A colourful house (Picture: Tom Wren / SWNS)
A homeowner looking to spruce up his property asked street artists to paint the entire front of his home – and claims his neighbours ‘love it’.
Nick Underwood, 31, was inspired after seeing local artists painting a mural in Swindon.
Passers-by can’t miss the colourful mural, which is a painting of a local historic canal bridge found nearby his home.
Nick, a builder, lives with his wife Megan Underwood, 33, and together they love the new look.
He said: ‘The bridge in the picture is further up the canal behind the house.
‘It used to be a railway bridge, and now it’s a cycle path. It symbolises the evolution of Swindon for me, and the idea that the town grew because of that canal.
‘I knew I wanted a mural on the house as we couldn’t get rid of the render on the outside, so this was like a solution.
Eye-catching (Picture: Tom Wren / SWNS)
During the painting process (Picture: Tom Wren / SWNS)
‘Over the past year I’ve bumped into about five different artists and would ask them if they would be able to do a mural.
‘Then on a Friday night in mid-October, I was driving home and I saw the most amazing mural on a wall in Swindon.
‘Thankfully, there was a man still finishing off painting the corner, so I asked if he was interested in being commissioned to do something.
‘He was unsure at first, but eventually agreed and it all worked out.’
He asked local artists to paint it (Picture: Tom Wren / SWNS)
The artists, Ed Poster and Mickey Raw, were shown a photograph of the bridge before they began their work.
The real bridge was originally built in 1883, and is known as Skew Bridge because it crossed the canal at a skew.
Locals recognise it instantly from his painting and love the sight of it.
He said: ‘The neighbours opposite but one said they moved their bed in their bedroom so they could see the mural.
‘Absolutely everyone walks past it and says “wow that’s the canal bridge”.
‘If you walk in the area you’d know it, so it’s really nice that people like it and feel connected to it.’
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A homeowner looking to spruce up his property asked street artists to paint the entire front of his home – and claims his neighbours ‘love it’.
