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-Willia
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:
Lewis C Naylor says
How do you cover up if new owner does not like it? Painted over and you still see the pattern.
Pam Kueber says
Hi Lewis, I don’t know the answer to this…
Tina says
I am interested in the roller wall paint rollers. Where can i buy them?
Pam Kueber says
Click the hotlink in the story (in bold brite blue)
Patricia says
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
The bold bright blue text = hotlinks. Click ’em.
Jim Douglas says
These rollers can be bot at http://www.rollerwall.com
Jim Douglas says
This can be bought via http://www.rollerwall.com