This is the unexpected trick that makes Stevie Nicks’s entryway feel like a luxury hotel lobby

Dark entryway with table and console with a large statement mural.

A mural in an entryway instantly signals confidence. It is the kind of design move you expect in the most memorable hotel lobbies, where art does not just decorate but defines the entire space.

The Carlyle’s Bemelmans Bar in New York is wrapped in whimsical murals, The Beekman’s lobby layers historic grandeur with painted ceilings, and at The Downtown L.A. Proper, Kelly Wearstler commissioned Abel Macias to hand-paint a soaring mural that climbs its ornate double-height walls.