Towerview Care Home - UK
ATADesigns and Wallsmiths first met Karen Spooner, Matron at Towerview Care — Bridge, Burton and Trent Court — at the Dementia Expo in Birmingham. Karen was looking for a mural or wallpaper design that was not only decorative but also stimulates memory, due to the complex behaviours that can be displayed by some of the gentlemen at the care home. As a working environment, the wall coverings needed to be robust, tough and durable to deal with the day-to-day wear and tear of a nursing home. Karen liked the ideas presented and invited ATADesigns and Wallsmiths to meet the team.
Music Wall Mural — Games Room Corridor
The brief was to create a mural design, wall coverings and canvas prints for the gentlemen's social rooms and corridor at Trent Court.
The music-inspired mural for the social room corridor at Towerview was inspired by the care home's own attempt to create a music wall — originally featuring black and white A4 photocopies of Elvis Presley and music notes. ATADesigns developed this concept into a colourful, stimulating design that evokes memory. With some gentlemen living with dementia, extensive research was carried out, including establishing the age range of residents (1930s to 1960s), before compiling a collection of music icons from that era — including Elvis Presley, Doris Day and The Beatles.
"The designs are really bold and colourful — overall, I am really, very pleased with the outcome. We spoke to several of our gentlemen about the redesign of the music wall, and the general consensus is that they like it. Harry said 'yes it's got all the people', and when asked if he recognised anyone, he replied 'that's Doris Day', with a huge grin."
Karen Spooner, Matron, Towerview Care
TV Rooms 1 & 2
The first newly decorated TV room reflects past cars and adverts the gentlemen might well have seen in their time, printed on large canvases by Wallsmiths. The colours are nostalgic — teak blue and maroon — chosen to work with the furniture and canvases.
In the second TV room, the colour theme from the first room was continued for a coherent whole. A vintage map of the local area was created as a mural, pinpointing iconic places of interest. Canvases of local green spaces and parks were also photographed and printed to complement the walls, all developed in close collaboration with Towerview.
ATADesigns and Wallsmiths would like to thank the Towerview Care team for their collaboration on this project:
Shirley Rowe – Managing Director
Karen Spooner – Matron
Fiona Southgate – Psychologist
Teresa Taylor – Facilities Manager
Deborah Hiller – Marketing
Client: Towerview Care — Bridge, Burton and Trent Court
Designs by ATADesigns
Contract Wallpaper & Canvas Printing by Wallsmiths
Video Produced by ATADesigns
ATADesigns designed the murals and Wallsmiths printed them. ATADesigns and Wallsmiths collaborate on care home and healthcare projects.
