‘And remember that if you commission a design on a penal or a fabric canvas, it can be portable, too.’ 6. ‘Ask a mural artist to create a preliminary drawing, preferably to scale, so any alterations can be made at this stage,’ says Helen Barnes (opens in new tab), Murals and Tromp L’oeil Specialist. There are ready-to-hang mural designs available, but you can commission wallpaper and murals.

Dining rooms also tend not to be used all the time, so if you are using a decorative element with huge impact, it needn't be diluted with daily views.' ' Dining room wall ideas are the perfect spot for murals, since they create a real moment when you are entertaining guests. 'Interior designers have enthusiastically embraced the trend for nature-inspired wall mural ideas, seen above in one of our decorating shoots and, perhaps more famously, in Gwyneth Paltrow's dining room created for her by interior designer Brigette Romanek (opens in new tab),' says Lucy Searle, Homes & Gardens' Editor in Chief. (Image credit: Polly Wreford / Kiera Buckley-Jones)

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