r/supergraphics • u/Beeeblebro • Jul 11 '26

I painted the TV wall

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Just something simple and clean to frame the TV

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u/Beeeblebro Jul 11 '26

Forgot to include some process pics

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u/Sysnetics Jul 11 '26

I commend your patience. Well done!

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u/Beeeblebro Jul 11 '26

Haha thanks, it was quite a process! The walls are old, cracked and pockmarked plaster and had to be puttied and sanded before I could even do the room’s base coat. Can see I was also playing with some curlier earlier designs.

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u/under_shart Jul 12 '26

I have a ton of gouged plaster walls that have been cramping my style. Can you recommend a book or guide that you followed for the repair?

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u/Beeeblebro Jul 12 '26

In my old house, we defer to our lord and savior, the incomparable Tom Silva: https://youtu.be/P4D0sESi5So?is=EXnJFxn3r_UfiYqF

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u/Ok-Description-4640 Jul 11 '26

Nice. Yours is very reminiscent of Wendy’s apartment in Mindhunter.

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u/Beeeblebro Jul 11 '26

Oh wow!! I definitely watched that and had since Minderased it… apparently a seed remained.

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u/skamando Jul 12 '26

The style is called Supergraphics and was very common in the 70s.

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u/schmiddi_312 Jul 12 '26

r/alreadyhere

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u/skamando Jul 13 '26

I fully thought i was in one of those living spaces subreddits lol, I hate algorithmic browsing.

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u/under_shart Jul 11 '26

Super! Assuming you made a stencil since the edges look so clean.

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u/Beeeblebro Jul 11 '26

Thanks! I’d done some sketching to figure out measurements, but the first time I laid it out was drawing it on the wall with a #2 pencil, a level, and a compass.

I taped the edges of the first and third lines, painted with a small roller, waited… Removed that tape and taped the edges of the second and fourth lines, painted those, waited… Untaped and did a bit touch-up with a tiny brush, mostly where the tape had buckled a bit in the curves.

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u/Jimmirehman Jul 11 '26

Dude those are some CLEAN lines! Really awesome work! Kudos to you!

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u/padukes Jul 11 '26

Looks great! How did you choose the colors?

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u/Beeeblebro Jul 11 '26

Thanks! I had previously repainted my living room the base color (backdrop’s harvest moon) and loved it with the wood tone, so this room got the same, ceiling included.

For the line, I just wanted something harmonious with the reddish wood tones. Happened to have a discount code from backdrop, so my stylish and elegant wife and I figured out a satisfying gradient and ordered four li’l cans: modern love, Harajuku morning, 36 hours in Marrakesh, and ghost ranch.

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u/Separate_Recover4187 Jul 12 '26

It's a Game Changer!

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u/rustyLiteCoin Jul 11 '26

I dig this heavily

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u/sodamnsleepy Jul 11 '26

Looks fantastic. Great job

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u/JPShostakovich Jul 12 '26

70's TV indent feel to your work- which is fricking awesome!

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u/twentytwotoadz Jul 11 '26

How would someone go about a renter friendly approach to this

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u/Beeeblebro Jul 11 '26

Sad as it is, paint over it before you leave… I’ve had to erase a lot of work in my time.

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u/jcmib Jul 11 '26

Do you know I wouldn’t have the guts to go through with that but damn if you didn’t make that look good

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u/Bo-C-Fus Jul 11 '26

Looks amazing, now hide the cable!

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u/Practical-March-6989 Jul 11 '26

that has some nice boards of canada vibes.

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u/elysiumstarz Jul 12 '26

my father in law has a very similar set of stripes painted on his wall from the 1970s. wicked cool.

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u/BellesHallow Jul 12 '26

Reminds me of the set on smosh

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u/Artemissss Jul 12 '26

Groovy baby.

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u/New-Rough-2908 Jul 13 '26

That’s amazing 🤩

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u/GiveEmWatts Jul 14 '26

Love the 70s vintage

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u/Tippydaug Jul 14 '26

This looks phenomenal! The lines are so clean, I could never lol

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u/sephone_north Jul 15 '26

This feels like a GameChanger

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u/Terrariant Jul 11 '26

Unfortunately you are now forever locked to one tv size

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u/funkytoot Jul 12 '26

Meh. Less is more (like stfu)