some high-quality peel and stick wallpapers cost quite a lot. I settled on cute, a mid-range garden-themed vinyl wallpaper (NuWallpaper Taupe Eloise) that costs about $1.25 per square foot.

Unlike traditional wallpaper, peel-and-stick wallpaper comes coated with an adhesive backing, so it can be stuck onto the wall and then peeled off like it was never there. “A few years ago ...