Have you seen our new design? It’s getting on the map!
Here’s the introduction — a world map that you can customize, remove and reuse and for your ceiling!! We are getting on the map, both literally and figuratively. We were included in Nate Berkus Show’s profile on John Loecke’s and Jason Oliver Nixon’s interior design with their Indian Print printed as a custom Casart wallcovering in their Madcap Cottage on last Wednesday’s show and our Mary Douglas Drysdale Signature Colors for Casart Coverings were featured on the first page of New and Next Designs in Traditional Home last weekend.
Our new World Map Mural is part of our Ceiling Murals Collection. It comes in one large size but can be customized to smaller dimensions and colors. The artwork was originally conceived and painted as a custom project and took way less time and expense than painting on site. Plus I saved my neck and back in the process and hassle for my client to be underfoot for an extended amount of time. It took a couple hours to install rather than many weeks had I painted on location. But the best part is the owner can now take it with her when and if she moves. Her investment for custom decorative painting is now extremely practical and all the more enjoyable. It gives her the look that she wants and the flexibility of removing and reusing. Had this work been painted on canvas, it still would have been “wallpapered” to the wall and involved a messy removal process, in which no doubt would have entailed damage that would have incurred more expense to fix. Thankfully all these hassles were avoided with a Casart solution.
Here are the stages of how this began.
1) It starts with an idea – Bing • Light Bulb insertion here!
2) Dialogue and collaboration to get the right design and look — that’s the fun part.
3) Approval of mock design.
4) Illustration is painted and final approval is given.
5) Design is configured for printing.
6) Printed proof to test colors is approved.
7) Final print to size is printed.
8) Client has Casart in hand.
9) Installation.
10) Enjoyment for years to come!
Here’s the result:
…and outcome of before and after shots of the room.
- Study before and after Custom Casart
- World Map Ceiling Mural
This custom map artwork not only looks like it was hand painted on the ceiling but it won’t fall off the wall and won’t leave damage when it is removed, unlike this example. (Although, don’t be distracted by the participant in the room, who happens to take your focus off the falling maps — map, what map?):
It appears we may be ahead of the curve because not only are maps coming into “fashion” in interior design, but so is treating the ceiling as a point of decoration — the Fifth Wall — my previous post regarding Gideon Mendelson.
Maps not only add interest to a room but can take your thoughts away — beyond your interior space — to places you have traveled or want to travel to. This can be a little luxury of escape.
Look at these many examples in Becky Harris’ fun Map Ideabook on Houzz.
Did you happen to see House Beautiful’s product feature on wallpaper for the ceiling that just came out? Mind you this is traditional wallpaper with a glue and paste installation…..Beautiful yes, but I cringe at thoughts of taking it down. For more examples of the Fifth Wall click here.
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— Ashley
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