Ideas for a wall mural in my apartment

candyperfumegirl · 01-09-2009

So my roommates and I just moved into a huge loft and have a livin room with 20ft high ceilings. I'm looking around for some ideas as to what we can paint on our walls. It doesn't have to pertain to fashion and doesn't necessarily have to be a "mural". We are just kicking around ideas, so any input would be great.

Thanks!

Crying Diamonds · 01-09-2009

You should totally do a trompe l'oeil.

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Geostud · 01-09-2009

I have to say that most murals are not my taste at all. You could try to fill wall space with a series of picture frames and mirrors.

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fashionista-ta · 01-09-2009

I would consider words or quotes ...

AnnaConstanze · 02-09-2009

I've always dreamt of having a big white empty room, where I can play around with paint (splahing, using bodyparts as stamps, etc.). So I think a "selfmade Jackson Pollock" would be very nice and something you would have a lot of fun with in the making. And IMO it's timeless and would suit nearly all styles of furniture and decoration.

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MUXU · 02-09-2009

i love the pollock idea

MimiV · 06-09-2009

Words and quotes are a really cool idea! But I prefer them on mirrors actually. A friend of mine had the definition of reality (exactly like it's written in the dictionary, phonetic details and everything) printed on a huge mirror and it looked amazing.

gius · 07-09-2009

wouldn't you like something you might not get tired of...

a bright colour, or vivid painting/picture.. you'll get sick of it after a while i think

better to go with something you love but that can blend in to background... something not so domineering that can complement your furniture and your selves while you are in the room... i find intense things give me a headache and aggravate my mood.

i misplaced the pictures but i think in one of the threads in A&D forum on interior decor there was a designer who used (office?) paper to texturize the walls.. it was really beautiful, it looked natural and unique
and you can change the texture where you like.. so it doesn't have to be monotone

BerlinRocks · 07-09-2009

Pollock has definitely the 1950s all over on my mind (gee make a joke i'm so proud of)

Words and Quotes is good, totally !

check Lily van der Stokker, too :
http://images.google.fr/images?rlz=1...title&resnum=1

Katie123 · 07-09-2009

i like the idea of loooads of frames in all different sizes and colours as opposed to a mural!

gius · 07-09-2009

pollock is nice too :-) all up to you which colours you like

there's also mark rothko, kandinsky, paul klee for ideas
i guess they are called abstract expressionists

tigerrouge · 07-09-2009

Much as I love him, I don't think I could live with a Mark Rothko homage on my wall. The idea that colour can best express the horrors of the human condition because we've reached a point where figurative painting cannot perform the task is not something I'd want to contemplate every day when I'm having my tea, and I'd probably end up reaching the same conclusion about life that he did, in the end.

So it's another vote for the self-made Jackson Pollock.

fashionista-ta · 07-09-2009

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Originally Posted by gius

wouldn't you like something you might not get tired of...

a bright colour, or vivid painting/picture.. you'll get sick of it after a while i think

better to go with something you love but that can blend in to background... something not so domineering that can complement your furniture and your selves while you are in the room... i find intense things give me a headache and aggravate my mood.

i misplaced the pictures but i think in one of the threads in A&D forum on interior decor there was a designer who used (office?) paper to texturize the walls.. it was really beautiful, it looked natural and unique
and you can change the texture where you like.. so it doesn't have to be monotone

I like silhouettes on the wall ... not that I have any

I love Georgia O'Keeffe and have several of her prints framed, including posters from shows of her work I've been to. Some of them are bright, but I don't get tired of them.

If you really got tired of it, though, you could redo it

gius · 07-09-2009

that's true^ and i love o'keeffe too

it's just her wall is so huge lol
to do it again would be

but then if you do it like an abstract painter it;s fast and it also gets rid of whatever you've been bottling up for months

or at least it's an attempt/idea

tigerrouge · 07-09-2009

And everyone can join in - it can be a work of art made by everyone who lives there, all adding their own colours. It doesn't matter if they can't draw, as long as they can artfully splatter some paint in the right direction!

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Crying Diamonds Geometric Discharge Join Date: Jan 2008 Gender: homme Posts: 7,050	You should totally do a trompe l'oeil. ruffinidecorazioni.com fauxforthesoul.com trompe-l-oeil-art.com __________________ __________________ __________________

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Geostud front row Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Chicago Gender: homme Posts: 306	I have to say that most murals are not my taste at all. You could try to fill wall space with a series of picture frames and mirrors. My Interior Design plasticbamboo.com Smokeye.wordpress.com One really cool product to consider is Ferm Living's Wall Stickers: http://www.fermlivingshop.us/stickers/ An example of their product: 2modern __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/garrettrock/

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AnnaConstanze windowshopping Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Germany Gender: femme Posts: 15	I've always dreamt of having a big white empty room, where I can play around with paint (splahing, using bodyparts as stamps, etc.). So I think a "selfmade Jackson Pollock" would be very nice and something you would have a lot of fun with in the making. And IMO it's timeless and would suit nearly all styles of furniture and decoration. kennethtangnes.files.wordpress.com Last edited by gius; 07-09-2009 at 01:37 AM. Reason: please resize very large images before posting

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MimiV backstage pass Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Beirut/Paris/Stockholm Gender: femme Posts: 716	Words and quotes are a really cool idea! But I prefer them on mirrors actually. A friend of mine had the definition of reality (exactly like it's written in the dictionary, phonetic details and everything) printed on a huge mirror and it looked amazing.

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BerlinRocks V.I.P. Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Manhattan ftm Gender: homme Posts: 10,848	Pollock has definitely the 1950s all over on my mind (gee make a joke i'm so proud of) Words and Quotes is good, totally ! check Lily van der Stokker, too : http://images.google.fr/images?rlz=1...title&resnum=1 __________________ *+++Love and Passion to everyONE in 2011 +++*

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Katie123 trendsetter Join Date: Nov 2005 Gender: femme Posts: 1,470	i like the idea of loooads of frames in all different sizes and colours as opposed to a mural!