Custom Watercolour House Portrait – A Meaningful Personalised Gift

Looking for a unique, sentimental gift or a special piece of wall art for your home? A custom watercolour house portrait makes a thoughtful anniversary gift, housewarming present, wedding gift, or milestone birthday gift.

Most commissions are ordered as gifts for partners, parents, neighbours or friends, but many customers also commission a personalised house illustration for themselves. A painting of a first home, forever home, or a much-loved family house is a beautiful way to preserve cherished memories.

🎄 Christmas orders: Please order early if you need your portrait for Christmas. I can only take on a limited number of commissions, and October–December fills up quickly.

Commission a Personalised House Portrait

Choose any meaningful building to be painted — your current home, childhood home, a family member’s house, or a place full of happy memories. Your painting becomes a tangible keepsake, ready to frame and enjoy for years to come.

I love including flowers, plants and trees, adding colour, texture and warmth to every illustration.

Each hand-painted house portrait is created using:

• Pencil sketching
• Black ink detailing
• Professional Winsor & Newton watercolour paints
• 300gsm premium watercolour paper

Your finished artwork will match the style shown in the product photographs.

What You’ll Receive

• One original, hand-painted watercolour house portrait
• Unframed
• Carefully wrapped in tissue paper, ready to gift
• Optional gift wrap upgrade available at checkout

How to Order Your Watercolour House Portrait

If your order is time-sensitive, please contact me before purchasing to confirm availability. Lead times are usually 1–2 weeks, but are longer during October–December.

1. Add this listing to your cart and choose your size and whether you’d like hand-lettered text (address, dates, names, a quote, or a Bible verse).

2. After purchase, email a high-quality colour photo of the house to [email protected]. The painting will be created from this angle.

3. If there are important details, feel free to send close-up photos too.

Orientation (portrait or landscape) will be chosen to best suit your image unless you request otherwise.

You can also choose the season you’d like your home illustrated in — spring, summer, autumn or winter. I’m happy to add flowers, foliage or snow even if they aren’t present in your reference photo.

Postage & Packaging

• Sent via Royal Mail Tracked within 1-2 weeks of ordering (except Christmas)
• Protected with tissue paper and sturdy, cardboard-backed packaging
• Shipped in a letterbox-friendly box (unless you've ordered A3)
• Eco-friendly and fully recyclable packaging
• Postage included

If ordering as a gift, you can choose gift wrap and enter the recipient’s delivery address at checkout.

Returns & Questions

As this is custom artwork, returns and refunds are not accepted.

If you have any questions before ordering, please get in touch — I’d love to help you create something truly special.