With over 35 years of experience painting murals and faux finishes – we offer all types of mural services. As an accomplished muralist, Jan Riley has completed dozens of murals in the Atlanta area, for both commercial and residential customers. If you have an idea for a mural or need some ideas – give me a call at 404 239 3931

Atlanta  Murals

• Residential Wall Mural

• Affordable wall murals

• Residential Ceiling Murals

• Restaurant Wall Mural

• Residential Ceiling Murals

• Childrens’s room Murals

• Nursery Murals

• Kids’s Wall Mural Art

• Tree Mural

• Window Murals

• Door Murals

• Church Murals

• Sports room Murals

• Home theater Murals

• Game Room Murals

• Ceiling Mural Art

• Garden Murals

• Commercial

• Outdoor or Nature Murals

• Custom Murals

Nursery murals for babies

Babies room murals are always popular because mothers want to provide their newborn with the best possible space to join the world. Decorating a nursery can give a warm and loving atmosphere that encourages learning by providing colors and shapes a very young child can see.

Colors, shapes and images

Babies and infants LOVE nursery room murals because they really respond to colors, shapes, images and scenes that tell a story. Young children have vivid imaginations which allow them to “play ” with the colors, and images without a lot of details.

Kids can turn a blob of green into a baseball field, a lily pad, a magic carpet or a blanket. They can also create stories and journeys just by looking at a scene painted on a wall. Bright primary colors stimulate infants in positive ways which is why so many kids toys are primary colors.

Murals in an infants room are also safe because there are fewer pictures on the wall to pull down, chew on or break. My mother tells the story of placing my playpen next to a windowsill only to find I had eaten half the trim paint by the time she came back!

Simple babies room murals

Babies room murals can be simple like rolling hills with a castle in the background, ad garden mural with flowers, large horizontal wavy stripes that move around the room or oversized blocks of color are examples of a simple mural motif.

These work well because it is easy to decorate around a simple motif and these types of murals accommodate new styles and topics as the child gets older.  Moms like being able to change bedding styles and furniture without repainting the mural.

Babies Room Murals – Nursery Murals

Cowboys and dessert make a fun boys room mural

Nursery murals are a very popular way to decorate for the arrival of your newest bundle of joy. Many parents want to make their nursery the perfect place for their baby to experience home and family. Murals in nurseries help create an environment that can help your newborn baby feels safe and secure.

It can also provide a way for your child to learn about color and shapes.

Nursery Room Mural Designs

Nursery room murals can range from scenes that depict nursery rhymes or bedtime stories to fanciful landscapes filled with animals. Ceiling murals are another great way to decorate your nursery. Cloud murals are very popular choice for nurseries and complement a wide variety of nursery bedding styles.

Nursery wall murals – keeping your baby safe

nursery mural with african animals!

Nursery wall murals have another added benefit in that it allows you to have lots of artwork that children can’t pull down or hurt themselves with. Babies are well known for putting everything in their mouth, and I have painted several small murals above bassinets and cribs were hanging a picture might become dangerous.

Remember that paint and painting murals is not safe for pregnant women. So hiring a muralist is not always a good idea if you are pregnant. Low VOC paint is now available and fast drying acrylic paints out gas in a matter of days.

There are also latex polyurethanes, which are highly scrubbable which are perfect as a top coat for children’s rooms and nursery murals. Keep your baby safe by creating nursery room art and murals that are free of lead paint or other toxic substances.

Kids love adventure and animals, this mural combines both!

Paint nursery wall murals early

However it’s important to apply both paint and polyurethane at least one week before your child uses the room. Also pregnant moms need to stay out of the room, while painting is being done. It’s perfectly fine to come in and check the progress of the room.

But you will not want to spend the night or extended periods of time. In any room that’s being painted, whether it’s latex paint or not if you are pregnant.

We would love to help you with your next mural project!

Here are examples of tuscan murals from around the web

Please Note: these are NOT images of my artwork but of other peoples murals. This shows just how inventive artist can be when creating new views.

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Who needs a mural?

Perhaps you want to spruce up an unsightly exterior wall or a dark hallway.
Does your dining room scream for a European vista?
Have you thought about getting a mural for your master bedroom suite or tray ceiling?
Need a unique look for your restaurant or bar?
Ever consider Painting your office conference room with your business logo or images?
Maybe you have a baby or child with a big imagination that you want to encourage?

Where do you have an idea for a mural in your home or business?

Lets explore the possibilities – give me a call at 404 239 3931 today

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Door murals

Door murals have become popular in the last 20 years as a way to bring drama and surprise into an otherwise boring and common architectural element — the door. Many people don’t think of doors as being something you can decorate, however, door murals have proven you can take this simple blank slate and turn it into something special.

Door murals – add drama and surprise

The most common door murals are wallpapers that are designed to be pasted on a flat hollow core door. Images can range from photo realistic scenes, like jungles, open doors, sports arenas, the sky and even outer space. However, hand-painted murals on doors are also becoming popular because they add a touch of whimsy or a new view in a surprising way and a surprising place. One of the most fun things about door murals is that they only show when the door is closed.

Types of Door murals

Door murals come in almost every conceivable style of image, photo or scene. Some of the most common door murals create a new viewpoint like: looking out into a garden, a Tuscan hillside, a quaint European town, an ocean view, sunbathing in the tropics and a lush forest. Hand painted door murals can create any scene or view you can imagine and then some. A custom painted door murals also brings a richer, more upscale feel to the door and to the entire room.

Door murals for kids rooms

Door murals are used for kids rooms and children’s bedrooms quite frequently. Door murals can enhance the style of the room by coordinating with or matching things like the bedspread wall color or work. Kids like door murals because they invite fantasy and interaction. Since they’re in a much smaller area, a high level of detail and even photo realism can create quite a decorating punch.

I have seen castles, fairy tale characters, princesses, ponies and rainbows on door murals and little girls rooms. I have also seen some really fun and door murals for boys rooms that disguise closet doors and portray sports lockers, mountain climbing, surfing, a baseball stadium, video games and racing.

Using Door murals as wall decor

Now that you’re thinking about your doors as a place to decorate think you’ll see why door murals are such an effective decorating tool. A small bedroom that has a double set of bi-fold doors can use the door murals to show a bright and relaxing beach view to expand the feel of the room. Home theaters can use door murals to disguise a closet full of electrical components by painting it to look like movie billboards. A galley kitchen can paint a mural on the pantry door to the room feel bigger and provide a fantasy view.

Decorating with door murals is easy, fun and relatively inexpensive even when their hand-painted. Adding a door mural can be just what you need to spice up the view, expand the area and created the unique look for problem area in your home.

Please let us know how we can be of service to you.
If you’d like to speak with us, please call or write us:
(404) 239-3931.
WallScapes by Jan Riley
wallmuralsatlanta@gmail.com

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Yes it has been PROVEN that murals cut drime – even violent crime!

Murals against Crime - see for yourself!

Will Atlanta be the next mural city?

The University of Philadelphia has been running a 25 years study and has produced some incredible results. After 25 years its easy to se the positive results are still working for the entire Philly  area and its residents.

Plan to spend a few minutes looking a the interactive pamphlet and you too will see just how important art is to our wellbeing and safety.

The Mural Arts Program (MAP) began in 1984 as a program for the youths in the Anti-Graffiti Network of Philadelphia. Although it was intended to be a 6 week program, 25 years later, it is still serving its original purpose using the creation of murals to battle crime and positively influence Philadelphia communities. MAP has a number of programs which offer troubled youth and inmates at local correctional facilities opportunities to develop social skills, discuss the effects of crime and help restore communities that they had negatively affected through their crime. The murals have become a symbol of the city.

This age old question probably has many answers but one of the most common is that mural evoke a strong emotional response. When you see a mural it effects you differently than just seeing wall paint. Wall murals bring life and imagination into a flat surface and make the viewer interact with the image.

Murals also convey emotions and can create a calm serene mood or an excited response. Each mural is unique and brings something special to its environment – just like people.  For thousands of years people have used murals o express themselves while decorating.

Where can you see a mural in your life?

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