if walls could talk

Being the decor commitment phobes that we are, we understand how daunting your bare, naked walls can be. Especially those bright white ones. They want to be happy just like everyone else (that's what they tell us, anyway). You could paint them, but do you really want to? Will your landlord let you? Master scrapbook designer, Noel Culbertson, recently struggled with similar questions and decided to dress up her large white walls with blik Iron Vines. We thought you might find inspiration in her insights and beautiful photo journal of the installation process on her blog paperpassionpixels. It's a fun makeover that will show you how simple it is to blik your space. We think her wall looks happier, don't you? And if you're a scrapbook-er, be sure to check out her striking designs.

reading hospital

As you know, blik has a thriving custom business that lets clients realize their own unique vision for a space, be it commercial or residential. Whether we engineer the designs, collaborate on them, or simply execute them, blik allows you to dramatically change the look of a room and mix things up when it's time for something new...because it's removable...but you knew that.

Since blik can also be wiped down, we get quite a few calls from hospitals eager to elevate the atmosphere of recovery rooms, radiology departments, etc. They are some of our favorite projects. Recently, premiere architecture and interior design firm, Ballinger, brought us in to help add visual interest to the pediatrics wing of the Reading Hospital and Medical Center in Pennsylvania. The project is still a work-in-progress but we thought we'd share the development process with you. Here are schematics detailing the blik'd designs we'll bring to each room. We'll keep you posted as the project comes to life.

blik-SMMoA mural

As you know, we recently partnered with the Santa Monica Museum of Art on their educational program, Wall Works. Over 250 K-12 students designed a one-of-a-kind blik wall graphic in answer to our question: If you weren't a human, what would you be?

The resulting large-scale public art mural, designed by SMMoA using all of the children's designs, was revealed at Bergamot Station just a couple of weeks ago. It was so exciting to see everything come together and most importantly, to see the sheer joy on the kids faces when they spotted their creation in the larger picture.

Special thanks to the kids for their inspiring imagination and to SMMoA for letting us be a part of such an awesome project. To read more about the collaboration: blik-SMMoA collab