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Penny Accent Wall

Written by Justin

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Accent Penny Wall Idea

Submitted By Hip Soiree

I honestly wasn’t sure this thing would ever get finished. Someone asked about it the other day which caused me to look back at the original post and I almost gasped when I saw it was from last May. GASPED! That’s not cool. Granted, it was a pretty big project. But it lit a fire under me which, to his chagrin, I lit under Ryan.

Here’s a before picture. Ryan put down some plywood so that we wouldn’t have to glue the pennies directly to the wall. We are renters, after all.

Penny accent wall (1)

True to form, this is the only picture I have. Stupidly, I didn’t take any during pictures. Honestly, you guys, I SWEAR I did, but I cannot find them anywhere in my iPhoto library. Of course, I did have to wade through a LOT of Comic-Con pictures (thanks, Ryan). And, I’ll admit, probably 500 pictures of Ralph. He’s super cute. You’d totally understand if you knew him. ANYWAY, this is the only before picture I could find.

AND…after.

Penny accent wall (2)Penny accent wall (3)

And here’s one of the reasons it took us so long:

Penny accent wall (4)

They’re all heads up and faces forward! Well, as close to that as possible. Four score and seven years ago, INDEED! Plus, each one is glued separately. We started out using my trusty glue gun, but when it became Ryan’s turn (it got more difficult at the halfway point and I think he was afraid I’d somehow spaz out and fall from a step stool or something), he decided to just use Elmer’s glue. He said it worked just as well as the glue gun. I could have screamed since I had a few third degree burns (okay, just some reddened skin) from putting hot glue on every single penny. My delicate hands are ruined. My dream of being a hand model is now lost forever…

All in all, it was a little over $50 in pennies. Ryan’s grandma was nice enough to supply AT LEAST $20 worth. The rest we bought. Did you know that the bank “sells” $25 BOXES of pennies? Well, they do.

Side note – how do you like all of our fancy decanters? We started collecting them before we got married. And my new Liquor poster? Cool, right? My brother (from another mother) is making an awesome frame for it. I can’t wait!!

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Published: February 9, 2012Filed Under: Guest Bloggers Tagged: accent wall, Guest Bloggers, Wall Art, Wall Finishes, walls

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  1. Kim says

    February 9, 2012 at 5:20 pm

    This looks AMAZING! I love it.

    Kim

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  2. Chris says

    February 9, 2012 at 5:34 pm

    LOVE THIS!!!! Think this will be the wall border down my hallway

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  3. laxsupermom says

    February 9, 2012 at 5:44 pm

    Wow! That is incredible! I could see that looking fantastic as a backsplash, too. They did an amazing job! Thanks for sharing.

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  4. [email protected] says

    February 9, 2012 at 5:50 pm

    Very, very cool. So sorry about the untimely end to your hand model career 😉

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    • Lizzie says

      February 9, 2012 at 11:27 pm

      I still have my feet. 😉

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      • Cassity says

        February 10, 2012 at 10:18 am

        This cracks me up!

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  5. Rachelle says

    February 9, 2012 at 6:14 pm

    Very cool!

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  6. [email protected] says

    February 9, 2012 at 8:59 pm

    very cool!

    Reply
  7. tdub says

    February 9, 2012 at 9:49 pm

    I love all the pennies! They look awesome!

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  8. Lizzie says

    February 9, 2012 at 11:28 pm

    Thank you so much everyone and thanks to Remodelaholic for featuring me!!

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  9. Johanna says

    February 10, 2012 at 1:16 am

    The Idea is great! Definitely something unique!

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  10. Miriam says

    February 10, 2012 at 9:19 am

    Ha! So cool to see it in completion. We are doing the same thing in our kitchen for our back splash. I think I’ll be old and grey before it’s done.

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    • Cassity says

      February 10, 2012 at 10:15 am

      I love the back splash idea too! I would love to see it when the project is done!

      Reply
  11. Katherine says

    February 10, 2012 at 9:31 am

    So cool, I need to find a place in my house for a penny accent wall and I love the poster!!!

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  12. Yolanda says

    February 10, 2012 at 4:47 pm

    Be careful when young children are left unattended in that room. You may find some “holes” in your piece of art. 🙂

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  13. Peggy says

    February 13, 2012 at 10:42 am

    What an awesome idea, have never seen this before. Turned out great.

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  14. Faye Lee says

    February 13, 2012 at 3:16 pm

    What a great site you have! Wonderful Ideas! I just found your site and going to become a follower.

    Love it!
    Faye

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  15. Cyndi @ The Decorating Chica says

    February 21, 2012 at 4:16 pm

    Very cool! Love your ideas.

    Reply

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