Take an Accent Wall to a Whole New Level With a Wall Mural
by
Bubbles and Boxwood
(IC: blogger)
If you are looking for something a little more dramatic than just paint to create an accent wall in your home, I've got a great idea for bringing out some serious WOW factor in your decor.
When we recently moved from an older renovated home full of texture and color, to a newly constructed home - we opted for a fairly clean slate this time and chose a neutral light gray wall color for most of the house.
I found Surface View online and was immediately in love with their selection of wall murals, wall art, and papers - particularly some of the museum and gallery collections that take actual pieces of historic art and recreate them in wall size form. Really amazing to see.
We are big fans of antique romantic portraits and still life done in oil, and really loved the look of this piece... down to the aging cracks and lines in the painting. Because of the wall dimensions, I had to crop the image down using their online tool that allowed me to shift my focus as needed for our space. It arrived within about 2 weeks (from across the pond at that) and I couldn't wait to see it unrolled. We were having wallpaper installed in a powder bath, so I had my wallpaper team tackle this as well. They were as excited as I was.
And in the room all alone...
I love how as the daylight moves, it shines across her skin and face.
This little decision has become my absolute favorite addition to our new home, and everyone who sees it in person is just amazed. You want to walk up to it and touch it just to make sure it's not painted on... but no, it's paper... and totally worth it. Yes, it is an investment, but considering the cost of art - and a wall this size needing more than one piece anyway - i think it balances out. And I actually saved some money by deciding not to buy a headboard after all.
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Published January 29th, 2016 12:34 PM
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Beautiful! I also thought of installing one in the rec room as I know of a place that does custom murals (muraledesign) but I'm still not sure. Is such a thing difficult to install?