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Man decorates basement with $10 worth of Sharpie

When Charlie Kratzer started on the basement art project in his south Lexington home, he was surrounded by walls painted a classic cream. Ten dollars of Magic Marker and Sharpie later, the place was black and cream and drawn all over. FULL STORY

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311 Responses to “Man decorates basement with $10 worth of Sharpie”
  1. This is just awesome. The guy deserves the credit for this.

  2. Feydakin says:

    Awesome work.. It gives me ideas for my workshop here in the basement..

  3. Lorelei says:

    It’s GREAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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