Murals in Kent

Hand painted murals suit Kent, a county of country houses, cottages and coastal towns, and this page is about murals in Kent. Zavoré supplies, installs and teaches authentic Italian lime based Venetian plaster and other decorative finishes, and our artisans also paint murals directly on your wall. We are based in Birmingham, with the showroom and training centre in London open by appointment as our nearest. To begin, send a photo of the wall, its size and the ideas, colours or images you have in mind.

A painted wall for a Kent house

Kent is full of rooms that were made for painted walls. The county has Georgian drawing rooms, Victorian dining rooms and a long line of farmhouses and manors in the Weald, with odd corners, deep window reveals and old beams. A printed wallpaper comes off a roll in set widths with seams and a repeat. A hand painted mural is drawn to your exact wall, around the doors, windows, alcoves and ceiling line, so it fits a crooked cottage wall as well as a square new one.

Chinoiserie is the obvious fit for a county of manors. Branches, blossom and birds can be painted straight onto the wall or onto gold leaf, silver leaf or grasscloth. Hand painted Chinese wallpapers reached British country houses in the 1700s, and a painted version today carries the same spirit with branches climbing around your own windows.

What to paint and where

For homes, think of dining rooms, hallways, stairwells, ceilings and children's rooms. A seaside family room in Whitstable or Margate might have a sky and a shoreline. A Tunbridge Wells hallway might carry large florals. A boy's bedroom might hold a map of the county.

For businesses, pubs, restaurants, cafés and hotels get their own identity from a mural, and offices and shops can have branding painted into the scene. Where a wall takes heavy wear, such as a busy hallway or a commercial space, the finished mural is sealed so it can be wiped clean.

A mural painted over a limewash or marmorino ground picks up the soft movement of the plaster beneath, giving an aged, fresco like depth. Our main murals page shows the range of styles.

How a mural job in Kent runs

The brief comes first. We sketch the mural to the scale of your wall and agree the colours with you before any paint goes on. The wall is prepared and the mural painted by hand in your space. We survey before pricing, and small questions can often be answered from photos first.

For work some way from London, the painting is planned in blocks of days so the artist stays on the job, and dates are agreed once the design and price are signed off. Our hand painted murals page covers how it works on site.

Murals beside other finishes

A gilded background makes blossom glow, and a plaster ground gives depth. Everything we install, we teach, and courses run at our training centres in Birmingham, London and Manchester. See the training page, or explore our decorative work.

More decorative work in Kent

Painted walls often sit with a second finish. Carved depth is bas relief in Kent or sculptural plaster in Kent. Gold or silver backgrounds are gilding in Kent. Smaller scale pictures in glass or stone are mosaics in Kent. We also offer lacquered walls in Kent, cornice and coving in Kent, artificial rock in Kent and travertino in Kent. Ask a decorative finishes specialist in Kent to plan the room, and see Venetian plastering in Kent for a plaster ground.

Questions about murals in Kent

Can you paint chinoiserie in a Kent period house?

Yes. We paint it by hand, straight onto your wall or onto gold leaf, silver leaf or grasscloth, drawn to your room so the branches climb around your doors and windows.

Will a mural last in a seaside home?

A mural painted on a sound, properly prepared wall lasts for years. Where a wall gets heavy wear, we seal it so it can be cleaned. We survey the wall for damp before we start.

Can you paint my own idea?

Yes. Bring a photograph, a mood board, a sketch or a feeling, and we turn it into a design for your wall.

Do you paint murals for pubs and cafés?

Yes. Restaurants, bars, hotels, offices and shops, including logos and lettering worked into the design.

Call 07592 929191 or email sales@zavore.co.uk with photos of the wall and your postcode. If a plaster ground is part of the plan, the sample board is the place to start.