was born. My friend Humberto had painted a beautiful Sendak-esque tree on the walls of his son Horatio’s room. I wanted to have something similar but didn’t want to repaint when the landlady retires and comes back to California and we have to move out. So I looked for wall murals, and in the end decided to make my own.
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Birch/Aspen Forest Wall Mural for Kids Room
Create a stand of aspen or birch trees on the walls of your room or your kids' nursery using contact paper and acrylic paint. In theory, it's removable!
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Steps
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Step #1:

Cut lengths of contact paper that equal the height of the trees you want. From the top of the baseboard to the bottom of the molding, my walls measure 88 inches. So I cut four or five pieces that were 24" wide (the width of the contact paper) and 88" long. Since each piece would yield 3-5 tree trunks, I'd have 3-6 trees per wall.