Murals, Scenics & Hand-Painted Wallcovering

Hand-painted and digitally printed scenics arrive as a numbered set. The panels are painted or printed in sequence so the landscape, the foliage, the cranes and the mountains read as one continuous image across the wall. There is no extra. A re-order means weeks of lead time and a four-figure invoice. Hang panel 4 before panel 3, trim a half-inch off the wrong edge, or let the registration drift a sixteenth of an inch across eight panels, and the scene breaks. Everyone in the room sees it. Most painters and most paperhangers have never sequenced a de Gournay or Fromental set, never dry-hung a full layout before a drop of paste, never planned where the repeat dies into a corner. We have hung wallcovering for 42 years, and this is the work we are most careful with. We treat the set as the irreplaceable artwork it is, plan the entire wall before we commit, and install so the seam disappears and the scene reads the way the artist painted it.

• How much does hand-painted mural or scenic wallpaper installation cost?

  Installation is priced separately from the material and depends on panel count, substrate prep, and complexity. A flat accent wall installs differently than a scenic that has to wrap a coffered ceiling. Because the material itself often runs into five figures for a single room, installation is the smallest line item and the one most worth getting right. We quote per project after reviewing the set, the wall, and the maker's specs. Share the line and the room and we will scope it precisely.

• Do you install de Gournay, Fromental, Gracie, and other commissioned scenics?

  Yes. Hand-painted and commissioned scenics on silk or paper are exactly the work this service exists for, and we are fluent in the lines designers specify, including de Gournay, Fromental, and Gracie. We treat every numbered set as the irreplaceable artwork it is: dry-laid and sequenced before a drop of paste, installed to the maker's paste and handling specs. We coordinate directly with the workroom or atelier on anything they require.

• What happens if a panel is short or one gets damaged?

  We dry-lay the full set and survey the wall before installing for exactly this reason. Most shortfalls and sequencing errors are caught on the floor, not on the wall. If the delivered set is genuinely short or a panel arrives damaged from the maker, we stop and coordinate the re-order with you and the workroom rather than improvising a fix. The plan exists so a re-order never becomes an emergency mid-wall.

• Can you install a scenic or mural on a ceiling — the fifth wall?

  Yes. Fifth-wall and ceiling installations, whether flat, tray, or coffered, are some of the most demanding scenic work we do. The repeat or scene has to be planned to wrap and resolve cleanly where the ceiling meets the wall, which takes even more layout discipline up front. We map the whole plane before we start so the pattern lands where the design intends.

• Will the seams show on a scenic install?

  On a properly installed scenic the seams are visible only under inspection, never from across the room. We book the panels, double-cut the seams, and hold tight registration so the painted image stays continuous across every joint. Coastal-Florida humidity is the variable most installers underestimate. We prep, line, and choose paste with that in mind so seams stay closed after the room is conditioned and lived in.