Wall art can elevate a room from ordinary to extraordinary, and it becomes the centerpiece that pulls most of your décor together. When used correctly it can express personality, evoke emotions and set the tone of the room. But finding the right aesthetically balanced impact is not easy. Here are nine tips from seven experts on making your wall art a home décor showstopper.
1. Go Big with Statement Pieces
Sometimes, bigger is better. Large art work is a great way to draw attention and make a piece into a point of focus.
Oversized Canvas: It’s a good idea to put some of your money behind a really big painting or a canvas print that takes up the whole wall.
Bold, Simple Designs: Go for bold but simple designs that don’t need more distractions to make a statement.
Proper Scaling: The art needs to be sized appropriately to be proportional to the wall and the furniture placed around it to avoid having a look with balance.
Statement pieces don’t just help fill a wall, they help define the room. Statement pieces become the focal point in a room’s decor.
2. Create a Gallery Wall
Gallery walls let you tell the story of a collection of artwork. This method gives your space depth and variety, plus personality.
Mix and Match: Create a unique look combining paintings and photography, prints and quotes or any mix of them in different styles.
Uniform or Eclectic: If you like a more formal look, arrange the pieces symmetrically, but if you’re going for a more relaxed, eclectic aesthetic then you can arrange the pieces asymmetrically.
Consistent Framing: Similar frames give the entire room a cohesive feel or layer different frame styles for more dynamic posture.
A good gallery wall, curated well, makes that plain wall into a conversation piece and an expression of your personal taste.
3. The Mood Offers Play with Color.
Art and color have a marked effect on how it is perceived and how a room overall looks or feels.
Match the Room’s Palette: We chose artwork that either harmonizes with existing colors in the room, or contrasted colors, then made a bold statement.
Vibrant Hues: Soft, refrained that help to create the calm atmosphere, the bold and bright that give a room oomph.
Create a Focal Point: Contrasting colors to highlight pieces of artworks or element of design in the space.
Colors of the wall art you choose set the mood in your room and the art becomes the star of the space.
4. Make YOUR Art Reflect You
Your wall art should reflect you!
Custom Creations: Make (a) custom artwork investment that speaks (to) you personally, maybe commissioned piece or something special for you.
Personal Photos: Fill it up with display family photos, travel snaps, or any special memory.
Art That Inspires: And for your décor to be authentic and purposeful, choose pieces that motivate, inspire, and make you feel something.
Your wall art becomes a part of your home’s story when it tells who you are.
5. Experiment with Framing
How you hang your art can totally transform the way your space is impacted.
Bold Frames: Choose frames that aren’t boring, and make a statement: ornate or large, modern or sleek.
No Frame at All: Skip the frame and go with minimal look for less and let the art stand alone.
Gallery Style: For a more updated feeling think floating frames or shadow boxes to give texture and depth.
Framing is not just for protection, it can add to your art’s aesthetic and can have a big impact on the overall feeling of a room.
6. Use Art to Anchor Your Space
Your wall art can be the basic for the remaining of your decorations.
Anchor Furniture: Use art to help balance and unify the room, hanging it above key pieces of furniture such as your sofa or bed.
Define the Room: Art can help specify areas in open plan spaces, and could help provide context to spaces that need to feel more intentional.
7. How to Create Contrast with Your Walls
Wall art depends on contrast to stand out.
Dark Art on Light Walls: Light colored walls evoke a dramatic effect when you put dark or vibrant artwork on them.
White or Neutral Art on Dark Walls: The ethereal touch to the space allows light coloured or pastel art to look amazing on dark walls.
Avoid Blending: Make sure the artwork doesn’t wilt or disappear into the wall color; it should contrast sufficiently from that color.
The contrast pulls the eye to the art, rather than filling space, but getting the eye to look at the art.
8. Bring Texture Into Play by Using Art
Besides color, textures are a great way to add an impressionable value to your artwork.
Textured Paintings: Thick, textured paint or oil paint can be successfully used to coax and pull viewers in.
Mixed Media: To create artwork with multi dimensional feel, then consider adding textiles, metals, or even wood.
Wall Sculptures: Try out 3D wall art or wall hangings which will not only infuse the space with physical depth and visual movement but also add life to your space.
9. Make the Lighting About the Art
This is important because lighting is one of the most important make or break elements when it comes to becoming the star in your space.
Picture Lights: Install special lighting dedicated to your art, in the form of picture lights to cast an elegant glow.
Track Lighting: These can be done via adjustable track lighting, so you can adjust the focus to certain pieces of art and turn them into what are considered the focal point of the room.
Ambient Lighting: Look for art to combine with ambient lighting to set the mood of the room in general and enhance the presence it has.
Not only does lighting emphasize your art it also changes how you perceive it and allows it to stand out even further.
Final Thoughts
There’s no doubt that wall decor art prints are capable of elevating a room from ordinary into extraordinary – it’s a space that truly reflects your style and personality! Follow these nine tips (with examples in each) – from creating oversized artwork to pairing playful frames and saturating the room with strategic lighting – to learn how to make wall art a focal point that keeps the décor in place. Wall art that’s chosen with care and used creatively transforms from the purely decorative into a statement piece that can really help set the mood of your home. Go ahead and let your walls become the focus!
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