Remember that lovely (sense the sarcasm), fuzzy, gold wallpaper that used to be in my entryway and dining room?

Yeah, I couldn’t wait to rip that stuff off the walls.  Well, we’ve come a long way from the funky wallpaper of yesterday.  Now there’s a whole new breed of wallpaper that is pretty funky, too – but in a good way.

Several wallpaper companies have developed paintable wallpaper – it comes in just about any pattern or texture imaginable, and can give your room an awesome look in no time.  Take this beadboard wallpaper from Home Depot, for example:

Wouldn’t this look great in a bathroom or dining room with a chair rail on top?  It would be so much easier and quicker to install than the real thing – no nailing or measuring, and it’s completely prepasted so you just have to get it wet and slap it on the wall.  And a roll of this nifty stuff covers 56 square feet for just under $22 – quite the bargain, if you ask me.  Here’s what it could look like in your home:

And if beadboard’s not your thing, don’t fret.  This paintable wallpaper comes in just about any pattern that you can think of, from linen to stucco and everything in between.  Here are a few of the patterns available from Graham & Brown to get you thinking:

Don’t like white?  Just paint it!  That’s the beauty of this unique wallpaper.  Take a look at how Sarah over at Thrifty Decor Chick used metallic paint to highlight the gorgeous pattern of her painted wallpaper panels:

Awesome, right?  And Sarah’s creative idea shows how you can use paintable wall paper to create unique (and affordable) wall art in no time.

So what do you think about paintable wallpaper?  Not your thing, or right up your alley?  What’s your favorite pattern?  I think mine is that amazing leaf pattern from Graham & Brown . . .

Click here for some other fun wallpaper ideas.

Images courtesy of Thrifty Decor Chick, Graham & Brown, Home Depot, Better Homes & Gardens, Lynn Morgan Design and My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia.  Graham & Brown paintable wallpaper is also available at Design Public.