28 Functional And Beautiful Ways To Decorate With Contact Paper

Contact paper is an inexpensive and easy way to revamp furniture.

1. Make Labels for Jars out of Chalkboard Contact Paper

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2. Transform an IKEA Bookshelf

Jonathan Lo used inexpensive contact paper from Home Depot to give an IKEA bookshelf a much more high-end Danish modern look.

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3. Or an IKEA Desk

Also by Jonathan Lo.

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4. Decorate Panels of a Window Seat or Room Divider

Here are a couple of other ways to customize your IKEA furniture and make it look way more expensive.

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5. Use Chalkboard Contact Paper as a Memo Board for the Fridge

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6. Or Line the Inside of Pantry Doors

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7. Make a Chalkboard Table Runner to Label Dishes at a Party

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8. Make a Wood-Grain Laptop Wrap

Get the directions here.

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9. Make a New Kitchen Backsplash with Patterned Contact Paper

This is a nice temporary solution for a rental with a kitchen you aren’t too happy about.

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10. Create Wall Organization out of Cardboard Tubes

Cover the cardboard tubes with wood grain contact paper. You could also use coffee canisters.

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11. Invest in a Cricut Machine

The Cricut is a portable cutting machine that cuts letters, shapes, and phrases at the touch of a button. They range from $120-200. You can see more ideas on using a Cricut machine with contact paper here.

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You can make stuff like this with your Cricut…

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12. Make a Stencil out of Contact Paper for Screen Printing

Get the full tutorial here.

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13. Create a Chevron Wall

Get the full tutorial here.

14. Create Window Films with Contact Paper and Paint Pens

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15. Frost a Window

Get the tutorial here.

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16. Create an Eye-Catching Credenza

See the tutorial here.

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17. Decorate the Front of a Dresser

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18. Make Wood Grain Magnet Frames

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19. Place in an Odd Nook or Frame

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20. Transform a Fridge.

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21. Line the Inside of a Bookshelf

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22. Or the Back of a Bookshelf

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23. Use Chalkboard Contact Paper as Temporary Birthday Party Decorations

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24. Make Drawer Liners

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25. Cover Old Vinyl Records and Make a Room Divider

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26. Create New Wall Art out of Contact Paper Cutouts

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27. Make Cupcake Wrappers

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28. Create a Geometric Table Top with Contact Paper and Plexiglass

Get the tutorial here.

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Cute Resources for Contact Paper:

Toile contact paper, $7.95 for a roll of 18in x 9ft from Amazon.

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Chic Shelf Paper is a good resource for contact paper. Costs between $2.50-5.75 per square foot.

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I love this triangle patterned paper from Chic Shelf Paper.

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Home Depot carries wood grain contact paper. This light oak contact paper costs $17.95 for a 18in x 75ft roll.

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Etsy can be a good resource. This seller has vintage-inspired contact paper in damask and geometric patterns.

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Holographic glitter contact paper! $90 for an 18 in x 49.5ft roll. Available from Designyourwall.com

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They also carry a mirror effect contact paper for $185. A roll is 36in x 33ft.

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Here Is Some Advice on How to Remove Contact Paper

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You can use Coca-Cola!