Wall decals for our study wall - half completed

Let the pictures do the talking!

Mock-up done by Wink Play

A default colour was set for the leaves cos we were waiting for the sample metallic colours to be mailed to us. Gave the go ahead for the layout on Thursday without realizing that the leaves ain't maple leaves! Decided on metallic silver for the maple leaves.

Wink Play delivered the decal to my office on Friday - so fast! It later occurred to me that the leaves were not maple leaves. I called them immediately and they agreed to do a reprint of the leaves. Got to wait till 19th or 20th Jan for delivery, so I went down after work to collect it myself.

The wall had to be cleaned before applying the wall decal. The old cat removed the big portrait and I told him to use the vacuum cleaner to vacuum the wall, haha.

We were given 2 hard squeegees and instructions on how to apply the wall decal. Prior to that, kiasu me had already read up and viewed several videos on how to do it.

This is how it looks like before we cut out all the leaves to avoid accidentally applying them.

1st step: The old cat using the squeegee to rub over the entire graphic so that the graphic would stick onto the transfer tape.

Used masking tape to paste the whole thing on the wall to see how it looks.



We cut out all the leaves, removed the backing and pasted the transfer tape on the wall.



Using the squeegee to rub over the transfer tape.



I'm obviously not tall enough to reach the top, lol.



Peeling off the transparent tape!



Tada!!!!!!!! 1st part completed!!! Now we're only left with the leaves!



The mess we created. Nothing has changed till now.

We cut out the leaves and a few cherries and used masking tape to stick them on the wall. Haven't applied them on the wall for good cos the old cat said "wait and see for a few days to confirm if we really want this layout".

2 versions at the moment:



Version 1

Version 2 (with only 1 extra cherry and maple leave)

Which do you think looks better?? Or is there something we should add or remove? Comments please!

Wanna put photo frames on the wall at the empty space. Checked out IKEA's website to get the dimensions of their various photo frames. Gonna cut out the various sizes of photo frames and stick them on the wall to see which sizes would be most suitable. I can't wait to get it over and done with! Cos... I am thinking of repainting our bedroom doors (thankfully only 2 cos we hacked off the 3rd one) and adding decals to them, wahahahhahahahaha! The Nippon service personnel had already advised me on which paint to use and taught me how to do it. They have also mailed me the paint catalogue for me to better visualize the colours (online not accurate). Now I got to convince the old cat that we got to repaint the doors... cos he'll be the one doing, wahahahahahhaha!