Do you want to bring some greenery to your living space but aren’t really green-fingered? This faux plant wall DIY is perfect for you!
Living plant walls have been a trend for a few years now, and it doesn’t look like they’ll be going away anytime soon. As much as they are stunning and a lovely way to bring the outdoors inside, an actual living wall isn’t the most practical set-up for most people – luckily, there is a solution.
For those of us who maybe aren’t overly green-fingered but still want a bit of foliage in our room decor, a faux plant wall is the perfect project!
How To Make A Faux Plant Wall
For this project, you will need:
Ffaux foliage panels (we got ours from IKEA as they have a lovely selection in their Fejka line of products), Velcro command strips and some scissors.
The IKEA faux plant panels click together, but if you are using panels bought from elsewhere, you might also want to buy some small, clear plastic cable ties to attach them together.
The first step is to measure the area you want to install the panels.
As you can see from our video, we covered a whole wall. We worked out how many whole panels we would need to cover the majority of the space and clicked them together (leaving space to hang a mirror in the middle).
We then attached command strips at regular intervals as our way to secure it to the wall. The plant panels aren’t heavy, but as it’s covering a large area, it’s sensible to use two command strips to a panel.
Worried about sticking stuff to your wall? Don’t be! Command strips are a fab solution for attaching all sorts to your walls without causing any damage. To remove them, you just pull the tab down (not towards you) as slowly as you can. This helps the adhesive release and it’ll pop straight off the wall.
Attach your main sheet of panels to the wall, making sure to apply some pressure to each area where the command strips are placed so that they adhere well.
You can watch the how-to video here https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=350255083630218
To Fill In Any Gaps
If you have gaps where the main panels don’t meet the edges of your wall, you can cut up spare panels to fit. The most important part of this step is how you cut the panels. First, mark out your cutting line on the reverse of the panels. Then carefully cut through them with a sharp pair of scissors. You want to ‘part’ the leaves on the front of the panel that sits across the cut line so that you don’t chop through any of them. These leave will then lay back down and help to disguise any join lines.
Apply Command strips to the cut pieces of panels and work your way around the wall using them to fill in the gaps.
Admire Your Handy Work
How simple was that for a feature wall project?
You’ll want to give the panels a bit of fluffing up and make sure any trapped leaves are freed. If you feel like it needs a little something more, then you can add additional artificial plants. Trailing style fake plants are perfect for this as they tend to come with a spike on the bottom so you can slot them through the webbing of the wall panels.
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