Of course, all of my murals are “custom”, but this recent bathroom mural project in Natick is a great example of what this means!
My client Allison reached out to have me help create a space her 11-year old son would be happy with again. Allison’s challenges began when she had her son’s bathroom renovated – only to discover that he was despondent about the removal of all of the interesting old tiles he loved – so much so that he would only use their primary bath!
Allison initially thought about painting the tiles – which can be done – but I suggested doing a mural to add much more interest to the room. The idea I presented was to paint a tile pattern on the portion of the wall without tiles and incorporate some of the patterns and colors form the old tile – while also including puffins (which her son loves!). Below are pictures of the old tiles as well as the puffin shower curtain in the room.
Allison and her son loved the idea – so I was on to doing a concept painting.
While I wanted to incorporate the old, I also wanted to choose colors and design elements that would tie into the modern look and palette of the renovated space. I used the medallion pattern of one of the tiles, but instead of the cream and gold colors, I used white and orange to tie in with the orange on the shower curtain. The bright lime green is a nice clean color that also ties into the curtain and balances well with the orange and blues. There were also small rectangle tiles in blues and grays (I didn’t get a photo of these) that I wanted to include. I put all of these elements together for this design:
Allison and her son were completely on board after seeing me design and I was on to painting the mural! When it was complete, the whole family was thrilled – sharing that it was better than they ever imagined it could be!!
Enjoy!
Jason
The final mural
Puffin detail
Medallion detail