Ying and Yang Designs co-owners Yolande Stirling and Jenny Vellnagel commissioned the art on the front of their shop late last year after repeated graffiti vandalism on their walls.
"As quickly as we could get it off, it was back up again," Ms Stirling said.
"Now we don't get tagged; there is a code that once a street artist has signed their name, it deters people from putting graffiti there."
Ms Vellnagel said they wanted to add vibrancy to the shopfront on Fitzgerald Street so they got in touch with Perth street artist Steve Browne.
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READ NOW"For an old area, North Perth is on the brink of becoming great; we want to work as a team with other businesses to bring vibrancy," she said.
�I�d seen one of Steve's murals in a Mt Lawley laneway as part of the Beaufort Street festival and I loved it.
"So, when we decided on an edgy design for our facade, I knew he was the best person to turn our vision into a reality."