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Amazing - And it matches his DNA map too!

I saw an idea sort of like this once. I can't remember where, but it suggested cutting paint chips into individual squares and putting them together on a sheet with contact paper to create a colourful kitchen backsplash. It looked totally cool, and so does this, though the backsplash used a random assortment of colours, which I quite liked.

i actually just thought of this for a wall in my bedroom a few days ago. it's not my first choice, but i figured it'd be cheap and fairly quick. now i get to see what it would look like. this just may happen. :)

bepsf: DNA map...love it!

Just realized that he looks to have flipped some of the photos, so if you were wondering, that explains the change in colour direction.

Wonder if all that "stealing" is bad karma?

I love this.

didn't realize that taking free samples was stealing these days - I just might "steal" some myself

How on earth did he get them all lined up so perfectly??

When Scott shared his project on Design Sponge, he clarified that he asked (and received permission) to take the samples on each trip.

http://www.designspongeonline.com/2009/04/diy-idea-paint-strip-wall-decoration.html

I made a lampshade out of paint chips once. I got the cute Crayola kids' ones (not sure they make them any more) and "shingled" them over a plain square shade. They are so nice and simple--little squares with rounded corners and fun names in lowercase (like "lemonade" or "cotton candy"). It came out great (if I do say so myself).

It's groovy how my eyes see a dot in the intersections, lol

Doesn't David Bromstad have a paint chip installation in his office? I seem to recall that from some his HGTV show.

Definitely not for me. I would get dizzy waking up in the morning to that.

i love this. and it's great if you cant paint a rental, or can't decide on a color. BUT HOW DO YOU HANG THEM SO PERFECTLY??

Thank you to everyone for not beginning the same discussion about "stealing" that occurred on Design Sponge! Mr. Prendergast was very good about declaring his intentions and the results to Home Depot and Behr (the company that made the paint chip cards).

love what Scott Prendergast did with the paint pallettes. Original idea and looks wonderful too.


Jeanne

http://pearlsandgreentea.blogspot.com/

so cool!!

Go big or go home . . . this is BIG!

Nifty, but how did he not go crazy putting those up? Perhaps I'm just not that detail-oriented.

I LOVE it - from afar!!

If you could only figure out a way to get rid of the chip numbers in the corner of each one. Almost makes it look a little cheap or makeshift upon closer examination.

Cool idea, but I am too distracted by him looking just like Ryan from The Office. :)

On DesignSponge I explained how I hung them like this: I measured 8 inch increments up the wall - starting from the far right floor corner. then i pinned the start of a string at every marker. then i used a level to stretch that string across the wall and pin it to the other side. In the end I had a giant grid of strings to follow. But it did get a little messy.

@aprilaries - i love the chip numbers and names in each corner of the samples. it's a little bit like living inside a J.Crew catalog. Every time i walk past the wall i read something like "LAKESIDE MIST" or "BAYOU" or "URGENT MEDICAL CONDITION".

That's perfect. I love paint color names as well (sometimes too well...anyone else ever buy paint based on the name?)

@slowdown - no way - I love the names too. There's a fantastic cool white that's called "Grape Expectations" that I love using. It cracks me up whenever I read the label.

I'm looking for ideas on adding color to my walls because my lease won't allow for paint. But to make matters worse, it also states that I can't use "adhesive", so there goes my temporary wallpaper idea. So is there a way to hang up all the chips without using tape? I used poster putty a long time ago in my parent's house and it left some weird stain. Any suggestions?

This is so imaginative! I love the clustering of similar and simple objects. It reminds me of a dining design by David Stark for Benjamin Moore's DIFFA table last year. David is just as obsessed over the potential of a paint chip, he says.
Here's the Apartment Therapy blog on the event-
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/la/dining-room/atla-on-the-town-diffas-dining-by-design-2008-063022

@graciela: What about attaching the paint chips to one or more large canvases? Then if you move, you can take your amazing wall with you.