I am sorry but my eyes are deceiving me today in a most peculiar way. Are you asking if wallpaper can be held with a thumb tack, and if so, the answer is an emphatic NO. It will contract, expand and contract and the thumb tacks will fall in the floor at the least expected time and greet you when you are barefoot.

I don't know what color you want but beige is always a good color for selling property. It is not offensive and is very neutral. I hope I answered your question. If not, I am sorry.

Your mud/laundry room looks nice except for the open shelves over the washer/dryer. IMHO open shelves do not look neat and tidy. If you don't want to spend money for enclosed cabinets, I would get more baskets of different sizes to put your things in and it will look neat. If you are going to move, you can take the enclosed cabinets with you. As for the hanging rack on the ceiling...no....just another "clutter" item. I would not put a curtain/shade on the door...it looks like frosted glass and that gives privacy.

I did not know, however, you were asking about organization. Had I known that I would have offered the idea of tidying up and putting all you can in that "pantry" closet and then being more organized with the wire shelving. I could do that and so can you. It looks messy because it is all turned in 40 ways from Sunday but you can "clean it up." I would probably clean out the doored cabinet, put all I could in there, get some neat baskets, place "stuff" in them and use the rest of the space for putting a couple stacks of microfiber cleaning cloths in cute colors, hanging some decorative hangers in cheerful colors and just tidying up. You don't have to be a neat freak, just make it appear as if you are.

I think you were asking about hanging a curtain over the open shelving? And then letting the curtain hang down to the floor on the side to conceal the open shelving on the side?

Something like this?

Do you think you could get DH on board far enough to put up two wall mounted MDF open shelves instead of the wire shelving? Maybe something from IKEA?

As for the curtain idea, I think the example above is charming. I think it's preferable to not go all the way down to the washer/dryer and I would not bother having it come all the way down to the floor on the side. I think it will just interfere with that door on the right side. As for tacking the fabric to the wall, if you hang a rod from the ceiling it's going to move, and I think that movement would likely pull the fabric away from the wall.

With the shelving there, I'm not sure where you're planning on hanging your drying rack? It seems fairly large compared to your space. How strong is that door to the right of the dryer (and where does it lead to?) I'm wondering if a fold-down rack might fit better somewhere around that door?

Robotropolis that is exactly what I'm thinking of doing, hiding the shelves! I plan on buying more baskets to keep things in, and to make the shelves look neater. I was thinking of hanging an S hook from the ceiling for the curtain rod. The problem with putting shelves up is all the plumbing which will be in the way, DH isn't handy, and I would need someone to do the cut outs and hanging. The fabric on the side I wanted to attach to the bottom of the shelving legs, and to the ceiling. I was thinking of attaching with thumb tacks to the ceiling and probably using glue on the fabric to attach to the bottom? Or just tieing it. Thanks for the picture, it's very helpful.

You could use a tension rod for the curtain.