Murals in Sheffield

Printed wallpaper comes off a roll, but murals in Sheffield painted by hand are drawn for one wall alone. Zavoré supplies, installs and teaches Italian lime based finishes, and murals are part of our bespoke decorative work. We are based in Birmingham, and the easiest way in is a photo of your wall, its size and any colours or images you have in mind.

Sheffield walls that want painting

Many Sheffield houses were built in the Victorian and Edwardian years, with generous stair halls, high ceilings and formal dining rooms in the villas around Nether Edge, Ecclesall and Broomhill. Those rooms suit a painted scene, because the walls have the height and the plain areas a mural needs.

Chinoiserie is a natural match for them. In the eighteenth century hand painted Chinese wallpapers of blossom, branches and birds were prized in British country houses, and a modern version painted straight onto a dining room wall, or onto gold leaf, silver leaf or grasscloth, brings the same feeling to a Sheffield villa.

Terraced houses in Crookes and Walkley have smaller rooms, but a sky over a stairwell or a garden in a narrow hall can lift them.

Homes, restaurants and shops

In homes, murals go on feature walls, dining rooms, hallways, stairwells, ceilings and children’s rooms. In a city with a busy food and drink scene on Ecclesall Road, Division Street and around Kelham Island, a mural gives a restaurant or bar its own identity, and a brand can be painted into the scene.

Offices, receptions and shop interiors can take one as well. Where a wall is handled often, such as a hall or a commercial space, the finished mural is sealed so it can be wiped clean. See the murals page for the styles we paint.

A mural over limewash or marmorino picks up the soft movement of the plaster beneath, which gives the painting a depth like old fresco.

From brief to brush in Sheffield

You send photos and ideas. 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.

Because Sheffield is a good distance from Birmingham, the artisans work in blocks of days and stay with the wall until it is done. Dates follow once the sketch and price are signed off. We survey the wall first and say plainly if it needs work. Our hand painted murals page covers the process in more detail.

The brief can be loose. A photograph of a view you love is enough to start the conversation.

Learning the craft or adding more

Murals pair well with plaster grounds, gold leaf and fine mouldings. The decorative work page gives the wider range, and the training page lists the courses at Birmingham, London and Manchester for anyone who wants to learn.

More decorative work in Sheffield

A painted wall seldom arrives alone. Bas relief in Sheffield raises the picture out of the wall, sculptural plaster in Sheffield gives rhythm rather than scenery, and gilding in Sheffield lays a gold ground under blossom. For tiled storytelling look at mosaics in Sheffield, for deep gloss at lacquered walls in Sheffield, and for a ceiling edge at cornice and coving in Sheffield. Outdoors there is artificial rock in Sheffield, and for a stone like lime wall travertino in Sheffield. Start from the decorative finishes specialist in Sheffield page for everything together, or Venetian plastering in Sheffield if you want a plastered ground first.

Questions about murals in Sheffield

Is a hand painted mural better than printed wallpaper?

They are different. A printed mural comes in set widths with seams and a repeat, whereas a hand painted one is drawn to your exact wall, around doors, windows and alcoves, and is one of a kind.

Can a mural be painted in a Victorian Sheffield dining room?

Yes. A dining room is a classic home for chinoiserie, painted straight onto the wall or onto gold or silver leaf.

Will a mural in a hallway wipe clean?

Where the wall needs it, such as a busy hallway or a commercial space, the finished mural is sealed so it can be wiped clean.

Do I need a finished design before I contact you?

No. A photo of the wall, its size and a few ideas or images are enough, and we sketch the design to scale for you to agree.

Call 07592 929191 any Monday to Saturday between 9am and 6pm, or email sales@zavore.co.uk with a photo of the wall and your postcode. If the mural is to sit on plaster, the sample board shows the ground colours.