ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Sunday, February 9, 1997 TAG: 9702120003
SECTION: HOMES PAGE: D-1 EDITION: METRO
Imagine your child exploring the moon's surface, or floating among soft, summer clouds, or zeroing in on home plate from his/her left field position in a professional baseball stadium. Sound like fun?
Children can embark on a new adventure every day when you transform their bedrooms with the life-size images found in photographic wall murals. Inexpensive and easy to hang, wall murals create an atmosphere unlike any you'll get with traditional wall paper or framed pictures.
When trimmed around bedroom windows, "Clouds," a wall mural by Environmental Graphics, allows you to create the whimsical illusion of windows in the sky. The billowy white clouds on a warm blue horizon are a perfect complement to any fairy tale or storybook decor. Or perhaps your children would prefer waking to the early light of "Morning Forest" before heading out on a medieval adventure as one of Robin Hood's Merry Men.
If you've got a future astronaut on your hands, "Earthrise" takes spectators to the moon for an incredible view of the Earth rising above the horizon and the lunar landscape unfolding before them. Or, "Shuttle in Orbit" provides an extraterrestrial look at the United States Space Shuttle in flight high above the earth's surface. Both murals measure more than 8' high by 13'8" wide.
To achieve these striking images, the Hopkins, Minn.-based company combines photographs with laser scanning, artistic lithography and other techniques, to produce highly detailed images that emphasize an illusion of texture and space.
Murals also can provide inspiration for original decorating accessories. Real flags, as well as wallpaper borders, posters and other items depicting flags, are a natural complement to a world map, while baseball memorabilia is a perfect match for the stadium scene of "Play Ball". The possibilities are as boundless as your imagination.
Wall murals are currently enjoying a surge in popularity with home decorators as one of the easiest and least expensive ways to give a room atmosphere and the sense of expanded space. Even a sparsely furnished room seems complete after the installation of a mural and the application of a gallon or two of paint.
Most wall murals can be trimmed to fit any size wall and can even wrap around a corner. If you like, a flush door can also be covered to match the wall. Environmental Graphics' murals come with a natural cellulose adhesive and detailed installation instructions, including tips on trimming around windows, doors and electrical outlets.
For a full-color brochure showing available WallMurals, and information about local dealers, write: Environmental Graphics, 717 South 5th St., Hopkins, Minn. 55343. Or call: 800-328-3869.
LENGTH: Medium: 56 lines ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO: "Clouds" creates the illusion of a child's bedroomby CNBfloating in the sky. color.