Hiding a Ventilation in the Wall

by Swinnen Lisette

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How cutting in a piece of paper can change a look

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This is a ventilation through the wall to another room. I wonder why that's there, because there is no other door to another room with a ventilation above. I saw a post of a very smart lady who covered her ventilation with a wired artwork. Because I am all in krigami now (pop-up cards ed), her post brought me an idea. Maybe not a good one, because now your eye is attracted to it.

I took printer paper, glued a second sheet to become the surface of the ventilation. I put a stencil with flowers on it and went along the sides of the holes with a pencil. I duplicated the stencil on my paper. With a cutter I took out all those pieces that you normally paint. If you want letters or something in a specific direction, make your copy mirrored. Like that you cut on the backside of the paper and all lines from your pencil drawing become the backside.

I just glued with paper glue the paper on the ventilation. Now I wonder if this was such a good idea, but I had a lot of fun during a couple of hours. I leave it on until it falls off from itself or make a thin white frame around it?

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Printer paper
Stencil of your choice or drawing.
Precision cutter
Cutingboard
Normal paper glue

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Kathleen Huffaker Bumgardner on Oct 26, 2016
Could you not put this in a picture frame that fit and hang it over the opening in a wall hugging fashion with the same effect and not have it fall down?

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C on May 11, 2017

How much air flow did this cut down? I have huge 'heat pump' vents on my ceiling and would be afraid to cover them and block the air flow.

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Kari Froelicher on May 11, 2017

Instead of paper could you use those magnetic covers and cut out a design. Then you can take them off when you want and they will stay put and be long lasting.

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Rashida Erskine on Nov 12, 2019

The stencil cover is decorative so even if it draws attention to the vent above the door it is nice to look at.

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- Swinnen Lisette on Nov 12, 2019
  
  Thank you. I searched a way to keep the air flowing without having to look at that ugly vent above the door. By t(he way it never fell off. I sold the house and live now in a new-built house without vents in the walls.
  
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Lise on May 01, 2022

You could just turn the regular vent the opposite way so the vents face the ceiling, you don't see the openings and it blends into the wall. I like the fact it was painted to match the wall to start with. I dislike when someone takes the time to paint a room some gorgeous color then they have these white vents that jump out at you and look out of place. Prime and paint them to match your wall, install so you don't see the openings. They blend in and more importantly don't restrict the airflow.

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- Dawn Allen on Dec 01, 2022
  
  I also like to paint the “hole” black. Even turning my vents the opposite direction I could still see the 2 x 4. So I painted it and the inside black so it’s less noticeable.
  
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