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An 8 bit fireplace and it’s DIY!

October 8, 2013 by Vikram Goyal

Zelda-Fireplace

This might need a little bit of explaining.

The Legend Of Zelda is an action-adventure video game first made in Japan but popular worldwide with teens and kids (and some discerning adults).

Kat from OurNerdHome – decided to make a fake fire for her fireplace using, guess what – paint chips.

We have already had a big discussion on this blog about “stealing” paint chips – whether in fact, taking those paint chips is stealing or not, so to see her use these paint chips in something so creative is just awe inspiring.

This pretend fire will be a great hit if your kids already follow this game.

What do you think everyone? Great idea, right?

Get the details on how she made this here: 8 bit fireplace.

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Comments

  1. Kat@OurNerdHome says

    October 8, 2013 at 1:58 pm

    Thank you so much for posting our fireplace, Vikram! We actually had all the paint chips on hand (which was part of the inspiration for the fire – we had a ton of red paint chips and didn’t want to throw them away!).

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    • Vikram Goyal says

      October 9, 2013 at 2:16 am

      What a great inspirational idea – Thanks Kat!

  2. Cath says

    October 8, 2013 at 9:47 pm

    I wrestle with the paint chip issue, too. I never felt all that guilty taking them when I was really choosing paint. I once offered to return a swatch once my color was mixed, and the clerk told me I should keep it for reference if I ever needed more of that color. Good point. It’s obviously an expense for both paint companies and retailers. Then again, you’d think with the immense increase in popularity of DIY blogs that the paint companies would be selling loads more paint. Maybe they’re happy there’s an increased interest in paint and hope that a percentage of crafters drawn into the paint department by free paint chips might feel inspired to actually buy paint. I’m sure no store or company wants to be the first to stop giving out free paint chips. I admit I take them occasionally for fun, with no real intention of buying those paint colors. Then again, I’ve done my share of painting over the years, and it ain’t cheap, is it?

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