She’s no couch potato.
One enterprising interior designer decided to test out a viral hack involving decorating her walls using a potato. While some were tater-ly impressed by her potato hack to paint her home, others were salty about the DIY project.
In the 21-second clip, TikTok user @abbey.marie98 tried out the unlikely home decor hack using a potato to decorate her walls, after seeing it on another viral video on the social media site, made by Gianna, aka @indie.boho.nest.
Gianna’s original hack reached over 768,600 views, and Abbey’s video has reached more than 2.5 million views since it was posted two weeks ago.
The first video by Gianna showed how she cut a potato into fourths, with two of the sides sliced higher than the others, before dipping it into chocolate-colored paint. When pressed onto a surface, the potato creates a geometric pattern, much like the result a stencil would achieve, which she showed off in her video.
Abbey decided to take Gianna’s tip and tried it out for herself.
“Okay, I’m doing that,” Abbey announced at the beginning of the clip.
She then cut to herself showing the carved-out spud that she dipped into black paint. Abbey took it to her living room wall, panning the camera to show the end result.
One woman on TikTok decided to decorate her walls using a potato and some paint. Tiktok / @abbey.marie98
TikTok user Abbey showed off the final product on her living room wall. Tiktok / @abbey.marie98“Oh my God, I’m in love, I’m in love,” Abbey exclaimed.
And, it looks like that’s still the case–Abbey told The Post that she still loves the unique design.
“I am actually obsessed with how it turned out and it’s my new favorite spot in my house,” she told The Post. “I love things that are different and unique so I think this wall is definitely that.”
But this is not the first patterned wall that she has in her home.
“I have quite a few accent walls in my house,” Abbey told us. “One is a floral pattern that I hand painted. One is a spotted pattern I used a sponge for. I have a colorful speckled wall in one of my daughters room and a rainbow patterned wall in my other daughters room.”
In the comments section, some called out the project, comparing it to the arts and crafts that they did in elementary school.
“Ohhh we did that in Kindergarten,” one commenter wrote. “Nice. Do People now tape Macaroni on their walls too?”
Another agreed, asking, “Wait… am I back in pre-school right now?!”
One person even pointed out that the design looked like it read, “Hi, Hi, Hi,” thanks to the alternating pattern.
“Okay but the whole wall says ‘ HI HI HI HI HI ‘ in the best way!” they typed.
The trend was started by another user on TikTok, who showed exactly how to cut the potato into the right shape. Tiktok / indie.boho.nest
After you cut the potato, you’re supposed to dip its sides in paint. Tiktok / @abbey.marie98Someone else seconded, “Looks like a bunch of Hs and I’s ‘hi hi hi hi hi.'”
A TikToker even thought it read the other way — “In, In, In.”
“IN IN IN IN IN IN,” they claimed. “Now you will never unsee it. Your welcome 😂.”
However, some users thought the idea was spud-tacular.
“Potatoes can do or be anything it’s so inspiring,” the person penned.
“That truly looks amazing!!” another complimented.
A third user admitted, “That’s so pretty.”
Still, the criticism didn’t bother Abbey.
“Because some people thought I was making a snack, some people were very impressed, and I was so happy to have inspired them to do something unique in their own home,” she told us. “And some people weren’t too fond of it but honestly it’s not their house and they don’t have to do it in their house so it’s just their opinion and it didn’t change what I thought of my project.”
