Design Ideas: wall murals

The art of the wall mural - one of the world's oldest decorative treatments - is inherently different from other forms of pictorial art in the way it connects with the architecture of a room. A mural's impact can create both a grand sense of theatre and dramatically alter the sensation of a room's spatial proportions. In the fairly recent history of mural __design (the last few centuries rather than millennia) the trend has been to apply these wall paintings to paper, vastly increasing their versatility. Whether you want to commission something bespoke, or order off-the-peg, we list some of our favourite resources below...

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In the pink

Cartoon Mural by Artist Lily van der Stokke

Lightly Embellish

How to commission a hand-painted mural

Blue Bedroom with Cloud Mural

Cole & Son cloud print wallpaper

Gothic revival

Monkey Business

Artists in residence

In to the woods

Custom-designed kids' room mural

Freestyle

Delicate detail

Cloud burst

Flora Roberts

In to the arkiv

De Gournay

The life of a muralist

Villa Livia, Rome

Haby Bonomo 'Reflejos Palmiers'

Fromental recreate Christian Bérard

Replica eighteenth-century Chinese panels

Zuber's 'Décor Chinois'

Trompe-l'oeil wall panelling

Hand-painted magnolia buds

Giant vintage map

Gold and white window motif

Scenic grisaille wallpaper