Comments on Al Ain Notebook: Draw Me A Picture

My parents wallpapered a huge map on my brother's ...

2009-03-08T19:31:00.000+04:00

My parents wallpapered a huge map on my brother's bedroom wall. It was an historic map of the US, when it was still territories. Then they nailed molding around it like a frame. When he became a hippy teen, he hung a black fake fur bedspread over it (during his black light, pot-smoking, 70's phase).

Also, I had a professor in college who wallpapered his kids' playroom with those maps that come in National Geo magazine. It was very cool because there were maps from all over the world, walls and ceiling.

I do love the idea of having a room with doodle space on every wall. I'd be more inclined to use the stuff that makes your walls into white boards, though - less messy and, with colored markers, more creative . . . but perhaps not as "artsy-retro".

Just thinking of the sound of a chalkboard makes m...

2009-03-03T20:39:00.000+04:00

Just thinking of the sound of a chalkboard makes me feel gross.

Hey Joseph, this wallpaper is great and totally no...

2009-03-01T19:33:00.000+04:00

Hey Joseph, this wallpaper is great and totally not crazy expensive. I just love the idea of having it in a kiddo's room - I'd even let them draw on it to chart their future adventures :)

I think the entire-wall-is-a-map is a common geogr...

2009-02-27T18:55:00.000+04:00

I think the entire-wall-is-a-map is a common geographer thing; I've lusted after this wallpaper for years. I think a decade of whining has finally convinced my wife to let me do it--in our next house.

As a teacher, I get quite enough chalkdust during ...

2009-02-26T05:53:00.000+04:00

As a teacher, I get quite enough chalkdust during the day, thank you very much! But I love the idea of a magnetic paint wall. Much less clean up too!

Aside from the fingernail meets chalkboard fear......

2009-02-26T03:27:00.000+04:00

Aside from the fingernail meets chalkboard fear...I love chalkboards.

What a unique idea!