How to: flower power stairway

This is the first in a series of tips from Becky Clarke a contributing writing on Your Home magazine. Your Home magazine have featured our wall stickers on a few occasions and we loved Becky's approach to real life projects so we commissioned her to show us some great ways of using our wall stickers

We spend so much time walking up and down stairs, and often look up a boring flight of steps as soon as we walk in the door – not very welcoming! Use wall stickers to brighten up a hall with a project that will work with any colour you choose – bright and breezy stickers for a cheery look, or choose monochromatic tones for a touch of urban chic. 

I’ve used small flowers which come in a pair. I like the less structured look of different design flowers in a range of colours but you could get a lovely crisp look using one design in one colour. Whichever you choose, cut the flowers in to separate pieces.

Use masking tape to position a flower over the centre of each stair tread. I think it looks better to mix the colours up so two flowers of the same colour aren’t next to each other, but this is personal choice so if you’d rather have flowers in pairs then that is fine too. Stand back to check you are happy with the order of the flowers and reposition any you don’t like.

Peel the backing from one flower, smooth into position on the wall then carefully remove the top clear film. Repeat going up the stairs until all flowers are in place. You could go all the way up and round the landing too for great visual flow. Don’t worry if the stems aren’t verical – in fact it looks better and more natural if each one is in a slightly different position.

For an attractive addition, place a butterfly above the flower heads flying up the stairs.
If you have children, one butterfly for each child is a nice way of personalising, and they will love seeing “their” butterfly going up to bed (or other garden bird or animal – Wall Glamour have a wide range perfect for this).