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Bordighera
Mural artist in Bordighera
In Bordighera, Giulia Dal Bon paints murals with a brush, in villas, flats, hotels, restaurants and on terraces. Trained at the Brera Academy, she paints on site, from 150 € per square metre. Free quote within 48 hours, two sketches included: you approve the design before Giulia paints.
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The price of a mural in Bordighera
| Simple motif or line drawingFine lines for flowers, patterns, silhouettes or figures… | 150 €/sqm |
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| Fully painted subjectColours and shadows for landscapes, portraits or scenes… | 250 €/sqm |
| Trompe-l’oeil or ceilingThe wall opens onto a false window, a sky on the ceiling or an entire landscape… | 350 €/sqm |
| Exterior facade: if needed, scaffolding is added to the quote. | |
Free quote within 48h
The price is based on the surface and the technique; the quote then takes into account interior or exterior, the condition of the wall, the height, scaffolding if needed and the timing.
Where to start?
When you contact me about a mural in Bordighera, 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 free.
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 at your place in Bordighera, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
A mural approach shaped by this place
Bordighera is the town Monet painted from January to April 1884: three months in the Moreno garden, among the palms that made the town famous. The English villas and the palms are still there. Many properties are second homes owned by French and Italian buyers, alongside small hotels and town-centre shops. With full southern exposure, a UV-resistant finish keeps the colours bright. It all starts with a photo of the wall and its measurements: Giulia draws the sketch on top, then comes to paint on site.
What Giulia brings to Bordighera. Giulia is a painter, trained at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. She exhibits her paintings in art galleries and also paints on walls. Corriere della Sera, Domus and Sky Arte have covered her work, and her mural of more than twenty metres dedicated to Gaber and Jannacci stands in Milan. The wall is her favourite canvas because it truly becomes part of a place, a unique work made to tell your story.
Main mural pageMural portfolio
Giulia also paints live at weddings: she sets up her easel during the cocktail hour and the painting stays with the couple. From 950 €, see live wedding painting in Portofino and Liguria.
What Giulia brings to Bordighera
In March 1871, after the Franco-Prussian War, Charles Garnier, the architect of the Paris Opéra, was living in Menton; in May he bought a plot in Bordighera and built his own house there, Villa Garnier, between 1871 and 1873. Villa Bischoffsheim, today Villa Etelinda, followed between 1873 and 1875, and in 1888 the museum that Clarence Bicknell built on Via Romana for his botanical and archaeological collections.
Bordighera is therefore a town largely drawn by an architect who had just finished the Opéra: villas with loggias, turrets and decoration designed for the light of the western Riviera. Giulia Dal Bon paints there with a brush, in the villas of the upper town, the seafront flats and the restaurants, using odourless acrylic colours indoors and quartz paint with anti-salt varnish outdoors. From 150 € per sqm, free quote within 48 hours.
Live painting is available in Bordighera too. Giulia arrives with canvas and paints, works through a seaside wedding, a summer evening or a birthday, and the painting is yours at the end of the evening. From 950 € for a wedding, from 400 € for a performance. See live painting →
Your questions, before commissioning
A photo of the wall, its approximate dimensions and the idea you have in mind are enough to receive a quote.
How much does a mural cost in Bordighera?
Giulia Dal Bon charges by the square metre: 150 € for a line drawing or a simple motif, 250 € for a fully painted subject, 350 € for trompe-l’oeil or a ceiling. A small mural in a bedroom costs less than a facade that needs preparation and scaffolding. The quote is free: see all prices.
How do I commission a mural in Bordighera?
Write to Giulia Dal Bon on WhatsApp or by email, even if the idea is still vague: she replies within 48 hours. Send her a photo of the wall to be painted, she draws a sketch straight onto your photo, you tell her what you think, and the first two sketches are free. Once the sketch is approved, she sends you the quote, from 150 € per sqm in Bordighera, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place in Bordighera, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
Does the price of a mural in Bordighera include the materials?
The square-metre price Giulia Dal Bon quotes includes the paint and materials, the first two sketches, corrections during the work and the protective varnish as a finish. Added to the quote, when needed, are the scaffolding for a facade and travel costs, agreed together. The quote is free and arrives within 48 hours; a deposit of about 100 € for materials confirms the date, and the balance is settled at the end.
What kind of mural works well in Bordighera?
In Bordighera, light designs and palm motifs, in keeping with the English villas and their gardens. Everything is painted with a brush, in odourless acrylic.
Does it damage the wall?
The paint goes onto the plaster already in place. Dusting it down is usually enough. If the surface has cracks or rising damp, Giulia flags it before quoting.
Can I see the design before saying yes?
Always. You get a sketch mounted on the photo of your wall, to scale, with the quote. You confirm whenever you are ready, and she adjusts the design with you.
Can a view of Bordighera be painted on a wall?
Yes, and it is a subject that sits well on a large wall. The palms that made the town famous and that Monet painted from January to April 1884, the fortified old town and the sea between the trunks. Giulia Dal Bon composes the view for the wall in front of her. As a line drawing, 150 € per sqm; painted in colour, 250 € per sqm. Free quote within 48 hours.
What subject works well for a mural in Bordighera?
The most requested subjects: floral and botanical work for bedrooms and living rooms, landscapes for living spaces and terraces, trompe l’oeil for facades and ceilings. Everything is drawn to measure: Giulia offers two free sketches from your idea, and you refine it together until the subject is yours.
What is the difference between a hand-painted mural and spray-painted graffiti?
They are two different crafts. A graffiti artist works with spray cans, with a fast gesture and a graphic finish. A brush-painted mural is built layer by layer, which allows gradients, fine detail and trompe l’oeil: it is a painting made directly on the wall. Indoors, Giulia uses odourless acrylic. And while she paints, people take the time to watch: a brush at work is a show in itself. The choice depends on the finish you are after.
What do you call an artist who paints on walls?
A mural artist, a muralist, a wall artist or a decorative painter, and the art itself is called mural painting or wall art. Some come from graffiti and work with spray cans; Giulia Dal Bon comes from painting: trained at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, she exhibits her paintings in art galleries and paints commissioned murals with a brush. To have one painted, send her a photo of your wall: free quote within 48 hours.
Does a mural hold up outdoors in Bordighera?
Yes, with surface preparation and paints made for outdoor use. Full southern exposure and sea air: exterior work gets a UV-resistant finish, which keeps the colours bright.
Do I need permission to paint a facade in Bordighera?
An interior wall can be painted freely. For a facade visible from the street, you usually need the owner’s or the building association’s approval, and a notice to the town hall if the building is in a protected area. Giulia explains the process before starting.
How long does it take to paint a mural?
It depends on the surface, the level of detail and how easy the wall is to reach. Giulia gives the timing with the quote, within 48 hours, and gives plenty of notice if the schedule moves. The place keeps running while she works: the acrylic is odourless.
How long does a mural last?
Painted in acrylic by Giulia Dal Bon, a mural lasts a lifetime indoors: the paint becomes part of the plaster and lives as long as the wall. Outdoors, quartz paint is made for facades, and an anti-salt or anti-pollution varnish extends it further. And if one day you want a change, it can be painted over like any wall paint.
Can an old painted decoration be restored in Bordighera?
Yes. Bordighera lives with its Belle Époque villas: Villa Etelinda, built by Charles Garnier for the banker Raphaël Bischoffsheim, carries a gilded mosaic frieze and has been through successive restoration campaigns. In private villas it is the painted ceilings and friezes that fade. Trained at the Brera Academy, where she studied restoration, Giulia Dal Bon starts with a test on a small area, shows you the result, and carries on with your agreement. The rate follows the mural rate; height and condition go into the quote. Everything is set out on the page about restoring a mural or a painted decoration. Free quote within 48 hours.
Other spaces
The other places Giulia paints, her portfolio and the towns nearby.
Murals for homes and villas
Custom murals for homes, villas, apartments, living rooms, bedrooms, stairwells, and ceilings.
Home and villa murals
Murals for hotels and boutiques
Giulia Dal Bon paints murals for hotels, boutiques, showrooms, and hospitality spaces.
Hotel and boutique murals
Murals for children’s bedrooms
Murals for bedrooms, children’s rooms and smaller spaces: a landscape at the foot of the bed, a botanical motif around a window, a painted sky on the ceiling.
Children’s bedroom muralsIdeas for spaces
Depending on the space in Bordighera, the mural sits on a single panel of wall or covers the whole room: a simple or floral motif for a bedroom, a figurative scene for a living room, painted decor that follows the mouldings, or all four walls in one piece. Giulia draws from the wall she has seen.
Houses and villas
Living rooms, bedrooms, entrances, verandas, ceilings and garden walls. Example: a villa veranda of 10 sqm in a simple motif, around 1 500 €.
Hotels, restaurants and shops
Hotels, restaurants, bars, shops, spas, building lobbies and waiting rooms. A hand-painted mural belongs to this place alone, and it is what people remember about it. Example: a small hotel dining room wall of 12 sqm fully painted, around 3 000 €.
Facades and exterior walls
Sea air attacks facades. A salt-blocking primer and a UV-resistant finish protect the colours from sun and salt. For a facade visible from the street, the owner’s or the building association’s approval is usually enough, plus a notice to the town hall in a protected zone. From 150 € per sqm, plus scaffolding if needed.
The mural of over 20 metres for Gaber and Jannacci, in Milan, in the press
Giulia Dal Bon, trained at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan.
Where Giulia works in Bordighera
In Bordighera, in a house, a villa, a second home or a flat, Giulia paints on an interior wall : the living room, the children’s bedroom and the bedroom. The same work applies to the kitchen, the bathroom, the entrance, the hallway and the stairwell. A ceiling is painted like a wall, working overhead. Outdoors, she uses quartz paint on the exterior facade and the garden wall, with a protective varnish to finish. In a rented place, she paints on a mobile panel that you take with you.
In a restaurant, a pizzeria, a café or a bar in Bordighera, the room stays open while she paints: the acrylic is odourless. In a boutique and a shop, window and shutter are painted by hand, and change with the seasons. For a hotel and a B&B, she paints the entrance hall and the rooms, one by one. In a hair salon, a spa and a gym, she paints the treatment-room walls and the reception area. In a medical practice, a waiting room and a nursery, she paints the waiting room and the corridor leading to it. In an office and a showroom, she paints the wall the teams walk past every day. A cellar is painted too, right down its stairs.
The subject comes from you. Giulia draws a landscape, a floral or botanical motif, a painted sky on a ceiling, a perspective trompe-l’oeil. She paints figures and animals, letters signs and lettering by hand, and reproduces a work you love.
Possible subjects in Bordighera: the fortified old town and the sea between the trunks, the palms that made the town famous and that Monet painted from January to April 1884. And anywhere, a trompe-l’oeil window, botanicals and a painted sky find their place.
Very different words lead to the same search: mural, wall mural, artistic painting on a wall, wall decoration, mural decoration, decorative painting. Trompe-l’oeil is one form of it, a hand-painted wall and a drawing on a wall are others, and some look for a painting made directly on the wall. Behind those words, one craft in Bordighera: mural artist, muralist, wall artist, decorative painter.
Bordighera keeps its English villas and palm trees: second homes, small hotels and town-centre shops, often owned by French and Italian buyers.
Giulia also travels to Apricale, Ospedaletti and Dolceacqua.
Where it can live well
- In a villa, a house or a flat, Giulia paints the living room, the bedroom, the veranda, the entrance, the staircase and the garden wall. From 150 € per sqm, free quote within 48h.
- For a hotel, a restaurant, a bar or a shop, Giulia paints the dining room wall, the shop window, the covered terrace and the facade. Free quote within 48h.
- Giulia also travels to Ventimiglia, Sanremo, Menton, Monaco and Genoa.
- In a shop, a gallery or an ice cream shop, Giulia paints the shop window, the shutter and the interior wall. Free quote within 48h.