How to Make Natural Wallpaper Paste & Recycled Wallpaper

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Gather supplies

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Add alum to flour. Mix.

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Add water slowly, mixing until you get the consistency of heavy cream.

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Make a double boiler by putting a bowl into a pot with a couple of inches of water. (I realized I needed to take it out to mix in the water in after taking this photo)

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Warm the mixture, stirring constantly until you get the consistency of gravy. Be careful not to let it burn!

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Pour into a jar. This will keep for a couple weeks in the fridge.

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Add 10 drops of clove bud oil (less than 1 ml) and stir in. This acts as a preservative when the paste is on the walls. Also, gives you soothing aromatherapy while you work.

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Rustle up a paint brush and your "wallpaper" -- in this case a weathered old book of Russian fairy tales.

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Separate the pages and make some decisions about which sides you want to use.

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Apply the paste to the back of the paper, and smooth onto the wall with something flat and smooth-- a piece of trim, a credit card-- to get rid of bubbles.

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