She Papered Kitchen With Old Cereal Boxes

She Papered Kitchen With Old Cereal Boxes FARM HOME Kitchen 22-6-40 "It's a lot less expensive than buying real wallpaper and it gave us a use for all our old cereal boxes," say Doug and Sue Fogderud of Jamestown, N. Dak., who wallpapered their kitchen with the front panels off cereal boxes. It took about 220 box fronts to cover all four kitchen walls. They first stapled the boxes together in large panels before putting them up. It was an exciting project for everyone, especially the four young Fogderud children. Sue Fogderud got so caught up in the deco-rating that she had emptied a lot of cereal out of boxes into bags to store in the cupboard, because she couldn't wait to finish the walls. Friends also donated boxes for the project. The Fogderuds couldn't decide whether to cover a 4-in. border of stenciled cows along the kitchen ceiling. They decided not to after a friend suggested the family wouldn't have any milk for their cereal if they got rid of the cows. The Fogderuds don't know how long they'll keep their new "wallpaper". But they're not stopping with the kitchen. Their next project is to nail a real picket fence to the walls in their living room.

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