The main living areas of our house are all wide open to each other. The living room, dining room, and kitchen all flow together. I decided to aim for a Tuscany style of decor; that style is one of the few that I like in all of those 3 rooms. Example: I could handle a contemporary living room, but strongly dislike a contemporary style kitchen.
Design tip: A wall mural makes a big impact and adds a lot of color for less than $100 and one night of work.
While browsing the web and pinning decor ideas I found a beautiful wall mural. It was marked down so I bought it before we even signed the papers for the house.
Dining Room Wall Before
This week we pasted it to the dining room wall. Yes, pasted. Not peel & stick. Who’d ever think that I – lover of faux painting – would use wall paper!
sizing with help from kids
With my mother-in-law’s help – and her wallpaper brushes – I got all 8 panels on the wall.
fixing the corner
I’m not going to tell you the obstacles that we overcame nor any of the little things that went wrong because overall it is be-au-ti-ful! They were normal wallpaper type problems. At least I think they were…I don’t usually use wallpaper. And okay, I should have got the guys to remove that outlet a bit sooner…
from end of table
This mural can be seen from the front door, hallway, part of the living room, kitchen, and – of course – the dining room. Now we need to paint the rest of those areas!
Here’s a picture from farther back so you can see what it’s really like.
Do you have any murals in your house? Have you ever? Painted? Paper?
Ooh! What a great site!!! I’ve got my eye on a few already.
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