Persia Lou

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Three Dollar Wall Treatment

I am so absolutely thrilled to have made it through the second week of One Month to Win It! The five dollar challenge was a fun one, and it made me realize how much I rely on my stash of supplies at home to keep things cheap.

I decided to do a project that I had actually already been planning on doing for a while. I was trying to infuse more color and fun into my kids’ bathroom, and I wanted to do a kind of pinstripe wall.

I love the look of wallpaper, but I have this problem: I’m cheap. And, sure, you can get inexpensive wallpaper on ebay and different places, but not three dollars inexpensive, which is all I spent on this room transformation. Truth.

To create this look, all you need is a three dollar paint marker and a whole bunch of courage. It’s nice to have a supportive husband too.

I used a medium-point, oil-based Sharpie paint marker like one of these, which you can get five of for 12 bucks on amazon.

So here’s how this went down:

  1. Get a marker.
  2. Find your wall.
  3. Take a deep breath.
  4. Draw lines.
Seriously.

While I didn’t want straight lines, I also didn’t want them all slanting one way. I found that holding my pinky against the wall helped to keep my lines somewhat up and down. There was a lot of eyeballing going on with this project. If I felt that two lines were too far apart, I would go back and add another one in between.

This is not the first time I have put paint marker to wall. I originally saw this idea on designsponge, where this genius hallway makeover from the girl on the go was featured. You should definitely go check it out. Her project inspired me to suck it up and draw on my walls. I used one of the patterns from the Fossil catalog she included in her post as the inspiration for the closet makeover in my baby girl’s nursery.

I love how both of these projects turned out, and I really truly only spent about six bucks on the pair. For each of these projects I used just one paint marker.
So, what do you think?

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  3. Arlene says

    LOVE IT!!! Congratulations!! Can't wait for Monday to see what you've done next. Also love your granny squares. Good Luck.

  4. Sarah says

    Um, you are amazing. <br /><br />The end.<br /><br />P.S. you and heather are kindred spirits. have you seen her craft blog? i think you have. and i digress. <br /><br />i don&#39;t know how to use or spell &quot;digress&quot; but thought i&#39;d just pretend i do. you&#39;re welcome.

  14. Kelli says

    My husband would NEVER trust me to try this out on our walls, but I love yours!! Both rooms are totally awesome!

  17. Alexis @ persia lou says

    @<a href="#c7482890357066644726" rel="nofollow">Kimberlee, The Spunky Diva</a><br /><br />Kimberlee, The trick is to do the drawing when the kids are asleep so they don&#39;t even know what&#39;s going on. 🙂

  25. Inspire Me Heather says

    Wow, this is just too cool – really! Looks like a LOT of work but worth it, I think. I&#39;d love to do this too – maybe one day… oh and I&#39;ve linked this to my wall art post today, for inspiration!

  26. Anonymous says

    I just came across your bathroom makeover on Pinterest and I love it! You are so creative! Was wondering what the name of the green paint would be. Are your striped towels from Target? Would love to do this is my kids&#39; bathroom.

    • Alexis @ persia lou says

      Sorry I am long in replying! I am not sure on the color of green paint. It was from Lowe&#39;s I believe. And it was called bright apple or something like that. Not much help I know. 🙁 The towels are from Target, yes. As is the green sub toy holder in the bath. Good luck!

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