Coloring in the lines
Do you ever get the urge to return to your youth and whip out a coloring books and one of those massive crayon boxes?
Here at HHFITD that urge happens quite a bit. Enough so that we not only have a couple of standard coloring books, but a massive 2’ x 4’ one as well in our den.
So, of course I was completely jealous when I spied the work of London based artist Charlotte Mann . She does a variety of custom work and everything is hand drawn by her with a black marker!
Here is a peek into some of her work. I’m certain that if I was ever let loose in any of those rooms I would go to town coloring it all in.
Do you think you would be able to deal with it?
I’m not sure if I could use it in a main room in my house, but perhaps a small bathroom or dressing room or if I ever own a home store I would love to use it there!
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My living room is one of the rooms that evolved drastically from when we first moved one. Originally I painted the walls chocolate brown and did accents of white, blue and orange. That lasted maybe 2 years.
Our dining room sat empty for months. Okay maybe it was empty for just a handful of weeks and then we couldn’t take it anymore and put in a folding table and plastic outdoor chairs, but in my mind that was still empty.
On the main floor of our house we have a Florida room. Being that it’s a Florida room it is a considered a 3 season room, because there is no heat in the room. The previous owners used it as an indoor patio with outdoor furniture and it looked like this when we moved in.
i LOVE that first space..the orange curtains!
Wow!!!!I love that! It's awesome!
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it would be perfect for a store! i LOVE to color!
I think it would look great in a store or home office. Its very cool and different. But I'm with you, the temptation to color it in would be too gret for me.
How fun would that be in a dressing room?! There was a line of wallpaper once upon maybe 5 years ago that had little frames you could color in(in Domino or Real Simple, maybe??) Been wanting something like that ever since.
I would love it in a powder room or even in a pantry.
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I would ATTACK those rooms with a marker!!!!! How fun!
I think they're pretty awesome – I love the one in the office and the one in the closet/dressing room with table. But I'm like you, I'd probably build the urge to color it all in. Between the lines, of course!
This technique is impressive, and I'm sure painstakingly long, but I'm not sure if I'd like it in my own home. Maybe the occasional decorative picture frame molding drawn around a basic frame on the wall (somewhat like that wallpaper that was trendy a while back), or in a kids room (they'd be so happy if they could color on the walls!) I'm not sure though about my own home.
oh man that is just an accident waiting to happen with me. My ADHD would take over and I would not be able to control myself, even if I didn’t have a box of crayons on me I would have the urge to whip out my trusty bic pen and get to work 🙂
Oh it would be so fun in a large walk in closet but agree it may be a but much for a large room! Such a fabulous find.
That is incredible! I am like you, maybe in a small dose… my powder room.
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Michelle
thats so different and unique. I often draw with black sharpie so its' very cool to see it in a very professional application. Thanks!!!
Wow, her work is completely amazing. Really awe-inspiring.
I love to color and getting to color on my walls would fulfill a lot of childhood fantasies for me.
I love these!
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HA, it would remind me of living inside the A-ha Take on Me video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPgMTIgwS6s&feature=related
So neat.