Shamalamalamadingdong! I went and wallpapered the fridge.
Annnnnnnnd it’s amazing. I take no credit in this because I didn’t make the stuff, I just stuck in on there, but wow, this is a good thing. A very good thing. I mean, I have a lot of weird and wonderful things in my kitchen but this sucker is a show stopper. You walk in the room and it hits you like a bag of Thunder Cats.
Hey now THAT is a fridge!
Can we talk about something for a sec?
Appliances. Why are they always so boring?
I don’t get it. You spend all this money on something you use every day, shouldn’t it be interesting to look upon? Honestly, not to go all femtator here, but you can tell most appliances are designed by men – they are boring and efficient and look like a blown up version of something you would find under the hood of a car. If, let’s say, washing machines, were designed by women, not only would they have figured out an effective way to keep the washer and dryer drum in one machine (HELLO), it would have a folding station on top that doubled as an ironing board and the front panel would snap on-and-off like a phone case, thus allowing for different colors and patterns like stripes and flowers and pictures of smoosh faced kitties. Is this too much to ask? I SAY, IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK?
Oddly enough, prior to the popularity of stainless steel, many refrigerators and dishwashers came with pop-on panel fronts – one side was white and one side was black. Manufacturers claimed that people were always welcome to paint one side or the other and customize to their home, but hardly anyone ever did. Why? Maybe because they never knew about it. Maybe because they were afraid. Maybe because they were waiting for a day when they could add their own awesomely patterned skin to their home appliances. Ladies and gentlemen, that day is here: REMOVEABLE WALLPAPER.
Now, removable wallpaper has been around for years. I know because I have been looking since 2002, which is the year I moved into a house with an almond front fridge with cigarette burns around the handle (don’t ask). For a long time, removable wallpaper was something plastic and weird. It came with pictures of shells and thistles and patterns otherwise relegated to mortuary waiting rooms. It was also expensive and you had to buy a 25’ roll. Whatev.
When Elizabeth contacted me about a new line of removable wallpaper – Chasing Paper – I was excited. Not only did they carry a variety of interesting patterns, they cut it into manageably sized peel-and-stick panels. No soaking in water and hoping that it sticks like regular wall paper. The adhesive is very forgiving so it’s easy to move around and take your time matching seams. The texture is somewhere between wallpaper and contact paper, which makes it 100% wipe-able – perfect for the kitchen. For a while there I thought about using the black and white stripes as a backsplash but settled on the fridge.
Also, they have a lot of cool patterns but I liked the hexagon. It’s very David Hicks and is a nice balance to the newsprint on the cupboards. Also, it reminds me of the Stanley Kubric movie, The Shining.
So now it’s just me and the fridge and little Tony (RED RUM RED RUM) hanging out in the kitchen each night. I don’t suspect I will get bored this pattern anytime soon, but when I do, I’ll be sure to pop over to check out the latest at Chasing Paper. This green Fern-a-topia has my name all over it!
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Honest Abe Says… I did not pay for the initial sample of this product. I generally do not accept product in exchange for promotion, but this is one occasion where I felt like sharing. It’s that good. Chasing Paper is a brand new company and I hope you will support their business in delivering a great product. I know I will.
*Disclaimer: I was provided with a sample of this product free of charge, for review purposes. This did not alter my opinion of the product and the opinions I have expressed in this post are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the United States Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.
