Unique Ideas for Decorating with Wall Clocks

The wall clock is a special piece in the home. On the one hand it is highly functional, displaying the time in a prominent and public manner, ensuring that the passing minutes and hours are never totally forgotten, but are always registered and recorded.

On the other hand, the wall clock is a highly visible feature in a room. It sits high upon a wall, overlooking the space, casting its countenance across the room. In such a prominent position, the style of this piece becomes an important component of the rooms overall look.

This dual spirit makes the wall clock relatively important to a room, and as such you should spend some time contemplating both the clock you choose, and how you choose to display it.

There are a wide variety of clocks available on the market. A quick internet search, or even an image search, will reveal literally millions of different clock models. This is compounded by the fact that anyone who has ever had a clever idea for a saying, riddle, or picture, can go on a variety of websites and have that thought plastered across the face of a custom wall clock. You can even do this, having pictures of yourself, your family or friends imprinted onto a clock of your creation, and then shipped to you.

So finding a clock that you like is not really going to be a problem. Instead the problem will be finding a clock that conveys exactly the sense that you are trying to create in the space. While understanding yourself can be relatively easy, envisioning how others will react to something is a bit more complicated.

A novelty clock may get a laugh, or can start a conversation, but it can also offend people. They also tend to make a room look cheap, and less sophisticated. If you go with this option, try the clock out before making a final decision, and get the opinions of other people who you trust.

Some people prefer to get complex, ornate, animated clocks. Timepieces such as cuckoo may be expensive, but that is because it takes the time and effort of extremely gifted individuals to craft these pieces by hand. While these timepieces will elevate the ambiance, that may come at a price, as they often require maintenance including needing to be wound regularly, or having many complex parts which can break.

The material that your clock is made of will say a lot about the quality of the piece. In general even the nicest plastic clock will look cheap and low end. By contrast glass or onyx clocks will give the room an elevated sense of style and sophistication. Unfortunately these high end materials are also rather delicate, and can break easily and in very unpleasant ways.

Slate, sandstone, and other natural stone timepieces have both the high end elegance of glass, and the durability of cheaper plastic pieces. This includes polished marble pieces, which are a good compromise between form and function.

The classic look for a wall clock is to display time in an analog manner, with hands pointing at numbers around a circle. There are some wall timepieces that will display in digital format, but these are generally considered tacky. In general digital time read outs are best kept for alarm clocks and wrist watches.

The question of wall clock shape is one which is hotly debated. The two standard shapes are round and square, and they each have something to be said for them. Round clocks are classic, following the path of the hands more perfectly, but square clocks tend to imply precision, and timing, in a more direct way. Then of course you get into ellipses, and trapezoids, and the whole thing gets muddled. The eventual decision will end up being a personal one.

This article was written by Joey Pebble, on behalf of his line of natural stone wall clocks. These unique clocks are all made from real, natural pieces of marble, slate, sandstone, onyx, and quartzite, and are available with a variety of customizable options.

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