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A Gold, Bold Geometric Sharpie Wall

by Gwen Sep 16

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Do you have a best friend? I do. Her name is Sharpie.

Seriously, y’all.  The sharpie’s have come out to play and are gettin’ their groove on.

Super Cool Geometric Sharpie Wall with alternating diamond pattern.  It's NOT that hard! I pinky promise!

It’s a full on dance party in my office, yo gabba gabba.

It’s not the most original project I’ve done. But I have written on walls with strange objects before. Remember this post?

This wall was totally inspired by Mandi’s, but I did mix it up a bit.

But sometimes, when something beautiful seeps into your brain and burrows itself in your creative, DIY-obsessed heart, there’s nothing you can do but just jump on that rocket and take off. Am I right?

If you visit often, it might look familiar to you.. that’s because it’s also my bloggy background. Yes. I want to make pajamas out of this pattern and sleep in them, too.

Let’s get down to the nitty gritty on how to create this geometric sharpie wall.

I wanted to do the entire room in this pattern. But I was biting my un-manicured nails with how to make it work out evenly.

I didn’t want to get the very end and find my diamonds were crossways with one another.

So I made a plan… which took figuring… with actual numbers.  And it took time.

I plotted my walls out in Illustrator.  If you don’t have illustrator or some other cool software you graph out on, just use actual graph paper. Then kind you write on.

Measure each wall. Twice.

Then divide your wall into even sections vertically.

Mine worked out to be four sections which were 9 inches long.

sharpee-diamond-wall-lines

Then you’ll need to work out how large you want your diamonds.  Mine worked out to be 10 inches wide and I spaced them 5 inches apart.

This was all gridded out on my artboards in illustrator.

Instead of placing my diamonds point to point like Mandi’s, I shifted the design as you can see below.  It creates a very different visual effect.  You can almost see a bit of a chevron pattern running vertically as well.
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To be sure, sure, sure that my design was going to work out, I first measured, marked and sketched on the wall [VERY LIGHTLY] in pencil.

sharpee diamond wall-3

Then I made a template of my diamond out of poster board to make sure my measurements were going to work correctly.

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I used some scrap wood cut to 5 inches to measure easily.sharpee diamond wall-4

When things got tight and I couldn’t use a full on ruler, them my handy template was a big help.

And don’t you know it, it all worked out.  It was like winning the MEGA Millions Lottery on my birthday’s birthday.

Once that weight was lifted on high, I took my gold sharpie and started filling it in.

This is the sharpie I used. You can get it from Amazon right from this post.

sharpee diamond wall-5

With each gold line, my heart filled with great joy until it was about to burst and firework little gold sharpies all over the world.

Every now and then, I’d be so lost in love with my new walls, I’d lose it and miss the mark.

sharpee diamond wall-9

So, I just kept a little bit of white paint handy to touch them up.

sharpee diamond wall-12

No sweat, Barbette.

And if I accidentally brushed up against it, I just went back over it with the sharpie.  Word.

sharpee diamond wall-11

Here you can see the pencil wall meeting its beautiful sister, the gold sharpie wall.

I do have to say, that I might have had to fudge just a teensy bit when I got to the corners, but the diamonds always lined up. DIY Miracles do happen.

In case you’re wondering, it only took two sharpies to do this room.

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JOY. BLISS. EXULTATIONS.

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I’m just about done with most of the updates in this office,  but this was the biggest part of the job.

Do you love it, or do you LOVE it?

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What the BOLD ones say:

  1. cassie says

    Sep 16 at 8:09 am

    OH YES! this is SO you and SO bold and SO awesome.

    • Gwen says

      Sep 16 at 4:52 pm

      THANK YOU! I LOVE IT SO FREAKING MUCH!

  2. Gretchen says

    Sep 16 at 8:34 am

    Love it! If I ever do something like this, I’ll turn the measuring parts over to my math teacher husband….that’s why I married a math teacher 😉

    • Gwen says

      Sep 16 at 4:53 pm

      You lucky girl! Thank you, Gretchen!

  3. Anna [Directions Not Included] says

    Sep 16 at 11:33 am

    This looks great!! You and your gold geometric loving self!

    • Gwen Whitfield says

      Sep 19 at 7:51 pm

      Thank you, Anna! I’m very, very happy with it!

  4. Erin says

    Sep 16 at 8:04 pm

    Yeah girl! This is fabulous! I’m cooking up something ‘patterned’ and I may take a page from your measuring book 🙂

    • Gwen Whitfield says

      Sep 19 at 7:49 pm

      Thank you, thank you! I’m so happy with it! I can’t wait to see what you’re up to!

  5. keri @ shaken together says

    Sep 17 at 1:57 pm

    Love it. And I love that you were BOLD enough to do it. But I wouldn’t have expected anything less than fabulous from you 🙂

    • Gwen Whitfield says

      Sep 19 at 7:48 pm

      Hehe! Thank you! I’m totally smitten with it!

  6. Shanice says

    Sep 19 at 10:17 am

    This is such a great idea! I would love it if you joined and contribute your awesome posts at my link party at City of Creative Dreams, starts on Fridays 😀 Hope to see you there at City of Creative Dreams Link Party.

    • Gwen Whitfield says

      Sep 19 at 7:45 pm

      Thank you, Shanice!

  7. Jessi @ Practically Functional says

    Sep 20 at 12:04 am

    I love this! So does JM; he keeps eyeing our white walls like he’s got some sort of plan for them. 🙂

    • Gwen Whitfield says

      Sep 20 at 7:32 am

      Haha! I say give him a sharpie and let him go! 🙂

  8. Colleen Pastoor says

    Sep 22 at 11:41 am

    Gwen! This turned out SO GOOD. I loved Mandi’s wall too and have been dreaming of something like it. You rocked this one big time 🙂

    • Gwen Whitfield says

      Sep 22 at 2:36 pm

      Thank you, so, so, so much, Colleen! I can’t believe how well it turned out.

      You’re so sweet to stop by and make me feel like a million bucks!

  9. Sarah says

    Sep 25 at 2:08 pm

    I love this mixed with the board and batten. Totally on the list for our new house 🙂 And I love that you mapped it out/measured to make everything line up. Let me know when you get the jammies to match 😉

  10. Anam (Delicious and DIY) says

    Sep 26 at 11:59 am

    So cute. I’m obsessed with Geometric Patterns .Love how a simple sharpie can transform a space so beautifully.

  11. Amy W says

    Sep 28 at 6:32 pm

    So I am loving the geometric wall! You were picked by our guest host as her feature and therefore this project was shared on all SIX of our pages. ALSO, you were tied for our top viewed project at the Link it or Lump it #56! Way to go. Be sure to stop by and grab a feature button!

    https://www.delineateyourdwelling.com/2014/09/link-it-or-lump-it-party-57.html

  12. Stacey says

    May 31 at 12:10 pm

    DIY is about a million times better when it’s super cheap and actually works! You are such a creative genius it’s giving me goosebumps.

  13. Laetitia Richter says

    Oct 23 at 3:34 pm

    Hi, I was wondering what sharpie you used. I am unable to see it in your post.

    Thanks;)

    • Gwen says

      Nov 19 at 1:56 pm

      It’s a gold metallic sharpie!

      Gwen

  14. Jessica says

    Mar 3 at 5:55 pm

    I LOVE it and I’m doin’ it! Thanks for making my day.

    • Gwen says

      Mar 10 at 8:58 pm

      Jessica,
      I’m so glad to hear that you love it!
      Thanks,
      Gwen

  15. Camille Phillips says

    May 3 at 8:25 pm

    This is so cute! For future reference, Mr. Clean magic eraser takes sharpie off most everything (in case you don’t have the matching paint or don’t want to add to existing layers) it’s the best. works with crayon too 🙂

    • Gwen says

      May 11 at 1:15 pm

      Thanks for the tip, Camille!

      xoxo

      Gwen

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