Make the Apartment Homey with Vinyl Wall Art

Posted by Walls Need Love on 1/30/2011

Charlie here. I guess its true what they say about hope springing eternal. My new apartment is looking so homey with the vinyl wall decals, I decided to build a book shelf. I'm good at a lot of things like studying and getting good grades. I'll soon have that degree in psychology, and even a job after graduation.

I like to play soccer and can do that without causing too much damage to my body or my team members. A few bruises are all I've ever suffered there. Somehow the combination of running, kicking and head butting works for me. Maybe it's because I'm not allowed to touch the ball with my hands.

Like I've mentioned before, I'm the odd bird in my family. Mom even said she thought the babies must have gotten mixed up in the hospital, and her son is growing up somewhere else. She laughed when she said this and ruffled my hair affectionately. I can read between the lines . . .

Everybody else in the family does great work with their hands. My dad measures and cuts kitchen cabinets and they fit together like a puzzle. My brother Jack designs bridges that don't collapse under tons of vehicle traffic. Little sister Susan is a draftsperson of extraordinary skill. Mom teaches high school art and creates wonderful paintings.

Seems like I got somebody else's hands. Or maybe that story about babies in the hospital is true after all. Anyway, that's how it seems whenever I try to create something with my hands and not my brains and feet. Good thing Walls Need Love shows how to put up a wall decal, or my apartment would still look plain and bare.

The worst disaster of the whole semester was my attempt to construct a book shelf. Sounds simple enough, right? Not for me. I measured, prayed, measured, hoped, measured, worried, measured...you get the picture. I glued and drove nails and drilled places for bolts. This baby was going to STAND.

The day I finished my three-shelf wonder, it was standing. Yeah, a couple of nails stuck out from one side, so I put that side against a wall. I loaded on the books and stood back. If you squinted, it didn't look too bad.

By day three, the shelf listed to the left, the side without a wall. I tipped it back into place and leaned it the other way. The next afternoon when I came back from Spanish class, the whole thing lay on the floor in a heap.

I dragged the broken shelves to the dumpster. Hanging pictures in the apartment was such a trial, I gave that up. Good thing I found Walls Need Love. Their wall decals are so easy to put up, even I can do it. Plus, with all my beautiful wall decals, no one will even notice that all my books are piled on the kitchen table.

Guess I'll stick with vinyl wall art from now on. I even decided to use the custom design tool to create a quote for over the couch. That wall decal will look great. "Measure twice, cut once" may not make sense to everyone, but for me it has a special ring.