Thanks so much for choosing one of my murals for your interior decor. So many fun decorating possibilities exist for this theme. I seem to keep coming back to it. The first mural I ever helped paint while in high school was based on J. R. Tolken's Tales and again in college, I painted a fantasy landscape in the dorm foyer. 
The murals can be adhered to wallpaper and many related patterns and border trims already exist. A nice border trim to use would be one of those that look like draped cloth. Also, from the
colors in the mural, solids and simple patterns can easily be found to match. The murals also work great  on a smooth, painted wall. Faux treatments are so popular now and would be a lot of fun to incorporate into the theme.
If your walls are textured, consider adhering the mural pieces to matte board or thick paper and cutting it out. Ask your local wall treatment specialist for the best way to attach it to your particular type of wall. Your options may include nails, brackets, velcro or adhesive tabs.
You might make the walls look as though they have a rough texture by using a sponging or rag rolling technique. Stencils are available at stores of the fleur-de-lis (Fig. 1) design or you can make one.  Using gold stencil paint or a color that will tie the mural to the rest of your decorating scheme, partially paint the stencil making the design look old and randomly
scatter them about the room.
For a medieval look, you could faux paint or paper the walls to look like stone blocks (Fig. 2) and surround the mural windows with stone(Fig. 3). Keep the paint colors light and warm like sand not dark gray and cool or it will start to feel like a dungeon. An easier versionof this would be random tromp l'oeil (fool the eye) patches where you make it look like plaster has cracked off the wall to reveal stone (Fig. 4). Vines and flowers can be painted creeping through the cracks. For these and other faux treatments,you might refer to the many How-To books that are available at retail or the library.
If you're designing the room for a boy, consider painting a family crest (Fig. 5) on the wall. You don't actually have to have one, just make up one! Now, if you're really ambitious, you could try painting the knight's armor hanging on the wall with shield and sword propped against it. I've seen in various stores  rustic looking reproductions of all sorts of things that would look great in this type of room like an old trunk, wrought iron curtain rods, and heavy pine furniture with iron hinges and lots of nick-nacks.
For a little princess, you might want your selections to be more refined. A canopy bed or just fabric swagged at the head of the bed like the one on the label will make any little girl feel like royalty. So much bedding is already on the market that will look great in this type of setting. Also, you should have no trouble finding lots of accessory items.
Go ahead, let your imagination run amuck! I'm sure you'll come up with a lot of your own
decorating ideas. If you get a chance, write or email us with your ideas and results. We'd love to hear from you.
Sincerely,
Trish Selgrath |
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