Installing a photo mural on a ceiling medallion. This required a three tiered scaffolding set up. Using my multi-ladder made it easier to get my paste, tools, mural panels, & rinse water on top.

The builder painted a cloud scene using acrylic paints. But the homeowner wasn't satisfied with the result. So I was contacted to install a photo mural of real clouds!

Since the ceiling was already sealed & the mural did a good job of hiding the painting underneath, priming was not necessary. Here's the first panel on the left before trimming.

Self portrait installing the second panel.

The hanging system I employed is called "Wet/Dry Hanging". This means I pasted the ceiling and wet the back of the photo mural with water. I used a small wallpaper stripper spray bottle to mist the back of each panel. This was enough moisture to allow the material to relax & expand before applying it to the ceiling.

This is another quality mural from Environmental Graphics. These photo murals are meant to be overlapped about 1/4" at the seams for proper pattern match. I've already pasted the ceiling here in the lower right quadrant & allowed the paste to overlap the adjacent panels.

Goodbye painting. Hello photo mural. Much more realistic! The excess paste at the seams was wiped off. The seams will be less noticeable after the mural completely dries.

A view from half way up the spiral staircase. The photo mural was orientated to be best viewed when you enter the large front doors and look up.

A beautiful chandelier will hang from the center of the medallion to illuminate the photo mural above as well as the entire room. The scaffolding was left assembled for the electrician who will install the chandelier at a later date. Stacking these two photos gives a perspective of what it was like up there with no guard rail... Yikes!

A view from the 2nd story walkway between the entry & family room.