Vintage Paint By Numbers

I am in the midst of a new and overpowering obsession, somebody stop me before I do something drastic....

I am finding myself, very much by surprise, obsessed with vintage paint by numbers (PBN - that's collectors terminology).  Who knew.  My friend Kerrie has a vintage PBN over her living room sofa, it's never done much for me.  When we go to Brimfield I hear (but have not really listened) to her prattle on about looking for good PBN's - I was not yet ready for the conversation....... until now.

A very creative couple updated a very ugly stairwell with a Paint by Number collection (see the whole project & before photos here)

Finally, the grand master of all Paint By Number executions  -  That's right, a hand-painted PBN mural.  Yowsah!!!!!! (fully story and links below)

this fantastic wall makeover comes from scott and cheryl white in michigan. inspired by paint by number artwork, they decided to turn an ebay painting into their own custom wall mural. after their paint-by-number painting arrived from ebay, scott made a color transparency of it and borrowed a friend’s projector to trace it on the wall with pencil. scott and cheryl created a chart of all the colors, recreating their own numbering system. then after a trip to michael’s to pick up paints, scott and cheryl painted in their large-scale paint-by-numbers mural by hand over a period of eight months. the final results are stunning and i’m so glad scott and cheryl had the inspiration to create something so fun on their walls. well done, guys!

via www.designspongeonline.com

 

I found more more more and have "pinned" them in my brand new Pintrest account! - check them out here.  I admit I have not yet gone fully mental - I only bought 3 PBN's on Etsy last night .......

Comments

[Leah]

My mom has been collecting vintage PBNs for years--she has the elk one in your first photo here hanging in our house in NM! They are so fun, I love them in collections like these photos...