Murals are making their way from public spaces into private homes, adding bold personality and artistic flair to interiors, including kitchens. “They’re a great way to represent your style and personality,” says Ahroon Yoch of Murals Your Way. Photos: Murals Your Way
Indoor murals are making a statement by transforming spaces with bold designs and artistic vision.
When Angela Valentine Chaffee of Valentine Design was tasked with redesigning a powder room in a multilevel condo on France Avenue, she went bold. “I was looking for something dramatic,” the Edina designer says. Taking inspiration from the room’s black plumbing fixtures, Chaffee sourced a black mural with a variety of birds in a rainbow of colors—hot pink, greens and blues. “It’s amazing and dramatic, yet soft and serene,” she says. “It’s a scene, a true scene. It’s a bold statement to be made, and it makes a huge impact.”
Such impacts aren’t just happening in multilevel condos on France Avenue. Murals are definitely having a moment across the interior design spectrum.
“They make spaces more memorable,” Ahroon Yoch says. Together with her husband Greg Yoch, Ahroon owns Murals Your Way in Hopkins. The Edina couple oversees an average of 800 commercial and residential mural orders each month, all printed on site and cut by hand. Murals Your Way has a library of more than 12,000 images to choose from, but clients can also upload their own images or work with an artist for a truly one-of-a-kind mural.
“It’s fun to see what people come up with,” says Bridget Barrick, design and public relations manager for Murals Your Way. Among the business’s most popular designs are beach scenes, sports murals, ballpark blueprints and nature themes. “It really is anything you can dream of,” Ahroon says.
Barrick has helped Murals Your Way showcase some of its work on popular remodeling shows like HGTV’s Celebrity I.O.U. and Hulu’s Rachael Ray’s Rebuild. “People really look to those shows for trends,” she says. “People are taking notice of murals.” Ahroon says, “They’re a great way to represent your style and personality.”
So, what should you keep in mind when adding a mural to your space? “Start with what’s meaningful to you,” Greg says. “Murals are really experiential.”
Murals Your Way offers a virtual visualizer tool that allows users to see just how a mural could look in the intended space. For tricky spaces, like over doorways or around windows, its team of graphic designers can make modifications to create a seamless design. The company can also print a sample at scale, so customers can view the color and quality. Murals Your Way offers a number of texture options for different visual effects and durability.
Once customers have a vision in mind, it’s time to zone in on size. “Measuring is really important,” Ahroon says. Greg acknowledges that murals can be intimidating and suggests starting small. But not too small, Ahroon offers. “Don’t be afraid of size,” she says. “Don’t be afraid to fill that wall.”
When it comes to installation, Greg says hiring an installer can help make sure the mural is placed just right. For DIYers, Murals Your Way offers a number of coating options from murals with water-activated paste to peel-and-stick. The best part of the job is seeing the finished mural installed in the customer’s space. “It’s so satisfying to see customer photos,” Greg says. “It really is art,” Chaffee says.
Murals Your Way
717 Fifth St. S., Hopkins; 866.374.7021
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