Walltastic Jungle Adventure

The mural was as FANTASTIC as we hoped from the image online and more! The detail from foreground to background is amazing, the colours are very vivid but not horribly lurid, It is like having the set and cast of Madagascar, and then some, on your wall. Our little boy is usually a cautious reticent chap who takes a while to like things, but this made him want to change to his new Big Boy room immediately and he kissed the crocodile goodnight, he wouldn't move back to his old room now if you tried which is lucky as his little sis will need to soon! <br /><br />I don't know if it fades quickly as not been up for long, and haven't had to wipe it clean...yet<br /><br />Everyone who has seen it exclaims how superb it is, and says it is the best they have seen, and it knocks all other wall decorations and murals into a hat!<br /><br />Luckily our wall was almost exactly the right size and we only had to trim 3" from the side and bottom for a perfect fit - which was a relief as the picture is so crammed full of fantastic details and little touches that anymore would have been a pity in a way. <br /><br />You can look and look at it and see new things each time - I don't think our boy will grow out of it quickly as it isn't very babyish though great for little ones (our son is 2.5)<br /><br />Things to bear in mind, is that it IS fiddly and not especially easy to put up, having two pairs of hands is a definite advantage if not a total necessity. It comes in 12 wallpaper-width strips, of which there are two rows of 6 (one top and one bottom) to complete the picture. You need a certain amount of care and attention, and indeed skill, to get the pieces to align exactly so you have no cracks in the picture where the wall behind might show through. The first piece must be very carefully done or the whole wall sized image would end up on a slant which would be a big shame. We used a spirit level to get the first piece right and still ended up with a slight slant (2" drop from one side to the other, so only noticeable to us really)<br /><br />It took us a few evenings after work to do it as you could not rush it or risk it going wrong - it does not reposition easily and could tear if you make a mistake. BUT it is worth it!<br /><br />Also, there are two fixing options - double sided sticky tape (provided) or you can use wallpaper paste. The wallpaper paste option would be very difficult as the paper expands a little (according to packaging) when paste applied so getting the alignment right would be a nightmare. The double sided sticky is easy enough and does the job, but though it says enough is provided to do entire picture... it is NOT (even though we followed instructions to the letter) so we had to dash out unexpectedly at 9pm to WHSmith to be able to complete it for The Big Reveal in the morning. This was pretty annoying. <br /><br />We forgave it though as we are thrilled with the end result. So ultimately, set aside plenty of time to put it on your wall, buy a roll of double sided sticky tape, and take care getting it straight from the first piece and you will have a wall which will be the envy of everyone who sees it!