Wall Murals, Part Deux

As promised, here are a bunch of very cool and very different takes on the wall mural. They can be abstract or figurative, brightly colored or more muted, and you can transform just about any space with one. Below you will see murals on accent walls, on walls with mouldings, in stairwells, even crawling onto the floor. There are no rules so keep you eyes open for inspiring ideas and go for it!

These first images are all from a very cool boutique hotel in San Francisco called the Hotel des Artes (I LOVE how the chair is incorpoated into the mural in the first one):

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Wall Murals

Today is the final installment of this week’s quick fix suggestions to change up the look and feel of your place without breaking the bank. If you don’t have a ton of art or have one particularly daunting wall, why not consider a wall mural? Think of your big white wall as a blank canvas – an opportunity to play and try out new ideas. I have used wall murals in lots of my work because they are one of the least expensive ways to experiment with color and design on a large scale. All you need is paint and an idea and you can transform the look of your space in one fell swoop. Let me use some examples from my own work to show you what I mean…

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Taking It To The Streets

Sorry for the delayed post today. A bit too much holiday cheer over the weekend has got me moving more slowly than usual. When I wasn’t reveling, I was out and about doing holiday shopping and running errands and couldn’t help but notice some amazing street art cropping up around West Hollywood. Well, I guess street art isn’t a fair characterization in all cases. The first “installation” I saw was on the corner of Orlando and 3rd. It appears that the owner of this commercial building decided to take a page from my beloved Sol LeWitt when s/he painting their ground floor like this:

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