Putting up posters in teenage bedroom -- best option?

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My 16year old daughter is determined to cover her freshly painted bedroom walls with all manner of posters. She's stuck them up using sellotape, which I'm not happy about as I forsee a lot of rips in the wallpaper when she comes to make changes (which she will). She says blu tack makes just as much mess --- so has anyone got a suggestion of what to use to stick them up? She doesn't want them all framed (nor do I, on grounds of cost/transience) so ideas welcome.

Everything is going to make marks. Drawing pins probably the least intrusive - but at least with sellotape/blutac marks you'd be able to paint over them.

Using blutac in DS' room has made parts of the wallpaper come off

Buy a roll of florist's cellophane, and attach it to the Walls at the top and bottom all over the Walls she wants posters on. That way she can Sellotape and remove posters all she likes, and the only marks to cover up will be a line to paint over at the top and the bottom.
You could put a line of sticky Velcro along the wall and she could attach posters using Velcro dots.

BB-- agree this is mission impossible, but imysparetime, think your idea of what is effectively a 'designated area' is a good one.

thanks for the help!

You can buy special sticker things that are designed not to pull the paper or paint off - they are made by Bostick I think - have some upstairs, will look in a minute. My DD has a newly papered room and posters go up and down no prob. You obv have to peel them off slowly but they don't damage the walls.

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There is another thing I bought but I don't remember what it is called (helpful I know!!) - it is a sheet, beigey colour, is tacky to the touch, and you stick it on the wall (A4 size) then stick your photos or whatever on it and remove and change as many times as you like. Got that in WH Smith.

just reading this as have same conundrum - loving inmysparetime's suggestion.

When I was a kid, we used masking tape folded back on itself (IYSWIM) on the back of posters, as it didn't leave a mark the same way as blue tac. But I find masking tape less reliable in that respect these days

Why on earth did you wallpaper a teenagers bedroom!

Teenagers will not change, so you have to make their rooms 'teenager friendly' if you had done that in the first place you wouldn't have to come on here asking these kind of questions. Sort out the root of the problem and plan accordingly, not try and first aid it after.

Not meant to be having a go at you, just talking plain common sense :-) I have just had a 24yr old move out, the other moved out 10yrs ago, I also have a 9 & 2yr old (I know but I can't seem to keep it in my trousers), so I have learnt the hard way, I can assure you that I am prepared for the second batch -)

Thanks for all the additional suggestions. Manathome -- I can see your point, although I think you have to factor in (female) teenagers interest in interior design and , until recently, wallpaper was the way to go. However, I do note with interest the current trend for exposed brick walls, which would solve my problem nicely.....