Three rooms, three murals, one house
A mural is the least forgiving thing we hang. Every panel has to meet the next exactly, or a fish loses its tail and a mountain gets a step in it. This Teddington homeowner chose three very different designs for three rooms, and wanted each to look as if it had been painted straight onto the wall.
The brief
- A bathroom mural above the tiled splashback, wrapping round the corner of the bath.
- A full-height landscape mural along the hallway, from skirting to ceiling.
- A hot-air balloon mural on a feature wall, with a ceiling return and plug sockets to work around.
What we did
- Prepared the walls first. A mural shows every dent and ridge underneath it, so the walls were made good and smooth before a single panel went up.
- Set out each design before hanging. We planned where the key parts of each picture would land, so nothing important disappears into a corner or behind a door frame.
- Matched every join. Panels were aligned so the image carries straight across the seams. In the bathroom, the koi swim round the internal corner without a break.
- Cut in by hand. Clean, tight edges against the tiles, skirting, door frames and ceiling line, and around the sockets.
The result
Three rooms that stop people in their tracks. The bathroom feels like a garden pond, the hallway walks you through a Japanese landscape, and the balloons give the feature wall a bit of fun. The same small team handled all three, from start to finish.
