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House transformed from drab to fab as man creates Britain's most colourful home

A semi-detached house has been given a glow up with an ambitious and colourful mural inspired by nature and wildlife

[A photo of Wyndham Stokes]

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Wyndham Stokes lives in a home with delightful nature scenes (Image: WalesOnline/Rob Browne)

A man has transformed his home from a dull residence into Britain's most colourful house.

Wyndham Stokes' once plain yellow semi-detached home has been revamped with a colourful nature-inspired mural. The design boasts UK wildlife such as a robin, a blue tit and a rabbit and has caught the attention of the entire village of Treharris in South Wales.

The creation was designed and painted over the course of five days by a local mural artist, Matt Dey. Wyndham, who was born in the house 59 years ago and has lived there ever since, said: "I really am happy with it! I sit in the garden, look at it and think what more can I wish for? It's very pleasing to the eye and enjoyable to look at.

[Homeowner Wyndham Stokes and artist Matt Dey in front of the house in South Wales]

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Wyndham's home was transformed with beautiful murals (Image: WalesOnline/Rob Browne)

"It's the little things that bring joy. Everyone was coming up to watch Matt whilst he was painting! Now I get cars coming up just to come see it for themselves. He is very talented."

The father-of-one said he was inspired to transform his home adding: "Well, I love nature and I am a little different!" After seeing Matt's beautiful designs online, Wyndham reached out and proposed a loose idea for him to design the front of his house with a 'nature theme'.

[A photo of the house from before ]

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The outside of the house before being transformed (Image: Wyndham Stokes / SWNS)

The only request Wyndham made was the red kite in the right hand corners of the design. Matt, 51, said: "He gave me complete freedom and the only brief was that he wanted a nature scene - other than that he was open to whatever I wanted to do!"

Matt, who began designing murals after Covid-19, painted the mural using a spray can with acrylic paint in just five days - despite being afraid of heights.

He said: "It was like painting in a gold fish bowl! There was no room for error as everyone can see you. The whole village was looking, had to be spot on!

[A photo of Wyndham's home ]

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The home was transformed from dull to delightful (Image: WalesOnline/Rob Browne)

"I am terrified of heights - so that was something I had to try and get over pretty quickly!" Matt recently appeared at Upfest - Europe's largest street art festival, held bi-annually in Bedminster and Southville, in Bristol.

He said any large mural is a challenge, but his determination to deliver high-quality creations have seen him design everything from animals to Formula 1 cars.

Much to Matt's surprise and delight, Wyndham has now asked him to paint the entire house - which will be finished by the end of summer.

Wyndham said: "It is even going to have a pine marten on it! How exciting."

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