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Varenna
Mural artist in Varenna
In Varenna, Giulia Dal Bon paints murals with a brush, in villas, holiday homes, hotels and restaurants. 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 Varenna
| 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 Varenna, 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 Varenna, by brush, and the place stays open while I work.
A mural approach shaped by this place
Varenna is a vertical village of lanes and stairways, with gardens clinging to the slope. Walls are often cold stone and lake humidity stays high all year: exterior work needs a treated surface and quartz paint. Guesthouses and small hotels are plentiful here and each looks for a way to stand apart. To start, a photo of the wall and its measurements are enough: Giulia draws the sketch straight onto it, then comes to paint on site.
On a wall in Varenna, Giulia paints what the city shows: the ochre facades set on the water, the botanical garden of Villa Monastero and its two kilometres of shore, the stepped lanes, the olive trees, the boat crossings. As line drawings they fall under the 150 € per sqm rate; fully painted, with colour and shading, from 250 €.
What Giulia brings to Varenna. 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. She paints with a brush, in odourless acrylic indoors and quartz paint outdoors, and Corriere della Sera, Domus and Sky Arte have covered her work. The wall is her favourite canvas because it truly becomes part of a place, a unique work made to tell your story.
What Giulia brings to Varenna
Villa Monastero began as a Cistercian nunnery in the late twelfth century. The monastery remained active until 1567, when it was suppressed for the small number of nuns by decree of the Archbishop of Milan, Charles Borromeo. In 1569 the property was bought by Paolo Mornico, who turned the convent building into a private residence. The House Museum opened to the public in 2003: fourteen furnished rooms have kept their original decoration, and the botanical garden runs along the shore for about two kilometres, with more than nine hundred species.
In Varenna one building went from convent to home, and its wall decoration followed that change of use. That is exactly the gesture at work today: fitting the painting to the place as it has become. Giulia Dal Bon paints with a brush in the houses, flats, hotels and restaurants of the lake. From 150 € per sqm, free quote within 48 hours.
In Varenna, Giulia also paints live in front of an audience: a wedding in a lakeside villa, a reception or a birthday. The canvas starts blank and ends signed, ready to hang. From 950 € for a wedding, from 400 € for a performance. For a wedding, the reception venues are gathered on the live wedding painting on Lake Como page.
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 Varenna?
Giulia Dal Bon’s price is per 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 get a mural painted in my home in Varenna?
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 Varenna, and sets the date with you. She then comes and paints the mural at your place in Varenna, by brush, and the place stays open while she works.
What does the price of a mural in Varenna include?
With Giulia Dal Bon, the price per square metre 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 Varenna?
In Varenna, stairway and entrance designs, because the village is vertical and everything runs through its steps. 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 Varenna be painted on a wall?
Yes. What draws the city comes down to a few elements. The vertical village and its stairways, the lovers’ walk at the water’s edge, the ochre and yellow facades and the gardens clinging to the slope. Giulia Dal Bon paints it with a brush, on site. The rate follows the technique: 150 € per sqm for a line drawing, 250 € for a fully painted view. Free quote within 48 hours.
What subject works well for a mural in Varenna?
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 Varenna?
Yes, with surface preparation and paints made for outdoor use. Lake humidity and cold stone. Exterior work needs a treated surface and quartz paint.
Do I need permission to paint a facade in Varenna?
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?
The murals Giulia Dal Bon paints last 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.
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 Varenna, 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 staircase and entrance of 10 sqm fully painted, around 2 500 €.
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 guesthouse bedroom wall of 8 sqm in a simple motif, around 1 200 €.
Facades and exterior walls
Lake humidity is constant. The wall is treated first, then Giulia paints in quartz paint, made for outdoor walls. 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 Varenna
In Varenna, for a private client, in a house, a villa, a second home or a flat, she paints on an interior wall : the living room, the children’s bedroom and the bedroom. She also paints the kitchen, the bathroom, the entrance, the hallway and the stairwell. A ceiling is painted the same way, from the scaffold. 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 Varenna, she paints the dining-room wall, and service carries on while she works. For a boutique and a shop, she paints the shop window and the shutter, a front you recognise from down the street. In a hotel and a B&B, she paints the lobbies, the corridors and the rooms. In a hair salon, a spa and a gym, she paints the walls of the cabins and of the main room. 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 reception wall and the meeting rooms. A vaulted cellar takes the same paint, right up to the ceiling.
Possible subjects in Varenna: the ochre facades set on the water, the botanical garden of Villa Monastero and its two kilometres of shore, the stepped lanes, the olive trees, the boat crossings. And always the trompe-l’oeil window, the botanical motif and the painted sky on a ceiling.
A mural is also called a wall mural, an artistic painting on a wall, a wall decoration. People say mural decoration, decorative painting, trompe-l’oeil, hand-painted wall, drawing on a wall, or a painting made directly on the wall: in every case someone paints the wall by hand, layer after layer. In Varenna, the craft is called mural artist, muralist, wall artist or decorative painter, and it is Giulia Dal Bon’s.
Varenna is a vertical village of lanes and stairways, with guesthouses, small hotels and gardens clinging to the slope.
Giulia also travels to Bellano, Dervio, Gravedona, Dongo, Domaso, Colico, Lecco and Mandello del Lario.
Where it can live well
- For a house, a flat or a villa, Giulia paints the bedroom, the living room, the entrance, the staircase, the hallway and the garden wall. From 150 € per sqm, free quote within 48h.
- For a guesthouse, a small hotel, a restaurant or a shop, Giulia paints the bedroom wall, the dining room, the reception and the shop window. Free quote within 48h.
- Giulia also travels to Bellagio, Como, Lecco, Milan and Monza.
- Stairways, entrances and sloping garden walls, painted with a finish made for cold stone and lake damp. From 150 € per sqm.