Try This Easy Faux Wallpaper Trick To Give Your Walls A Modern Update

While wallpaper may seem like a good way to achieve the look of one of the accent wall ideas that you will start seeing everywhere in 2025, it might not be the best solution for your home. Wallpaper can be expensive, difficult to install, and damaging upon removal. While a beginner could probably achieve the DIY, getting a perfect result is tough due to the required attention to detail. Plus, although there are tons of style options available these days, you might not find exactly what you want. So, if you are searching for a wall design that has the polished look of a modern wallpaper but is easier to achieve on your own, highly customizable, and affordable, then try a faux wallpaper effect to give your walls a modern update. For this hack, you'll make your own geometric line design using a sponge to spice up a blank wall.

Instagram user itsurbana shows one way to do a project like this. In the video, the side of a rectangular sponge is used to stamp lines of black paint on a white wall. For this project, all you need is a sponge, some paint, a level, and a measuring tape. The level and measuring tape are important if you want a more uniform result, but not necessary for a more handcrafted style. After choosing your design, simply dip the sponge into your paint and gently stamp it onto a freshly painted but fully dry wall. You can stamp a few times for more coverage, but avoid soaking the sponge and pressing too hard to prevent paint drips.

If you want your wall to seem a bit more uniform, then a measuring tape, a level, and a pencil will help you out. While still keeping the artistic lines created by the sponge's imperfect coverage, you can make sure your pattern is even by measuring and lightly marking with a pencil where your lines should be stamped. When stamping with a lighter paint color, you may want to skip the pencil and mark your stamp locations using painter's tape to avoid the mark a pencil leaves behind. Use the measuring tape and a level to ensure that your lines are at the proper angles you want, and your final result should have the repetitive consistency of wallpaper.

There are endless combinations of colors and patterns that you can use for this project, and even the sponge you choose will affect your wall's aesthetic. Natural sea sponges have large, irregular pores that will create interesting patterns, while synthetic sponges will give less varied stamps. With rectangular sponges, you can use the short or long side for a narrow rectangle stamp, or you can use the face of the sponge for a large rectangle. Cutting the sponge into different shapes or purchasing sponges in a variety of shapes can give you even more design options. Finally, while black, white, and other neutrals give you a nice modern look, you can choose from a number of color combinations that will transform your home's interior to achieve a customized and beautiful accent wall.