Tim sent us some pictures of his amazingly ambitious do-it-yourself graphic paint job in his hallway (and we're totally envious!):
Hi, I just completed this painted wall mural and wanted to share. I measured and drew it out by hand and then slowly added the three colors: black is flat, green is egg shell and the off white is semi gloss. Attached are just a couple of quick photos of the hallway complete...
Wow - I thought that was vintage wallpaper!
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its very cool, but it makes me incredibly dizzy!
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It looks great! I don't think that I would have the patience for that. I'd get through one row of painting and my partner would have to finish!
view dennisd's profile
gorgeous. impressive.
view AZkathy's profile
very cool, you must be a patient person or a crafty taper!
view rstrtz's profile
I am totally amazed by the precision. More details of the story, please. Did you freehand, stencil, tape? How long did you work on it? What was your inspiration? Gee, I ask a lot of questions, don't I?
view quiltmaster's profile
Wow.. you have some serious patience!!! Looks wicked.
view mva1201's profile
(i love)
he's sorta like a curtis jr.
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny/closeup/closeup-curtis-wallpaper-by-hand-039801
view polkadot's profile
This really looks great. Well done.
view GirlInATower's profile
*Covet!*
Wow - I can never get my tape lines that crisp. You have the patience of a saint.
view ChDsgnStdnt's profile
Wow, you did that by hand, how long did that take, you have tons of patience. If I can't do something in 15 minutes.....great job!
view betseygirl's profile
This is so cool. I too am wondering how he achieved such crisp and clean lines - what is the secret?
view julie_k.'s profile
amazing!
view hanako66's profile
GRADE A!!! nice color palette.
view antimatt's profile
I LOVE this.
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Can you give me more information about the bottom half of the wall? The house I'm living in has a "not that nice" wood wainscoting and I need to do something to it!
view jennifer576's profile
"Can you give me more information about the bottom half of the wall?"
That's Anaglyptic wallpaper...
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It took me about a month form start to finish, working on it in my spare time.
I first painted the back wall the same color as the wainscoting (semi gloss) then began measuring and drawing the pattern with a straight edge-first drawing out a grid as a guide for the diamond pattern.
There was no pattern or stencil.
As for painting the diamonds-I ended up using painters tape (which I almost never use) to mask out each color for a cleaner, crisper final finish.
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Yeah, Tim!! It looks great!
view hessilou's profile
wow. fantastic!
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