Grasscloth peel and stick wallpaper furniture makeover

I have mentioned before that my mom always hated the Otomi decal on my Ikea Besta TV unit but that’s not why I decided to change it. It’s probably why I hadn’t changed it yet in 4 years…haha. Truth is that I was itching to change that piece since we cut the cable and didn’t need the glass windows for the cable boxes anymore. I have always been in love with the look of grasscloth wallpaper and knew I wanted to head into that direction next by using a faux version like peel and stick grasscloth wallpaper.

I love decorating with Ikea furniture and accessories and even wrote a blog post about my 10 favorite Ikea decorating tips where you can see how many Ikea pieces I actually have in my home without anyone even noticing. There are also many items even stored away.

I had two extra plain white doors left over and stored in the basement and had an epiphany one day with an idea of what I wanted to do.

Dresser makeover with faux grasscloth peel and stick wallpaper

I ordered 3 different papers I saw on Amazon, so I could decide at home which look felt the best with the rest of our house. You can find the one on the left HERE, center HERE and right paper HERE.
I really disliked the paper on the right in person. I’m not even sure what it is supposed to look like. The left one is very pretty but I could recognize a repeat pattern when standing far away. The most realistic and perfect blue for us is definitely the paper in the middle.

Project details and instructions

Here is an inspirational dresser I liked but I still wanted to put my own spin on it. Someone on Instagram mentioned that there could be a possibility that my cats would love the texture of expensive real grasscloth and end up using it as a cat tree. I had to agree and was set to find a faux peel and stick grasscloth wallpaper.

The mitered look of the cabinet doors is beautiful which is what I wanted to end up doing since the paper I chose wasn’t wide enough for the Besta doors to begin with. I decided to not have the miter in the middle though due to the huge brass hardware I chose.

Cutting details for peel and stick grasscloth wallpaper

I tried to have the least amount of waste and made sure that I cut pieces accordingly.

The doors’ middle pieces used the height of the roll and I cut both of them 22.5″ long.

As shown in the video, you can get perfect mitered corners by letting the strips overlap…

and then cutting through both of them from corner to corner with the craft knife.

All you need to do is peel off the waste to reveal perfect mitered corners.

I’m not sure why the paper looks so different in my cellphone photos compared to my camera photos. It looks like two different colors. So I’m sorry about that.

The rest of the dresser gets literally wrapped like a present and access is cut off with the craft knife as shown in my video, so make sure you watch it.

The provided hardware screws are a bit too long, you can either take the hardware to your local hardware store and they will sell you shorter screws that fit or you can cut them as I did with a cutter. I love this tool for electrical work and cutting screws. All you have to do is stick the screw in the right-sized hole and then closing the grip handles.

Photos of the finished grasscloth peel and stick wallpaper TV cabinet

I’m in love. That hardware is the absolute best. I chose not to use the locking pin to make it easier to use.

some room sources: area rug | brass planter from Goodwill | black and white curtain tutorial or you can buy the fabric | pouf is old from Target, similar pouf | pom-pom throw is actually a scarf and not available anymore | blue throw | similar black and white pillows | shibori lumbar pillow | Chinese calligraphy brushes HERE, HERE and HERE | similar coffee table | very similar end tables HERE or HERE | lamps HERE and lampshades HERE | salt lamp, salt lamp candle holder and my post about how to decorate with salt lamps |sconess on the wall is from thriftshop in Germany | disco ball | cuckoo clock is a Craiglist find that I painted | blue African basket from Homegoods | fur from Ikea or HERE

I can’t let go of my summer findings yet because I love my Jersey Shore black and grey seashell collection. The other bowl is filled with a variety of different land and sea snail shells.

Find my stacked ombre tassel tutorial HERE.

Those two knuckleheads had cornered a bug under the basket. Crazy what they shlep inside from their catio.

Do you like this makeover as much as I do? I think it looks like a high-end piece that you see at very expensive stores and it’s only a fraction of the cost.

Have a great week.