On the Wall · The Wall Shawl

Sized to your room.

Shown on a 10 ft × 8 ft wall · figure 5′7″ for scale — enter your wall above to see yours.

The Print

The specifications.

PaperNon-woven paste-the-wall substrate, 240 gsm, matt finish
InkPremium odour-free, eco-friendly inks · wide colour gamut · UV-stable, lightfast
DesignerOriginal design by Akanksha & the Wall Shawl design team
SizingMade to your wall measurements
OriginDesigned in-studio and printed to order
Lead timePrinted to order · dispatched in 3–5 working days
The Composition

What the mural describes.

At blue-hour twilight on a quiet polar shoreline, rendered in the warmly textured style of a premium children's picture book, an entire arctic world gathers. Centre-right, a polar bear mother and her cub stand on a broad ice shelf — the mother protectively upright, her thick cream-and-grey fur rendered with visible depth; the cub pressed against her foreleg, its round face and wide dark eyes looking out at the water with gentle curiosity. To the left, a humpback whale breaches mid-arc — enormous but graceful, dark blue-grey upper body fading to pale cream belly, water spray fanning in delicate droplets catching the lavender light. A narwhal surfaces in the middle distance, its long spiral tusk angled upward with quiet wonder. In the lower foreground, three emperor penguins and one oversized fluffy chick waddle along the icy shore, the chick trailing slightly with flippers out for balance. Scattered across the scene are the discoveries that reward close looking: a white arctic fox sits nearly camouflaged against the snow, visible only by its dark eyes and nose; a puffin perches on a grey-brown rocky outcrop, the one warm-coloured accent in the cool palette; a translucent jellyfish drifts ghostlike in the shallows; a small school of silvery fish darts beneath the surface. Above it all, northern lights ripple across a lavender and pale teal sky over distant snowy mountains.

Printed to your wall's exact measurements on matt non-woven paste-the-wall paper and supplied as numbered drop panels, this mural is designed for a nursery accent wall behind a crib, where the open sky sits above the child and the animals gather at eye level. The design reveals new characters as the child grows. Bespoke dimensions and colourway adjustments are available.

  • Hand-painted scenic mural, printed to order
  • Made to your wall's exact measurements
  • Matt non-woven paste-the-wall paper
  • Supplied as numbered drop panels
  • Sample swatch available
  • Custom colourways on request
  • Designed & finished in-atelier
How It Arrives

A roll, a paste, a named hanger.

Each mural is printed to the exact measurements you submit — width, height, and drop — then supplied as sequentially numbered panels, ready to hang in order. Paste system: standard overlap paste, seams pattern-matched. No trimming required.

We work with a trusted network of specialist paperhangers. At the order stage we can introduce a recommended installer in your area — or supply full installation notes for your own hanger.

Questions

Asked of the studio.

Can I order this mural to fit my exact wall dimensions?

Yes — every panel is printed to your wall's precise measurements. At checkout you provide the width and height; we produce numbered drop panels that align seamlessly. The design is composed so that the sky sits above crib height and the animals are at the child's eye level, but we can adjust crop and scale for your specific wall.

What is the paper like to hang, and is the design suitable for a nursery?

The mural is printed on a high-quality matt non-woven substrate — paste the wall, hang in numbered sequence, butt-join the drops. No specialist installer required. The palette — cool icy blues, soft lavender, warm cream — is deliberately calibrated to be soothing rather than stimulating for infants, while the layered discovery characters keep the design engaging through toddlerhood and beyond.

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