Ooh, I just remembered something about using sheets as wall-paper. I think the sheets are soaked in a starch solution, which makes them sticky, and then you apply them to the walls just like wallpaper and they stay there until you remove them, and they are supposed to peel off easily leaving clean walls. I haven't tried it, and don't know how much starch to use, but it did sound like a good idea. Your apartment is sounding pretty cozy, and I'd like to go visit. Maybe I'll make it out there sometime.

Wendy