Supplies needed:
- Peel and Stick Wallpaper ordered in a quantity that fits your desk.
- The squeegee provided with your order
- Measuring apparatus such as ruler or measuring tape
- X-ACTO knife
- Pencil
- The desk you want to spruce up. Any surface will work!
STEP ONE: Measure your desk to find out how many ft. of peel-and-stick wallpaper you will need to order. Then, design your own or shop the Marketplace to find your perfect print! We are using Colored Pencils by Rubydoor for our desk.
STEP TWO: Gather your materials
STEP THREE: starting at one end, peel the backing off the paper.
STEP FOUR: Use your squeegee to carefully line up and adhere the paper to your desk.
STEP FIVE: If you have extra paper, trim it off using your X-ACTO) knife and a straight edge. Alternatively, if you have a small amount of overlap just tuck it under the sides of the table.
Did you end up with extra paper? Stick it to the back of your laptop for a super easy way to add personality to your tech.
Want more wallpaper hacks? This DIY laptop skin tutorial, which uses a peel and stick wallpaper swatch, is a Spoonflower employee favorite.
All that’s left to do is stock your desk up with fun supplies and share photos with us! Tag us at @spoonflower on social media so we can “ooooh” and “aaaahh” at how great it looks!
Need more DIY projects? Check out our Back to School DIYs roundup for 41 awesome projects to get your creativity flowing!
Does the wallpaper have a woven texture that would “bleed through” paper used with, for example, colored pencils?
Hi Ben,
Thanks so much for your question! We’ve used the Woven Peel and Stick wallpaper as coloring book wallpaper and have even adhered it to a table you could color on directly! You should not experience issues with colored pencils or markers bleeding through to the other side but we do suggest testing out your coloring tool of choice to make sure before you dive in. I hope that helps, but if you have any more questions don’t hesitate to ask!
Best Regards,
-Meredith F.
Spoonflower
Amazing! Such a clever though really. I loved your ideas. Must apply it for my kid’s art desk.
It looks great!
Wow! so pretty kids art desk. This amazing art desk must inspire kids artwork. It will grow kids creativity. I need this for my kids for increasing their creativity. I think kids should grow up physically as well as mental. An attractive art desk help to build kids mental growth. Thanks for sharing such a great idea for kids. It’s really helpful for kids.
wow! what helpful and amazing ideas for inspiring kids art activities. I like it. It will increase kids creativeness. Thanks for sharing this idea.
Wow! really clever idea. I have to apply it. It will keep art desk clean. Thanks for Sharing this great idea.
Wow!What a pretty idea. Something really unique. I love it. Must say kids must love it.
Great idea using wallpaper for recover art desk. I like it. Must apply it my kids’ art desk. Thanks for this idea.
For extra resilience, coat the material with wax, polyurethane, or acrylic varnish.
Hi There,
I want to recover my young daughter’s multi-purpose table similar to this. However, she’s messy. Will the wallpaper hold up to multiple uses including wet media and food spills? Or would you recommend a final step of some sort of varnish or shellac to protect the wallpaper surface?
Or maybe just get tempered glass or plexi glass to put over it. I’ve used two dresser top glass from IKEA for a few of my projects. Varish has a lot of chemicals in it.
The wallpaper should hold up to soap and water to clean up any spills, although we have not done rigorous testing for this. You could always order a swatch first and run some experiments if you want to be extra sure! The great thing about this project is that the paper is removable. So you could always switch it out with new paper annually or as often as needed. Best of luck with your project!
I think that you can apply poly or another protective finish over the wallpaper. To make it more kid resistant 😉