The project in detail
This is not wallpaper. Every element of this botanical design was created entirely by hand with paint. The customer chose a palette of Lick colours and the design was built up directly onto the staircase walls, working freehand to create a rich, layered botanical composition that covers the full staircase from bottom to top. The result is something genuinely unique, a piece of work that cannot be replicated because no two sessions of hand-painted work ever come out exactly the same. The scale of the staircase and the intricacy of the design make this one of the most time-intensive and technically demanding projects we undertake. Painting directly onto walls, rather than applying a pre-printed product, means every line, every petal, every stem and leaf is placed by eye and by hand. Getting the composition to flow naturally across the long drops, the raking angles, and the awkward access points of a staircase requires both artistic judgement and considerable practical experience. The woodwork throughout, including skirting, architraves, handrail, spindles, and newel posts, was finished in Johnstones eggshell in white, providing a clean, durable frame that lets the painted walls take centre stage. The result is a staircase that genuinely stops people in their tracks.
