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murals

Chalk Mural Archway

Secretly decorate your rental with temporary chalk art

Love to decorate your walls but your landlord won’t allow you to paint them? I found that artist’s chalks work great for temporary chalk art! I accented an arched kitchen doorway with a chalk vine.

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Electrical tape mural of the NYC subway system

Check out Homie Jsaxena’s DIYed wall mural. She created this work of wall art out of electrical tape, based on the 1972 Vignelli subway map. Wanna see how she did it?

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Giant squid engulfs bedroom, and I’m jealous

Anita Roll Murals created an amazing giant squid mural that wraps around the entire room. She described this work as, “Giant squid engulfs this little boy’s room with playful tentacles. A little over the top yes… but why not?”

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A playful full-wall underseascape mural — seals, dolphins, and some anthropomorphic fish

Straight from the Offbeat Home Flickr group comes Katie’s epically-big undersea mural. That little seal can do no wrong.