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October 23rd, 2008
who needs wallpaper?


yesterday our sneak peek editor anne sent me a link to this story from a september issue of lexington herald leader. lawyer (and artist) charlie kratzer had $10 and a vision of decorating his basement entirely in sharpie artwork. one hamilton later, kratzer had a mini masterpiece on his hands and, i’m guessing, a massive headache from the smell of sharpie ink. headache or not, the result is fantastic and definitely makes me think of all the ways you can decorate your home with your own two hands. click here for the full story and a moving image of the room.

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32 comments
October 23rd, 2008 - 8:06 am

Fab!

October 23rd, 2008 - 8:18 am

why feed only with bloglines… why not by e-mail??

Sarah said:
October 23rd, 2008 - 8:45 am

This is wonderful…. if only I was an owner and not a renter… someday!

Laura. said:
October 23rd, 2008 - 8:46 am

this is great! i love how even the furniture is detailed with sharpie lines.

Elizabeth W said:
October 23rd, 2008 - 9:01 am

this made me think of those stop motion animation shorts of paddington bear – does anyone know what i’m talking about?

this would be neat to do if your walls were made of dry-erase panelling!

October 23rd, 2008 - 9:39 am

Yeah, it’s wild! I absolutely love the ingenuity and boldness of this project; I wrote about it here:

http://visualingual.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/sharpie-interior-mural/

moodboard said:
October 23rd, 2008 - 9:41 am

I love this! I’m not sure I would want a whole room but one wall would be fantastic.

Lecia said:
October 23rd, 2008 - 9:51 am

Wow!!

October 23rd, 2008 - 10:01 am

I LOVE IT! I love it so much I’m going to blog about it! SOOOO COOL!

October 23rd, 2008 - 10:11 am

This is so cool! Thanks for posting it.

Katya said:
October 23rd, 2008 - 10:38 am

I really love it, but I would love it even more if the whole space was black and white and not all full of ‘basemanty’ stuff like the treadmill. For example, if he had a white couch with black piping to continue the whole pen line feel. Other than that, the drawings themselves are absolutely fabulous!

Kristan said:
October 23rd, 2008 - 11:00 am

Omigosh, HOW COOL! I’m not hip enough to pull this off, but I LOVE it.

karina said:
October 23rd, 2008 - 11:08 am

I think it is brilliant!!!
Sadly, I am no so talented!

lauren said:
October 23rd, 2008 - 11:31 am

what a gorgeous effect! my first thought was that my own freehand stinks, but borrowing an overhead projector and tracing a bunch of transparencies made from, say, edward gorey sketches could work, too. thanks for the inspiration!

Betsy said:
October 23rd, 2008 - 11:33 am

I love that they put all the literary/historical/artist figures in there–very well thought out! I will say though, (and here comes some geekdom) that the first thing I thought of when I saw it was the foyer in the apt. in 3 men and a baby. Although, this is about 200% cooler.

October 23rd, 2008 - 12:41 pm

ooo I bet it smelled bad. I’ve had sharpie drawings go grey on me – but as long as the basement doesn’t get too much U/V light (sunlight) it should hold up alright.

And if he wants to paint over it – I wonder if it would bleed through or be easy to cover?

Katie said:
October 23rd, 2008 - 1:00 pm

I totally did something like this when I was a display coordinator for Anthropologie! (I painted the walls read though). It looked super cool, as does this guy’s house. love it!

Anne A Wong said:
October 23rd, 2008 - 1:10 pm

This is fantastic!
I’d want to see Julia Rothman take on a project like this. Her unique style would be perfect for it…

laurin said:
October 23rd, 2008 - 1:13 pm

this reminds me of the apartment in 3 Men and a Baby.

Luphia said:
October 23rd, 2008 - 1:35 pm

the effect is simply stunning!

Steph said:
October 23rd, 2008 - 3:28 pm

that’s brilliant!!!
looks so amazing
i wish I could do that *sigh*

Jillian said:
October 23rd, 2008 - 3:35 pm

Not to be a killjoy, but permanent markers bleed through just about anything painted on top of them. We had a sharpy incident in a hallway that could never be covered up. Every coat was bled through. You might have to cover it with primer meant for metal or plastic to keep it from bleeding…

October 23rd, 2008 - 9:46 pm

outstanding! i love that it’s every wall, furniture included. perfect.

Chris said:
October 23rd, 2008 - 9:52 pm

This is so cool, thanks for sharing. Saved to my inspiration folder.

Maria said:
October 23rd, 2008 - 11:21 pm

this is so very cool! i love this. i just wish i had the guts to do it.

October 23rd, 2008 - 11:29 pm

We love the pillow on the couch, it would make a beautiful rug hooking pattern!

alison said:
October 24th, 2008 - 2:49 pm

this reminds me of three men & a baby…

October 24th, 2008 - 4:35 pm

manifique, beautiful wall paper…..

juliana said:
October 25th, 2008 - 12:30 pm

awesome

steven said:
October 28th, 2008 - 1:37 pm

im sure if you painted it with some killz first it wouldnt bleed through

Frederica said:
December 29th, 2008 - 10:13 pm

for Elizabeth W who mentioned dry-erase panelling, Rustoleum makes a dry-erase paint (in white): http://www.rustoleum.com/cbgproduct.asp?pid=128

Now you can change the design to suit your whims.

Katrina said:
June 12th, 2009 - 11:25 am

OMG this is fantastic! I’m so going to try this.

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