Accent walls are a great way to freshen up a space or spruce a room without a full-on remodel! They also make for a great conversation starter, perfect backdrop for the star of the room (like a gorgeous couch or piece of furniture you want guests to focus on and distract away from clutter, hehe), or a fun photo opp wall! Imagine all the selfies, outfit of the day posts, or family pictures you can have against that wall! There are many ways to create an accent wall. But I say the easiest that makes a big impact is through a wall mural just like what we have here from Photowall Sweden. And guess what friends? I have a coupon code for you at the end of this post! So read on…
Full Disclosure: This is a sponsored post by Photowall Sweden. All opinions are mine alone.
You may have seen this sneak peek on my Instagram last Easter. So here’s the lowdown on how to create an accent wall with a wall mural!
How to Add an Accent Wall with a Photowall Mural
Photowall Sweden has a variety of products from wall murals to wall paper, all the way to prints and posters! We’re going to focus on this gorgeous mural because it definitely gives off that wow factor!
Choose a Wall Mural Design
You can choose from probably hundreds of designs they have – ranging from nature (my lake mural shown) to animals, vintage to children’s designs, cities and maps, to sports and entertainment, all the way to space and transportation among many others. Click here to see all their wall murals.
I fell in love with a lot of designs that I had to ask you guys on my Instagram stories for some help! These were the contenders:
- Foggy Forest
- Lake Matheson at Sunrise
- The Secret Place
Eventually, Break of Day won the poll! And I’m so happy it did because yesterday’s sunset definitely looked like this mural!
Note, if you have a design in mind or your own image you want to use, you can definitely send that to them to be printed into a wall mural.
Customize
Next, customize the design. Input the dimensions of your wall or how big you want the mural to be. You can also adjust/move the design to show more of a certain section in the image. Next, choose the wall paper quality. I went with the premium, which is suitable for cleaning products and has an extra matte finish. Once you’ve customized it to your liking, add it to cart.
The price is pretty reasonable given the gorgeous product you’ll receive. Example above is for an 80″ x 80″ mural! Compared to other wall paper options I’ve looked at in the past, this is a good price point! And by the way, each mural already comes with the wall paper paste. The paste arrives in powder form and you just have to pour it in a bucket with warm water and use a stick (like those free sticks you get when you buy paint at a hardware store) to mix it.
The only thing I recommend adding is the wall paper kit (under $20) at checkout. It includes all the tools you’ll ever need to install this wall mural: wall paper brush, brush for painting the paste to your wall, spirit level, pencil, cutter/knife, edge roller, and long guide. And once you’re done with this project, these are things that are nice to have in handy for other projects in the future. If you have these tools at home, then you can skip it.
Installation
Instructions are included with your order, but here’s a how-to video from Photowall.
When your order arrives, the wall mural comes in a long continuous roll like this. Unroll it gently and carefully in a clean area and start cutting the panels. As you can see below, I had 9 panels and you can see they are numbered and already has a guide where to cut it. Photowall made sure to make everything easy for us!
Once panels are cut individually, prepare the paste and then use the brush provided to brush the paste to the wall about two panels at a time. Make sure you have a step stool or ladder handy. Position your first panel, making sure it’s level on the top, bottom and sides with the spirit level in the kit.
It’s easier to have someone help you line up the panels on the wall and makes it quicker too. However, I was able to do this on my own since the husband was working while I did this project. Most of you know we are in the middle of lake house renos and getting it ready for summer vacation rentals. So every second counts!
In the end, I was able to do this within 2 hours by myself and I’m pretty proud! I even installed trims on the top (just haven’t painted them yet). The baseboard, on the other hand, is just there leaning on the wall for now. Haha. We haven’t attached it to the wall because we are finishing something on the adjacent wall and will have some protruded wood accent!
Overall, I am very happy with the ease of installation and quality of this wall mural. The paper material is really thick and heavy duty. In some angles and lighting, you could see the edge of the panels – but I think that could be some tiny error on my part. Like I said, it’s easier to hold the panels and line them up if there are two people doing it. But still, I’m pretty happy with the result.
Discount Code for 25% OFF!!!
So, are you wanting to create an accent wall too? Whether you want a wall mural, wall paper or a gallery wall of prints or posters, Photowall has them for you. They ship pretty fast too. Use code styleanthropy25 on any product in their website for 25% off. Valid now for 2 months (until end of May). So hurry and decide on that wall mural and take advantage of this code. Head to Photowall now to choose your products.
Special thanks to Photowall for sponsoring our wall mural at the lake house!
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