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First Blog Post: If These Walls Could Talk: Starting the Year with a Blank Canvas

  • Writer: Laura Anne
    Laura Anne
  • 1 day ago
  • 2 min read

Updated: 6 hours ago


January is quiet.

The holidays are packed away, the lights come down, and suddenly everything feels a little… still. For some people, that calm is comforting. For others, it just feels empty.

I’ve always liked January.

It’s the one month where blank doesn’t feel unfinished — it feels full of possibility.


Blank Walls Aren’t Really Blank

When I stand in front of an empty wall, I don’t see “nothing.”

I see questions.

Who uses this space?How do they want it to feel?What should happen when someone walks by?

A blank wall is a pause. A breath. A moment before something becomes something else.

And honestly? That’s my favourite part.


Turning Silence Into Story

For over a decade, I’ve been helping people find a voice for their walls — in homes, businesses, and public spaces.

Sometimes clients come to me with a crystal-clear vision.Sometimes they say, “I don’t know what I want… I just know this wall needs something.”

Both are perfect starting points.

Because murals aren’t just about decoration. They’re about mood, memory, energy, and identity. They quietly tell people what kind of place they’ve stepped into.

If these walls could talk, they’d tell your story.I just help them speak.


Why January Is the Best Time to Dream

January doesn’t rush you.

It gives you space to think. To imagine. To reset.

It’s when ideas feel lighter and decisions feel intentional instead of reactive. That’s why some of the best projects I’ve ever worked on started as January conversations — no pressure, no deadlines, just curiosity and possibility.

You don’t need to have it all figured out. You just need to start the conversation.


A Quiet Invitation

This year, I’ll be sharing stories here — about murals, walls, process, colour, and the strange magic that happens when paint meets space.

Some posts will be seasonal. Some reflective. Some playful. All of them rooted in the same idea:

Walls matter more than we think.

And they have more to say than we give them credit for.


Final Thought

Every year starts the same way — blank.

What we do next is where the story lives.

Paint…I put that sh*t on everything.


Thinking About a Wall This Year?

If you’ve got a wall you’ve been staring at a little longer than usual, consider this your sign.

You don’t need a finished idea — just a spark.

👉 Reach out and tell me about your wall. Let’s see what it wants to say.



 
 
 

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