How to Decorate Walls Without Using Pictures

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Who says the only things you can hang on walls are pictures? Here are some ideas for alternative ways to snazz up the walls of your home.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

  • Stencil Brushes
  • Stencil Paints
  • Stencil Kits
  • Stencils
  • Acrylic Paints
  • Baskets
  • Curtain Rods
  • Quilts
  • Wall Mirrors
  • Plate Hangers
  • Common Nails
Step1
Use an attractive textile such as a tapestry, quilt (even an inexpensive new one), antique tablecloth or rug. These can often be suspended from a curtain rod.
Step2
Display interesting clothing, such as a silk kimono or antique christening gown.
Step3
Hang musical instruments such as a trumpet, tambourine, guitar, banjo and violin. You can fill in blank spaces with inexpensive sheet music, attached to the wall with nondamaging adhesive dough.
Step4
Go retro with a grouping of baskets. They were popular and inexpensive in the 1970s, and they still are today.
Step5
Put up pretty platters, plates or shallow bowls by using inexpensive spring-loaded plate hangers.
Step6
Hang a framed mirror, as long as it reflects something attractive, such as a fireplace.
Step7
Show off one or more architectural fragments such as a window frame, a Victorian home's gingerbread trim or a stained glass window.
Step8
Put a stencil pattern or trompe l'oeil scene on a blah, bare wall.

Tips & Warnings

  • Collections often provide a great beginning for innovative wall art. Perhaps you have 33-rpm album covers, Victorian ladies' fans or antique tools that could make a dramatic personal statement.

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on 8/8/2006 Hang an area rug on a large, bare wall for a different, textured look. I did it and everyone raves about it. Try to use one with a unique design and colors that tie in with the rest of your room.

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on 2/8/2006 Hang old advertising tins along with old menu's from drive-in diners and such. It's a great look.

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on 12/16/2005 Take a large picture frame and hang it to an interestingly painted wall. Inside the frame, mount clock workings in the center with pictures or something for each of the numbers.

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on 11/22/2005 Hang a random collection of clocks on your wall. Use different colors, styles and sizes.

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on 11/22/2005 Hang up your favorite funky rug on your largest wall. This makes for a unique focal point. And, your rugs will last forever!

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