Big, Original, Handpainted Murals.

Bring any room to life with imaginative, completely custom, handpainted murals.

Bring your walls to life

Bring any room in your home or business to life with custom original murals by artist Joanne Coughlin. Joanne has delighted her clients by transforming kids’ rooms, hospital spaces, and business interiors into beautiful and fun environments. Previously commissioned subject matter has included jungle animals, favorite sports teams, underwater environments, trains and trucks, ballerinas and more!

Original, One-of-a-Kind & Made Especially For You

Love sports? Ballerinas? Or are wild animals more your thing? Because Once Upon a Painted Wall murals are handpainted, they’re completely original works of art. Joanne Coughlin works one-on-one with her clients so that murals are tailored to their specific tastes.

Transform almost every surface of a room

Unlike posters and framed artwork, Once Upon a Painted Wall murals can transform every single paintable square inch of a room. Art can extend around corners, across ceilings, and over doors to create a fully immersive, whimsical environment. With a handpainted mural, landscapes can stretch seamlessly across your space, airplanes can fly across the ceiling, and even monkeys can hang from shelves!

The Possibilities are Limitless

You dream it up, or let Joanne help you decide on a theme. Here are just a few examples.

Jungle

Monkeys, gorillas, giraffe, toucan, elephants, tigers

Sports

Your favorite sports teams, ballparks, stadiums

Underwater

Fish, whales, sharks, coral reefs, sunken ships

Ballerinas

Ballerinas, butterflies, and beautiful landscapes

Beach

Seaside fun, sandcastles, coastal animal life, sailboats

Transportation

Things that go vroom– trains, cars, trucks, airplanes

Decorative Finishes

Faux finishes, patterns, textures, tromp l’oeil

And more...

Just about anything you can dream up…

For businesses!

Joanne has tranformed numerous spaces, big and small, for commercial clients including MyGym Children’s Fitness Center in California, and Children’s Hospital in Boston.

…and grown ups!

Once Upon a Painted Wall can transform spaces for the entire family. When renovating or redecorating, consider bringing elegant visual interest to your walls with decorative finishes. Joanne Coughlin uses a variety of techniques to add rich color and texture to just about any setting.

Extend the experience of your mural with original wall art add-ons.

Handpainted murals are just the beginning. Once Upon a Painted Wall murals can be designed to work with additional, movable peel-and stick characters you can swap out from time to time. Did you commission a mural as a feature wall in a room and want to complement it with a series of canvas prints on the opposite wall? Want to add a lion later on? Want decals and stickers of the same characters for your child’s locker at school? Extend the Painted Wall experience with a wide variety of hanging and peel-and-stick art.