Now Trending: Hand-Painted Details

Photography via Tess Newall

Is 2022 the year white walls give way to maximalism, pattern, and painted-on whimsy? We think so. Take a look at a few favorite hand-painted walls and details and see for yourself.

Hand-painted red patterned walls in the garden pavilion of designer-of-the-moment Beata Heuman.

Photography courtesy of The Modern House

In many of the spaces at Quinta da Corte in Portugal, there’s no such thing as white ceilings; instead, they’re painted in colorful geometries.

Photograph via Quinta da Corte

UK-based decorative artist Tess Newall hand-painted an architrave leading into a kitchen for a project by interior designer Turner Pocock.

Photograph via Tess Newall

Stylist Gillian Lawlee took paint to the trim and bookshelves of her LA cottage, painting on colorful frames.

Photography by Gillian Lawlee, courtesy of my.life.in.colour

No need to free-hand it; stenciled walls are back too, as in this room at Bovina Farm & Fermentory in upstate New York.

Photograph by Christian Harder, courtesy of Bovina Farm & Fermentory

For Paris-based artist Nathalie Lété, the walls of her home are a canvas that she’s been hand-painting, bit by bit, since the beginning of lockdown.

Photograph courtesy of Nathalie Lété

Artist/illustrator Russell Loughlan hand-painted his bedroom in stripes, which he says are surprisingly calming.

Photography courtesy of Russell Loughlan