An installer's honest take on peel-and-stick wallpaper — where removable vinyl works, where it fails, and what it really costs on a wall you want to keep.

When I was six years old, I had to play Henry Ford in a school play. My parents put a cardboard Model T around me and sent me out on stage. Years later, I found myself hanging wallpaper around a table a homeowner said Henry Ford slept on at the Highland Park plant. This is that story.