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For some of us, when we see brightly colored bits of paper with adhesive affixed to one side, we just can’t help ourselves… we need to stick them anywhere we possibly can. I get it. I’m the child that sat stoically in the doctors chair awaiting the prick of a booster shot, bribed into submission with the promise of a new sticker for my sticker book.

So I’m saying, some of these big vinyl wall decals make me swoon.

80″ Tree decal from WilsonGraphics? Be still my heart.

Or this urban skyline?

I’ve got to tell you, I’m fighting back those peel-and-stick urges, but this hamster treadmill from HU2 Design is making it hard.

However, like bright orange exterior house paint, big stickers are one of those items that should be used sparingly when it comes to home decor. And probably only by professionals.

But if you just have to do it– if your life is suddenly devoid of meaning because there are all those stickers out there with nothing to be stuck on– there are two things to keep in mind.

1. What it is
2. Where you’re sticking it

You would think the first one would be fairly obvious, and yet it’s shocking how often an unusually large wolf head will end up in someone’s living room.

And let’s just make a rule right now that says disembodied Robert Pattinson heads should never be hung on the wall. Ever.

But even if you have a really good design, placement can make all of the difference.

I’ve got nothing against a good cherry blossom, but I look at this and I keep getting worried that the fabric of space-time has been ripped, resulting in a mysteriously missing tree… its two forlorn limbs left behind.

And, I swore this post wasn’t going to degenerate into fifth-grade humor, but seriously…

…do you not get the distinct impression that this couch just farted?