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Murals for apartment buildings and entrance halls
Giulia Dal Bon hand-paints murals in apartment buildings: the entrance hall, the stairwell, the bike store, the car park, the courtyard wall. She works in odourless acrylic, the building stays lived in while she paints, and the quote is made out to the managing agent so it can go to the residents’ meeting. From 150 € per sqm, free quote within 48h.
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The price of a mural in an apartment building
| Simple motif or line drawingFine lines for flowers, patterns, silhouettes or figures… | 150 €/sqm |
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| Fully painted subjectColour and shadow for landscapes, portraits or scenes… | 250 €/sqm |
| Trompe-l’oeil or ceilingThe wall opens onto a false window, a painted sky or a whole landscape… | 350 €/sqm |
| Outdoor façade: scaffolding, where needed, is added to the quote. | |
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Where to start?
When you write to me about a mural in your building, here is what happens next.
A photo of the wall with the sketch
Send me a photo of the wall and I draw a sketch straight onto your photo. You tell me what you think. The first two sketches are included.
The quote
Once the sketch is approved, I send you the quote and we set the date together.
I paint the wall
I come and paint in your building, with a brush, and the place stays open while I work.
The shared walls of a building
The entrance hall is the first thing residents and their visitors see, and often the barest wall in the building. A mural gives it an address: a plant motif that follows the height, a landscape of the city, a false window where the wall is blind, a painted scheme that picks up the original mouldings.
The stairwell is the finest format a building can offer. A wisteria, a frieze or a motif climbing floor by floor is discovered again at every landing. That is a line drawing or a simple motif at 150 € per sqm, a fully painted subject at 250 €.
Then come the bike store, the cellar corridor, the car park wall, the courtyard façade and the gable wall onto the street. Outside Giulia paints in quartz paint, with anti-pollution varnish in the city and anti-graffiti varnish on a wall reachable from the street.
Working in a building people live in
Giulia paints in odourless acrylic: the hall stays walked through, the stairs stay usable, and residents come and go as usual. She protects the floor and the handrail, works section by section keeping a clear passage at all times, and leaves the area clean each evening. A notice in the hall lets residents know.
As a finish she applies a protective varnish: the wall wipes clean with a damp sponge and the paint stays intact, and the mural lasts a lifetime. In a hall where prams, bikes and boxes go past, that is what counts.
The work gets the building talking. Residents take the time to look on their way past, ask questions, come back to see what has moved on. A painted hall becomes a subject of conversation between neighbours, and it shows at resale as much as at letting.
The quote, the agent and the residents’ meeting
A mural in a shared area is decided at the residents’ meeting. Giulia writes the quote for that: surface, technique, materials, timetable, all itemised line by line, and the invoice is made out to the owners’ association. The quote stands for as long as it takes to reach the agenda.
To help the decision she includes the sketch drawn straight onto the photo of the hall: owners vote while seeing the mural in place, to scale, in their own building. The first two sketches are included. The request comes from the managing agent, the residents’ committee or an owner carrying the idea; Giulia replies within 48 hours.
Your questions, before you order
Who decides on a mural in an entrance hall?
Shared areas are decided at the owners’ meeting. In practice the residents’ committee or one owner carries the idea, the managing agent puts it on the agenda, and Giulia Dal Bon’s quote is the basis for the vote. She writes it in the name of the owners’ association, itemised line by line, and keeps it standing for as long as it takes.
Can the owners see the result before the vote?
Yes, and that is what carries the vote. Send a photo of the hall or the stairwell: Giulia draws the sketch straight onto it, to scale. Owners vote while seeing the mural in place in their own building. The first two sketches are included, you tell her what you think, and she adjusts.
Do the stairs stay usable during the work?
Yes. Giulia paints in odourless acrylic, protects the floor and the handrail, and works section by section keeping a clear passage at all times: residents come and go as usual. The dates are set with you, and a notice in the hall lets everyone know.
How much does a 25 sqm mural cost in an entrance hall?
Giulia Dal Bon paints by the square metre: 3,750 € for a line drawing or a simple motif, 6,250 € for a fully painted subject, 8,750 € for a trompe-l’oeil or a ceiling. The price includes the paint and the materials, the first two sketches and the finishing varnish. The quote is free, arrives within 48 hours and itemises every line.
Can a car park or bike store wall be painted?
Yes, and they are very pleasant walls to work on: a large surface, few openings, and a simple motif goes a long way at 150 € per sqm. On a wall exposed to knocks, the protective varnish then allows cleaning with a damp sponge, and an anti-graffiti varnish is offered on a wall reachable from the street.
Does a mural add value to the building?
A hand-painted hall gives the address an image of its own, and that is what visitors, buyers and tenants remember. The mural is painted for that wall, it lasts a lifetime, and it wipes clean with a damp sponge. It is a lasting improvement, priced by the square metre, that fits a refurbishment budget.
Who paints the mural?
Giulia Dal Bon, a painter trained at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, where she also studied restoration. She exhibits her paintings in art galleries and paints murals in seventeen European countries. Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica, Domus and Sky Arte have written about her work, and her mural of more than twenty metres dedicated to Gaber and Jannacci can be seen in Milan. She paints with a brush, layer after layer, and signs the work if you wish.
What paint is used, and how long does it last?
Indoors, odourless acrylic colour: the place stays open for the whole of the work. Outdoors, quartz paint, made for façades, with anti-salt varnish by the sea and anti-pollution varnish in the city. As a finish Giulia applies a protective varnish: the mural lasts a lifetime, and the wall wipes clean with a damp sponge, leaving the paint intact.
Where does Giulia travel?
To seventeen countries across Europe, from big cities to small villages. She comes to see the wall, or works from your photos and measurements when everything starts at a distance. She speaks Italian, French, English and Spanish. Write her the name of the town and she will tell you how she would go about it; travel costs and logistics are agreed together.