MURAL, MURAL, ON THE WALL — Cont’d from page 96
“I had one property manager tell me that it was such a hassle to get the colours to match for a vinyl graphic border, and then six months later someone ripped something off the wall and now he has to replace the whole thing,” she says. “With paint, I can easily match colours on any project and come in and quickly touch up just the damaged area.” Lancaster says murals are also a great alternative to wallpaper on walls that have some “wonk” in them. “I had a client wallpaper an entire bathroom with angular walls in a kind of greenery, and while I was there painting in another room she asked me to come and take a look — and it looked good, but there were sections of the wall where you could definitely tell it was wallpaper because it couldn’t perfectly line up,” she says.
MURALS ARE ALSO A GREAT ALTERNATIVE TO WALLPAPER ON WALLS THAT HAVE SOME “WONK” IN THEM.
“I could have just painted it to fit the space.”
Prepping a wall for an indoor mural is just like any other paint job. “If you’re in an older home, I’ll typically wash and prime. If it’s a brand-new home I won’t need to do that,” she says. For outdoor murals, which she can paint on sheds, garages, pool houses, fences and more, she uses exterior paint and encourages clients to topcoat annually, which adds years of life to the mural.
Wherever she puts her brush to work, Lancaster loves the challenges her clients come up with. “Don’t be afraid to ask. If you come up with something crazy, I’m going to help you make it happen,” she says. “That’s the best part of this job — I never know what the client is going to say and I am constantly being surprised with such good ideas.” POH
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