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An artist covered every inch of his $1.5 million house in black-and-white doodles, including the bedding, bathtub, and microwave take a look

Sam Tabahriti   

An artist covered every inch of his $1.5 million house in black-and-white doodles, including the bedding, bathtub, and microwave — take a look
Mr Doodle covered his entire home with doodle art.Gareth Fuller/PA Images via Getty Images
  • Sam Cox, known as Mr Doodle, covered his home with doodles to create a "living artwork."
  • Cox purchased the six-bedroom house in Kent, UK, for $1.5 million, per reports.

Sam Cox, known as Mr Doodle, covered his entire home with doodle art, in what he would describe as his childhood dream.

Sam Cox, known as Mr Doodle, covered his entire home with doodle art, in what he would describe as his childhood dream.
Mr Doodle

From his bedding to the kitchen appliances, every inch of the house is covered in doodles. According to the Times of London, Cox bought the property for £1.35 million ($1.5 million).

From his bedding to the kitchen appliances, every inch of the house is covered in doodles. According to the Times of London, Cox bought the property for £1.35 million ($1.5 million).
Mr Doodle

Source: The Times

Speaking to the BBC, Cox said waking up in a room full of doodles is "sort of paradise for me."

Speaking to the BBC, Cox said waking up in a room full of doodles is "sort of paradise for me."
Gareth Fuller/PA Images via Getty Images

Source: The BBC

While he showed a BBC journalist around his home, he admitted not being sure whether the kitchen hobs would function after doodling on them — his wife is not "totally aware of that yet" though.

While he showed a BBC journalist around his home, he admitted not being sure whether the kitchen hobs would function after doodling on them — his wife is not "totally aware of that yet" though.
Mr Doodle

According to the Artnet price database, in 2020, he was the world's fifth most successful artist aged under 40 at auction after one of his art pieces sold for $1 million (£890,000).

According to the Artnet price database, in 2020, he was the world
Mr Doodle

Source: Artnet

He achieved his childhood dream two years after starting his project.

He achieved his childhood dream two years after starting his project.
Mr Doodle

Cox added that when he doodles it feels almost "like an out-of-body experience. You're indulging yourself in this free-flowing state of creation."

Cox added that when he doodles it feels almost "like an out-of-body experience. You
Mr Doodle

When announcing his home project on Instagram, Cox said: "I used 900 liters of white paint, 401 cans of black spray paint (for the outside), 286 bottles of black drawing paint (for the inside), and 2,296 pen nibs."

When announcing his home project on Instagram, Cox said: "I used 900 liters of white paint, 401 cans of black spray paint (for the outside), 286 bottles of black drawing paint (for the inside), and 2,296 pen nibs."
Mr Doodle

He also created an animation to reveal his house, which he documented throughout. "The animation was created entirely by me and it consists of 1,857 photographs, painstakingly taken between September 2020 and September 2022."

He also created an animation to reveal his house, which he documented throughout. "The animation was created entirely by me and it consists of 1,857 photographs, painstakingly taken between September 2020 and September 2022."
Mr Doodle

Cox concluded: "The whole house is real, everything is doodled, the doodles were all hand doodled for the animation. It's not CGI."

Cox concluded: "The whole house is real, everything is doodled, the doodles were all hand doodled for the animation. It
Mr Doodle

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