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Hand painted murals in Belfast, from chinoiserie on gold leaf to florals and skies, drawn around your own doors, windows and ceiling line.
Hand painted murals in Belfast turn a plain wall into the centrepiece of a room, drawn for that space alone. Zavoré supplies, installs and teaches authentic Italian lime based Venetian plaster and other decorative finishes, and our own artists paint bespoke murals across the UK. We are based in Birmingham, where our Academy is. To start, send photos of the wall and the ideas, colours or images you have in mind.
Belfast already loves a painted wall. The city is known for its large public murals, and people here are comfortable with a wall that tells a story. Indoors the same instinct suits the Victorian and Edwardian houses of the Malone Road, Stranmillis and the Holywood Road, where tall rooms and generous dining rooms are made for a big, calm picture.
A chinoiserie scene of blossom, branches and birds suits a formal dining room beside a marble fireplace. A large floral is lovely in a narrow terrace hall, where a flat wall can be given a garden. Skies on a ceiling lift low landings. Because the mural is painted straight onto the wall, it follows the awkward corners that are so common in older Belfast houses.
At home, think of a dining room, a hallway or a stairwell, behind a bed, or a child's room. In business, the Cathedral Quarter's bars and restaurants, hotels, gyms and shops use bold scenes, logos and lettering to set themselves apart. You can read about the craft itself on our main murals page.
A mural also sits beautifully over a limewash or marmorino wall, which gives the painting a soft, aged, fresco like depth. If you are planning plaster and a mural together, we can do both, so the background and the painting suit each other.
The design comes first. You send a photo of the wall, its size, and your ideas, whether a photograph, a mood board, a sketch or just a feeling you want the room to have. We sketch the mural to the scale of your wall and agree the colours before any paint goes on. Before pricing we also survey the wall, looking at the surface, cracks, damp and movement, and we say plainly if it needs work first.
Painting happens on site by hand. Belfast is some way from our centres, so the painting is planned in blocks of days and the artist stays on the job. Dates are agreed once the design and price are signed off. Where a wall is busy, such as a hall or a restaurant, the finished mural is sealed. The full process is described on our hand painted murals page, and you can order a sample board if the wall will be plastered first.
Everything we install, we teach. Courses run at our training centres in Birmingham, London and Manchester, the same courses at each, and the training page lists every one. For ideas on putting a mural beside other surfaces, browse our decorative work page.
A painted wall rarely works alone. A gold leaf ground for chinoiserie is gilding in Belfast, and a carved picture on the next wall is bas relief in Belfast. Repeat forms belong to sculptural plaster in Belfast. Tiled or glass detail is mosaics in Belfast, and a glossy dining room next door might use lacquered walls in Belfast. Picture the ceiling edge with cornice and coving in Belfast. For gardens there is artificial rock in Belfast, and for pitted stone, travertino in Belfast. Ask a decorative finishes specialist in Belfast about the whole room, or read about Venetian plastering in Belfast for the plaster behind the paint.
Yes. A hand painted mural is drawn to your exact wall, around doors, windows, alcoves and the ceiling line, so a slim hallway or stairwell can carry a climbing scene that a printed roll would struggle with.
Yes. A gilded background in gold or silver leaf, with blossom, branches and birds painted over it, is one of the most striking ways to finish a dining room wall or an alcove.
Yes. Restaurants, bars, hotels, offices and shops, including logos and lettering worked into the design. Busy walls can be sealed so they can be wiped clean.
A mural is any painting made directly on a wall or ceiling. A fresco is one kind, painted into fresh lime plaster. Most modern murals are painted onto a prepared, dry wall.
A mural painted on a sound, properly prepared wall lasts for years. If a wall is damp or loose, we say so first, and where a wall gets heavy wear we seal the finished piece.
Send a photo of the wall with its rough size and the postcode to sales@zavore.co.uk, or call 07592 929191 (Monday to Saturday, 9am to 6pm). Our sample board is worth a look if the wall will be plastered first.
Order a sample board tinted to your colour, or send photos and rough measurements of the walls in Belfast and we will come back to you with the right finish and a clear quote.
For a quote, email photos and measurements of your walls to sales@zavore.co.uk or call 07592 929191, Monday to Saturday, 9am to 6pm.
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