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How a Mural
Can Improve Your Home
A
mural is a large piece of art, most often a painting, covering a large surface
area like a floor, ceiling or wall. The use of this for of art dates back to prehistoric
times with paintings
in southern
Mural
creation techniques vary, with the most popular being the "fresco"
style. Fresco work includes painting with water soluble solutions and a damp
lime wash, quickly painting the large area a part at a time, sensing the whole
overall, though. Many today paint with water or oil based media.
Home Improvement
A
mural can add a touch of beauty and class to outdoor and indoor locations. You
can add creativity to the side of your house, your garage door, your shed. You
can brighten up an interior wall, ceiling or floor. Though results certainly
may not be comparable to works of art like Michelangelo’s in the Sistine Chapel,
beauty and creative touch and color can sure ignite sparks in conversation and
light up otherwise ho-hum rooms.
For
example, paint your family’s traditional background, colors, flag, etc. like restaurants
do. They have indoor murals painted to coordinate a theme, like a colorful,
festive Mexican scene with a piñata hanging nearby and children all around in
colorful costumes. Likewise in Mexican homes. Use
artistic style to coordinate a family theme.
You
can use creative tools today, too. Learn to sponge paint, and coordinate the
ceiling or wall of your child’s room with a nice printed paper or fabric
border.
Add
a theme, if you like. You can create a mural of animals surrounding Noah’s ark,
for instance, on a wall. Then add a shelf on an opposite wall for animal
figurines and a toy ark.
Rooms
where guests visit downstairs can be lit up with wall paintings of favorite
vacation scenery, family crest and background murals or time period pieces. Coordinate
furniture, carpeting, rugs, knickknacks and other walls and ceiling. Don’t
forget lampshades and pillows!
So
get creative and improve your home with a mural – or two, or three. Once you
get started and see how this creative art form adds beauty and value to your
home, you may get addicted to them and keep adding more!
For more ideas on
variations, visit Wall Murals at: http://murals.fanfwar.com . Contact the site
manager, Robin Sivyer, by emailing: webmaster@mydiabetics.com .
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