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Rollerwall: Paint your wall to look like wallpaper — 146 patterns

Pam Kueber - April 24, 2017, Updated: November 9, 2020

Do you love the look of wallpaper but prefer paint? You can have both with Rollerwall — an embossed paint roller that rolls a design onto your wall. It comes in 146 different patterns, per my count, including lots that look very retro. In fact, this product had a 1950s precursor. It’s shown below, in an ad that we featured as part of an Anne Taintor contest specially for Retro Renovation — I believe the original advertisement was for a “Sherwin-Williams Kem-Tone Applikay” roller.

A 1950s precursor — Kem-Tone Applikay roller. This is contestant Richard S.’s entry in special Anne Taintor contest. And hey, see a 1954 TV commercial for the Applikay system here.

Thanks to Natasha for this tip. She wrote:

Hi there,
I’m redoing my kitchen and stumbled upon this flashback product that I can’t believe is still on the market! It’s called rollerwall and it’s a paint roller (kinda like the old kem-tone rollers) that makes a pattern as you go. And the patterns…. so many classic retro patterns to choose from it makes me giddy 🙂

There are two videos on YouTube that show this project in action:

and

I might just try this in my husband’s bathroom!

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  1. Lewis C Naylor says

    August 29, 2018 at 11:41 am

    How do you cover up if new owner does not like it? Painted over and you still see the pattern.

    • Pam Kueber says

      August 29, 2018 at 4:24 pm

      Hi Lewis, I don’t know the answer to this…

  2. Tina says

    December 30, 2017 at 5:34 pm

    I am interested in the roller wall paint rollers. Where can i buy them?

    • Pam Kueber says

      December 30, 2017 at 8:13 pm

      Click the hotlink in the story (in bold brite blue)

  3. Patricia says

    May 8, 2017 at 6:12 am

    THIS SITE TELLS YOU HOW TO DO THINGS BUT DOESN’T TELL YOU WHERE TO BUY THE PRODUCTS LIKE THE PAINT ROLLER THAT LOOKS LIKE WALLPAPER. WHERE CAN I BUY ONE OF THOSE ROLLERS?

    • Pam Kueber says

      May 8, 2017 at 7:48 am

      The bold bright blue text = hotlinks. Click ’em.

    • Jim Douglas says

      January 29, 2019 at 11:20 pm

      These rollers can be bot at http://www.rollerwall.com

    • Jim Douglas says

      January 2, 2020 at 5:26 am

      This can be bought via http://www.rollerwall.com

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