13 contact paper ideas most people have never thought of.
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- čas přidán 19. 07. 2024
- In this video, Hometalkers share 16 different DIY ideas that use contact paper.
Use contact paper to upcycle furniture, create an adorable snack tray, give your fridge a makeover, or completely transform a cupboard door. There are so many genius ways to use contact paper to spruce up your home without spending a lot of money. This video is jam-packed full of awesome ideas that you’re bound to love.
Which of these contact paper hacks is your favorite? Let us know in the comments down below.
0:00 1. Wallpapered TV Wall
0:15 2. DIY Floor Makeover
0:30 3. Fridge Makeover
0:45 4. Decorative Cans
1:07 5. Stair Makeover
1:25 6. Microwave Makeover
1:36 7. Decorated Windows
1:54 8. Cupboard Door Transformation
2:16 9. Wallpaper
2:25 10. Decorated Storage Trunk
2:48 11. Drawer Makeover
3:31 12. Bedside Table Makeover
4:00 13. Bookcase/Display Shelving
4:19 14. Side-decorated Drawers
4:32 15. Tray
4:45 16. Upgraded Glass Table
5:10 17. Outro
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These individuals are much more talented at laying the paper down. Mine would have more bubbles than a bubble bath.
Yeah, I've never managed to lay contact paper straight either.. 😕
Anyone who has ever worked with contact paper knows it isn’t that easy. The camera work was so fast, I bet if we could inspect the finished work it would have bubbles too.
Practice makes perfect! I was pretty good by the 15th drawer. I would recommend trying small projects first to get the hang of it.
I've learned to use some type of scraper to rub the sections as you are unrolling the paper.
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Me too guys. Glad to hear others that r honest like me. I don't find it easy. Looks bad I get tired of the mess
I’m not sure about using contact paper on the floor❄️💚🙃
a catastrophe waiting to happen
Very slippery when wet..
@@foxxymoxxy2433 yes indeed....yes.
Yes I agree. But the other ideas are great and you get the hang off it pretty quick. I endorse contact paper. 😁
Me too. The edges in middle of floor(seams) would start coming up with traffic.
I am 71. These ideas are not new and many thought of them years ago. What is new is ConTac has much more of a variety now.
Agreed. I remember the old ConTact glue used to bring roaches too since they loved that. Hopefully, that's changed now.
The last rental I was in was disgusting so I got creative with contact paper. Astonished at how well it held up--for years. Even with frequent scrubbing it looked like it did when I first put it up. Great to have inspiration for more ideas! I've always wanted to line my dresser drawers in a small, feminine floral.
Yes! Happy to hear contact paper is still as tough as it was in the 60’s. My 60’s covered hair spray lid looks exactly as it did 50+ years ago.
Gifted hand eye coordination!!!
That's awesome! Totally worth the effort, especially in a rental.
I moved into a rental that had disgusting contact paper in it and I couldn't get it off couldn't apply new because it had just been plopped in the middle of the shelves and the drawers and did not go all the way to the edge it was disgusting removable wallpaper is so much better and paper shelf liner for drawers is much nicer
Sweet I really liked the staircase idea👍
If I could physically do my stairs, I would do that. That is a good idea
Yes it made the stairs look lovely
This is where I get a lot of inspirations from, my neighbours threw out a 2 tier study desk so I took it home and put contact on the top and the sliding table..came up a treat, plus I cover old filing cases, shoe boxes for storage, cover various size cans for flowers, pen ,paint brush holders and great for picture frames
The stair case!!!! Omg thank you!!! Been trying to think of a way to cover the risers bc the previous owners put a 100 staples in the carpet so there's just to many holes to simply sand and stain.
It’s a labor of love making a house a home. Your ideas are very sweet. ♥️
Don’t use contact paper on the floor. It won’t hold up.
unless you intend to never walk on it if you weight more than one ounce.
They have sooo many beautiful peel and place tiles to use in your floor as well as for the back splash 🙂
I know, the only reason I'm subbed to this channel is for the face palm moments like that. 🤦♀️
Meh if you wax it and wear socks a lot it might.
I've had contact paper on the kitchen and bathroom floor of my rental flat for over three years it still looks good as the day I laid it it's hovered and washed frequently both my fridge freezers and they are both tall ones are covered in it too
I love the frosted paper on the door/windows. I have been looking what to do on the windows around my front door. This is great!
Be careful if you're in a cold or humid climate using contact paper can cause condensation to build up on the glass. The water will then puddle on you're framing/will and cause rot/mold problems
@@sishowser848 ha. I totally live in a humid climate (Houston). I will try it and see. I've been begging my husband to tint these windows but in the meantime I'm going to try this. I will turn gray waiting for him.
I used tissue paper. Just sprayed water on window, then added the paper. It worked well through cold winters on my kitchen window.
These have got to be some of the worst places to apply contact paper! The floor? The microwave? The refrigerator? And on and on. People please be careful. Contact paper is one of the hardest things to remove not to mention it scratches and tears easily. You've been warned...😉
I just did this on a double mirrored closet door. I absolutely LOVE IT. Super easy to install.
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I liked that some of the papers used were the adhesive paper from Dollar Tree. Meaning these could be inexpensive as well. Nice ideas.
I’ve done most of these. I’ve also done windows with white contact for privacy near a stove as blinds and curtain were a fire hazard.
Great idea!
I must try this. Our new home has a gas stove in front of 2 large windows. I have put off window treatment for almost a year to avoid a fire.🤦🏾♀️😂
Where did you get the things @ that you use ?
Just a helpful hint: before placing your contact paper down, spray the area with water and squeegee the water out and the paper sticks as if you used wall paper paste! 🥳
Thank you, I've never heard that but what a great tip. I would have thought the water would make the adhesive NOT stick, this is good to know!
Wouldn't that destroy some of the surfaces?
@@cheryl-annwent468 that's why you use a squeege to get the water out. It's easier to move the contact paper too in case is a little crooked
@@yup_its_ME.512 oh ok
Great tip 👍🏽 thanks
Top tip: my husband broke our loungeroom window, right where my kitty used to sit on the window sill. I used clear contact to cover the area that was broken and saved my fluffmeister from hurting himself. The window repair man was very impressed!
Just a tip to lose the bubbles. Before applying the contact paper, spread the diswashing liquid all over the surface you'll put the paper on. Then just keep pushing the liquid out by using some kind of smoothing tool.
Bubbles will disapear and the liquid will seal the paper you wan't even know that the liquid was ever there.
Been there, done that many times!
Cool tip, thanks.
It is amazing what an old credit card can do and can be used as a scrapper or will wipe those bubbles away. Use a credit card in my papercrafting too.
I mix soap and water and do it that way.
what about the adhesive backing and soap?
@@katie195 ….yep. It’s going to ruin the adhesive ability…..😬
Putting it on the floor is actually ridiculous.
I used wood grain contact on the dashboard of my late 60s' car, worked a treat.
Omg that is so magnificently and awesomely tacky and I love everything about it!! 😂😂 Please know that I mean that as a totally sincere compliment. 🙏🥰
Great ideas ! She must have an inside connection to a vendor. They make many beautiful designs but they cant be found to purchase ;/
In the latter part of 1960's my sister and her husband bought a house that had metal kitchen cabinets and wasn't that attractive. She covered them in contact paper that looked like wood what a difference it made beautiful.
I use it to line my kitchen cabinets floor, that's as far as I will go with it
I love the marble paper. Mine would be so wrinkled and bubbly though lol
My Mother was an expert on using Contact paper. She even used it on walls where the plaster was falling off and it lasted for years. I know for a fact that the product would not last for five minutes on a floor. Well, maybe if it were chained off so that nobody could walk on it.
Very nice! Watching you cut away the excess and pull it up somehow makes it feel like all is well in the world😆 Like popping bubble wrap… That kind of feeling😊
Putting Contact Paper on a toaster oven would seem to be very dangerous. It's a form of plastic and most toaster ovens get very hot on the exterior.
Wasn't it a microwave?
I put contact paper on my empty liter buckets!
Great for storage and outside plants😁
They make it look so simple.
It's not!
I can't believe you guys have missed out on the best parts of these contact paper DIY videos... The cursing, yelling, and throwing.
I'm going to give it a go for an extremely hideous bathroom cabinet. I'll get my hubby to video tape for those extra-special moments!
@@helene615 It's just more real right? 🤣🤣
I used an old old hospital laundry barrel as a clothes hamper for about 20 year. Some contact paper around the outside and a homemade cushion on top made an extra spot to sit on the sturdy cardboard barrel.
I like your idea! I have an old hamper that I want to refurbish but I've just been thinking spray paint. Contact paper offers more design options. 👀 Or maybe I'll use fabric.
I wish you had also shown the reality of contact for first time users : air bubbles misplaced contact that sticks to the furniture and becomes unaligned. Oh I remember those days nightmares.
Do they ever post the names of the people to see the instructions? Also if you need privacy but keep light, press and seal works and easy to remove unlike contact paper
Remember how impossible it was to work with
My laundry room has a huge furnace that is an eyesore. I used the weathered wood patterned Contact paper and made it look like an old lake shed. I then covered the water heater blanket with fabric that was covered in fish to make it look like a giant aquarium. It gave it a fun "marina" theme to make the room more enjoyable.
I've used many of these ideas, but also saw a few new ideas to try out, thanks!
Y'all don't be covering ya appliances with this . Over heating can be an issue.
@Karebear, That's exactly what I was thinking. How foolish. That's why there's all these apt/house fires. Folks using product, for which it wasn't intended. Smh.
Yep and voids your warranty too.
And it looks trashy.
And well, nobody will EVER believe your microwave or toaster oven is made of marble!!! LMAO 🤣🤣😂 just as terrible as the chippy paint contact paper. It's not "shabby chic"; it's just "shabby cheap"🙄🤣
@@ophilianecr The Flintstones keep coming to mind when I read your post! 😂
I had to watch this. In the 60’s contact paper first came out. My mother and every mother I knew covered EVERYTHING in contact paper. It was like magic. In fact I still a hair spray lid covered in contact to hold sewing do dads in my machine cabinet. Sorry to say, nothing new here.🙂
Might not be new…
However the selections of designs they are making and projects being done using the contact paper are different " never before" items and places…..yes…..that’s new!!!
My mom contact papered the wall in our small bathroom in the mud 60’s. It was pink and had sort of gold bubbles in the background.
@@znycelondon5313 YES!!!
New to some of us.
Necessity is the mother of invention. Broke is it’s grandma.
Seriously...if these are ideas that you think most people have never thought of...then want do you think most people use contact paper for?
I'm pretty sure "most people" don't think about contact paper at all. IMO, those who do simply think of it for covering shelves and lining drawers.
Nice! How do you mop or clean the floor with the contact paper?
How do you think? It's waterproof.
If it was only this easy!!!
It is!
Very nice & neat. Mine probably would have little bubbles. And I might have to apply it like 2 more times..!! I luvvv appling it to my candle jars, vases, note books/journals, the boxes I create & to my cell phone cases.
contact paper over a textured floor... I don't see that holding up for long.
Contact paper, I don't have good memories of that stuff, hope it's better adhesion now cos some of these ideas are worth a go, Thank you.
My Mom w as super creative w contact paper when I was a kid!!
I think I'm going to do that staircase hack that looks awesome with some extra heavy duty paper
I don't use contact paper much outside of lining drawers and shelves. But when I was little, I used to decorate animal cracker boxes to make purses for me and my friends with contact paper and stickers. They were a total hit! 😂😂
This is really beautiful work I thought about using contact paper in the bathroom on the wall but never thought about using it on the kitchen floor ❤️
They have removable tiles now that you can Use for the floor and back splash. They have so many designs. Look at some on Amazon to see how many are out there 😁
Please don't put contact paper on your floor. It will never hold up and end up looking terrible.
Oh DONT DO IT! It looks so stinking bad in days! DAYS!
@@theshadowfax239 Agreed
@@theshadowfax239 that is exactly what I was wondering. I know what's happened with some of my other projects, and we didn't walk all over them.
Love the wood look on the cabinets.
So cool love wall paper just never knew what to do with it.
I have that exact first contact paper on my shelves by my fireplace I love it the gray and white triangle looking.
SWEET WORK WITH CONTACT PAPER ! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING ❤
I'm loving the contact paper on the stairs! Mine Re so boring and 2 sets of stairs are in your face when you walk into my house. I wonder how much they hold up with ppl maybe scuffing it?
You might be able to paint some type of clear coat over it that might work .
Really, contact paper on the floor?
Contact paper on the floor?
Love that stair riser idea... Would be perfect on my basement stairs!
I can't work with contact paper, it's a pain in the rear.
She didn’t! That’s just where it ended up! I can empathize.
Try doing it in smaller sections.
You're all so funny, I have to do some cabinets and drawers, so wish me luck that my rear can handle it 😅
PRETTY NEAT IDEA' S love it ❤
Great ideas, and pretty paper 😃
I usually get more wrapped around me than on the surface I am attempting to cover!
You've got a sticky thumb! The way you make that look so easy and painless has made me doubt my past nightmare struggles with contact paper, and want try again!
Do NOT use contact paper on the floor. Common sense.
I’ve used sticky back “chalkboard” and magnet on a roll on my yellowed refrigerator front - works a charm
I like these and I think stencils would be better in most of these applications ❤️🌻
@1:33 Wilma Flintstone microwave
Exactly the uses stated: perfect examples
Not sure about the microwave one…
Amazing what you can do with perfect editing and catchy background music!
Squatting and applying contact paper - well above my abilities!
FANTASTIC IDEAS!!! 😀💜
I like all the unusual ideas for contact paper
..but must say l found the background music rather chaotic...next time l watch this lll turn the volume off
I've tried most of the ideas..... was very impressed with the staircase
All cute and clever!
These are excellent ideas for bringing back to life thrift store 🏬 finds 🤟!
Thanks for the chuckles anyway!
Love these ideas 💡
Cool ideas I never thought of the floor
great video! thank you.
Please don't put on your floors it fades with foot traffic, rips and is a bugger to remove.
Great ideas 👍🏾Thanks for sharing 🙂
awesome ideas! Love them all! =)
That stuff peels off really easy
Great ideas. But also definitely all ideas that I have seen several other creators do. So I don’t understand the title saying most never thought of. These are not super unique. Great video. I would just change the title
Very nice!! Thank you!
I love your videos. Great job
It's the rubbing it down and getting it flat that I find to be the fun part
Very cool thank you!!
Very Nice. So Creative.
“You’ve never thought to use contact paper like this!” *proceeds to use contact paper as intended*
Tell us how long the contact paper lasts on the floor..please👍💕
So far three years and it's hovered and mopped frequently
All look good now but they won’t even last a couple of months. The sticky back is not long lasting.
Amazing!! Awesome Idea's 🤗
Wonderful
My Grandma's had been doing this and my self to specially for arts and crafts .I even showed my daughters and nephew
And how long do you think this will last before the corners start popping up and the edges start to raise. As for _walking_ on it...
I have never been able to use contact paper without getting wrinkles or bubbles. These people are pros
Incredible!!!
Hello again to the formica craze of the 1960s!!
I have a small chest freezer. I've thought about painting it. I do like the stainless idea though. I just think it might not last as long as paint.
But, you know when the paint is done, by it's chipping. So you'll have to chip off all the old paint or paint over the spots, in which case they will show through texturally. Like badly patched nail polish does. When the Contact paper is done (splitting, peeling or cracking) you can peel the remainder off by putting heat on it and warming the adhesive. Light heat like a hair dryer! And it should peel off in big sections.
@@mothra_mothra that's a very good point. My chest freezer is fairly new doesn't haven't any chips just don't care for the white.
You might be surprised at how well it holds up. I know I was.
@@wendybutler1681 thanks im a little nervous I've never used it before. I think I will try my hand at something small first just to be sure I can do it well.
@linda peters There's the little sharp pin trick for any bubbles, too, if you need it. Just a tiny pinprick to let the air out so you can smooth it down. I often cut to fit, sometimes I do the trimming after I apply (with a razor blade of some sort). Good luck and have fun!
These are good ideas; I've already done some of them.
WoW! Thanks for the ideas!!!
Fantastic imagination!
I have to admit I love the morrocan print, the cubed one and the distressed wood pattern used to cover the cans but contact paper shouldn't be used for most of these surfaces.