16 Nov
Giveaway: My Wonderful Walls
Update: My Wonderful Walls is now offering a discount code to That Wife readers! Enter in the code “thatwife” during checkout anytime through November and you’ll receive 15% off your entire purchase. I’m tempted to use this myself and keep the farm scene stickers on hand for T1′s future bedroom…
The area above our couch recently went from looking like this….
To this, all thanks to My Wonderful Walls.
They offered to send me a wall sticker of my choice, and even though they are currently a company geared toward making stickers and stencils for decorating children’s rooms, I thought I could make the Classic Oak Family Tree Wall Sticker work in a more adult setting as well. Prepare for a picture heavy post below as I show you how it was done, but I have a giveaway waiting at the end for you so that you can choose ANY product from the My Wonderful Walls site to decorate your own room.
My Wonderful Walls is owned by Michael and Stephanie Goins out of Tennessee. They started their business after Michael hand-painted a mural in their older son’s new room. How could they give other parents (even artistically-challenged ones like me!) the opportunity to decorate a room in a similar way? That’s how My Wonderful Walls was born, a company that creates wall sticker kits, full-room stencil kits, and color-adjustable canvas art for decorating young children’s’ rooms and baby nurseries. (And hopefully as I’ve proven here, at least one of their stickers can work in your home even if you don’t have kids). I think the sunflowers and bees sticker could work in the right kitchen, don’t you? Someday when we settle, our kids are getting a farm sticker room. Or maybe I’ll get really ambitious and paint it using the stencils?
After I received my tree sticker, my first step was calling my friend Kristin of Bien Living Designs and offering to make lunch for her in exchange for some help getting the sticker on the wall. I thought this project was going to be really difficult, and having an interior designer around would be essential, but I was wrong. It was of course fun to have Kristin around (it’s always nice to have her around 
), but My Wonderful Walls has really made this as easy as possible. First we unrolled the roll (on the coffee table at the bottom of the picture) and found the directions (sitting on the couch). The directions were essential because each piece of the tree was labeled with a number and so we were able to look at the paper, find piece 19, and stick it on the wall where they suggested it go.
The trunk came in multiple pieces, and is the only part I would suggest having a friend around to help you with, because you want to avoid letting the sticker fold in on itself (although if you do, it’s not the end of the world, as we accidentally let it happen once and were able to easily peel it apart).
I’ve used vinyl stickers in the past, several times, and this fabric wall cling from My Wonderful Walls is a completely different product. As I know from experience, the vinyl stickers you get off of places like Etsy (I actually ordered and used one for this project, which you’ll see in gold below) can be difficult to work with. They fold in on themselves very easily, and when that happens they are ruined. You also have to do your best at guessing how to position them
With the My Wonderful Walls fabric cling stickers we were able to re-position them at will. Not only that, the website claims I can peel this tree off the wall when we move, and put it back up again in our new place. That is probably my favorite part about this product, because for someone (like me) who moves frequently, large investments in one-time use home decor products isn’t very appealing.
After some debating, we decided not to use the fabric frames pictured on the website that came with the tree. I wanted to use the sticker in my own unique way. (Who me?) Once we had positioned and re-positioned everything just so (we varied from the suggested design just a bit) we took a moment to smooth it all down. This is yet another reason that these fabric wall cling stickers are superior to the vinyl stickers I’ve ordered from Etsy in the past. The Etsy stickers have to be painstakingly rubbed with a credit card to get them to stick to the wall properly. The My Wonderful Walls product was a simple peel, stick, and smooth. Done!
The baby approves.
The next step was ordering a vinyl sticker from VinylOnTheGo with a quote by Thomas S. Monson, a happy home is but an earlier heaven. I’ve used VinylOnTheGo several times in the past, love her customer service, but the user experience with the fabric wall cling stickers from My Wonderful Walls is far superior.
Then it was time for the part I was dreading. Figuring out how to hang up my frames. I sent out many, many tweets trying to figure out which arrangement would be best. My initial idea wasn’t cutting it.
After taking some online polls and conferring with That Husband, we decided to go with an arrangement that looks like this.
I then did all sorts of measuring and laser pointing to try to figure out where to put the nails so the frames would be evenly spaced.
Once I decided on the exact spot I drove my nails right through the kraft paper…
and then ripped the kraft paper off the wall. Ta-da! Nails all ready and waiting for my picture frames.
The finished product. The frames are a custom order from Rusty Mill, and I’m really happy with them.
Now you can see how it all comes together, our family tree.
I still have two pictures I need to scan in when I go home (you can see the right-middle picture is actually a family one because I don’t have a wedding shot of my parents), but from top to bottom, left to right we have:
TH’s maternal grandparents, TH’s paternal grandparents, my paternal grandparents, my maternal grandparents, TH’s parents, my parents, us, my sister and her husband, and TH’s sister and her husband.
Once I have all the correct photos it will be a wall of all the couples when they are young, happy, newlyweds. I plan to order more frames to keep for our children, and as they get married they will get to join us on the family tree newlywed wall! It’s been really fun to scan the photos and look for family resemblances, or talk about how wedding attire has changed over the years (as well as the photography!).
We’ve only had this tree up for a few weeks, but so far every single person we’ve invited into our apartment has asked us if we painted it on. They are all so impressed by it and can’t believe it’s a sticker! It’s a wonderful statement piece that I look forward to moving with us when we leave Chicago.
Let’s end with a few pictures of my sweet son surrounded by family members (albeit in photographic form ).
Now it’s time to give something away!
One of you is about to win ONE product from their entire collection ($20-$152 value).
Just follow the instructions in the Rafflecopter widget *exactly as I posted them*. If you don’t have kids, maybe this is something you could gift at a shower? I know I would be thrilled to be gifted something like this.
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I really like the polka dot stencils. I could see these being very versatile to be used in several rooms of the house! What a great find this company is, thanks for sharing Jenna!
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1I love the Wild Jungle Safari stickers! All of their designs are so incredibly cute though.
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2Okay I seriously LOVE that wall! SO cute!
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3I think I like the oak you chose the best but I’m also partial to under the sea!
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4I love the garden tree sticker in white. I think it could definitely work in a kids room or in a more adult setting. Your wall looks great!
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5I’m in love with the Classic Oak Family Tree. It would be beautiful in my family room.
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6No kids, so I was looking something that would go in an adult environment. I really like the Daffodil Wall Trio, but in order to make the most of the giveaway, I think I’d get the Classic Oak Family Tree.
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7I really like the garden tree. I think it could work in a setting even without kids!
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8I really like the polka dots! I think they could be done in a non-kid way, but would be SO cute for a little girl’s room!
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9Definitely doing under the sea someday. SO cute.
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10I love the finished product, and what a great idea to take something that it normally for kids and make it fun for the whole family. I won the last contest (hoping to get my makeup soon!)So I wish the best of luck to all who enter.
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11how awesome! I love the face that you could re-use the stickers. My favourite one would have to be the Toadstools and Birds Wall Stickers - that would look great in baby’s room. thank you for the opportunity!
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12I love the Noah’s Ark theme. That is my dream baby-room theme because it’s gender neutral enough for me.
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13I would probably get the Forest Friends (for Girls) Wall Sticker Kit for one of my friends who are having a baby girl just after Christmas!
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14totally the space wall stickers.. so awesome!
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15I love love love the Three-Panel “Barnyard Bliss” Canvas Farm Theme Wall Mural by DH is a farm boy and this would be art he would actually agree with!
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16I would probably pick the pirate theme stickers - what a fun way to decorate a kids’ room or playroom!
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17Cute! I have a friend who wanted to do an animal themed nursery but not something cheesy. This is the perfect way to do it!
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18The Daffodil trio is my favorite! I think it would be cute in our loft - which is bright and airy, and I could use the stickers next to the end table!!!
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19we’re going to try to get pregnant in the next couple months, so the timing for this is perfect. i love, love, love the forest friends wall sticker kit. i love little woodland creatures, and a nursery of them would be fantastic!
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20I would pick the garden tree theme. i love the turqouise one! I would use it for my babys nursery (i just found out im pregnant!)
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21I love the idea of using wedding pictures. My mom has done kind of the same thing and I think I might have to find somewhere to do that as well.
I love the Fairy Parade Three-Panel Canvas Wall Art. It would be so cute in our little lady’s room.
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22I like the Two-Panel “Sky’s the Limit” Airplane and Banner Canvas Transportation Wall Mural- I think doing a son’s room in old-timey transportation would be fun (and this would work perfectly!)
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23I’m still dubious, but I like the Giant Blue Bird Wall Stickers.
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24I would get the Splendid Garden Wall Sticker Kit for my daughter’s butterfly bedroom!
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25Forest Friends for girls…would be a good way to decorate the nursery when we move. We like gnomes around here
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26It’s so hard to choose one, but I’m obsessed with your tree and need it, so I would pick: Classic Oak Family Tree Wall Sticker. I might have to really think about it though, because I have a two year-old and another on the way so it would be fun to use one of their other designs in our future toddler / nursery room. Love it!
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27I love the Space stickers…but also love the sunflowers + the bees!!!
It would be awesome to add some ‘flowers’ to my frozen landscape!
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28I would have to be a copy cat and get the Classic Oak Family Tree Wall Sticker too! SO beautiful
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29You made the “Classic Oak Family Tree” wall sticker look so great, I’d have to go for that!
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30splendid garden wall sticker kit is my fav.
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31I think I would choose the family tree one as well. I love hanging up lots of pictures of family on the wall, and this would give me even more of a reason to do it.
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32Its a toss up for me between the first flight and the garden tree in purple! I would have trouble deciding!
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33This is a terrific idea - thanks for sharing! What a great way to make family history fun and accessible too.
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34Great giveaway! I’d choose the jungle safari theme stickers for the nursery
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35I’m having a hard time deciding between the Acorn Family Tree or the Classic Oak Family Tree… I think I’ll pick the Acorn Family tree.
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36I would choose the Bugs & Blossoms Wall Stickers and use them in my scrapbook room. This is a great site.
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37I think I’d get some items in the Flower Garden Theme…it’s too cute! But I also really like the Noah’s Ark Theme. So fun!
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38I have always wanted to try a wall sticker like this. It seems like such a cool way to dress up a room!
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39I would have to get the Jungle Safari Stickers. All our baby stuff is rainforest/jungle themed, so it would fit in perfectly!
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40The Forest Friends Wall Stickers… I’m just starting to decorate a nursery and these are the best wall decals I’ve seen in my hunting…
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41I love their Under the Sea theme! I am almost 20 weeks pregnant with my first and we are doing a sea/beach theme for our nursery. I actually have some of their items saved on pinterest for inspiration!
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42I LOVE LOVE LOVE how that turned out. I few years ago I printed off wedding pictures of my parents, grandparents, myself, etc. and have been trying to figure out a place to put them. This is fabulous! I must say that I like the Classic Oak Family Wall tree because it ties them all together.
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43Clouds!
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44Brilliant! I love that you customized it to make it your own.
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45I know the requirement says to choose which product you’d choose if you win but I can’t decide between 3 of them! I love the Jungle Safari theme stencils for the nursery, but also love the Bugs and Blossoms and the Princess theme stencils for my daughters’ room. This would be a HUGE decision if I won and I might just have to buy all 3!
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46I think I would go with one of the canvas wall art in the under water theme. Love this!
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47Love the wild jungle safari theme set. Would be so perfect for my cousin who is having a baby in January!
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48Perching peacock Wall Stick is lovely and fun!
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49I love this sticker. The Classic Oak is the one I’d want for my entry hall.
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