Let Walls Talk!!

"A good home must be made, not bought."
- Joyce Maynard

Tell me a little about your ‘Dream Home’. Do you dream decorating walls of your home? Do you plan for art works, paintings or accessories to be hanged on walls? Are you sure that you haven’t done anything wrong on anyone’s advice?

William Wordsworth says "Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them." What about yours?

This article will clarify your most of such doubts and realizes your dream home.

Style and Wall Art

First of all deciding a style for your room should be determined by the lifestyle you choose and not by what's the latest interior design trend.

It is your bedroom, living area kitchen or office space and thus you need to decide what you want to get out of that space.

Wall art provides you an opportunity to instill your personality and your taste into every room of the house. Pull a room together and create a unique style from contemporary to romantic.

Choose a color theme to suit the function of the room and the right art prints for the area. Wonderful finish creates a lot of depth and texture, and is a quite popular paint finish in luxury homes. In practical words, adding water to a paint or paint base and later rubbing over the walls with a rag is quite exciting exercise. Isn’t it sensational to try once?

Art Display & Hangings

If you have selected paintings or hangings you favor most then predefines the exact background color of the wall on which you wish to display the your imaginations. Visualize your selection and according to stroke your brush.

Where you are standing is also big question while beautifying walls. For example bright colorful cartoon pictures should be right choice for the kids room.

Decide on the function, style and color of the room first before you buy your artwork. By doing this you are in a much better position to buy the right type of art picture to fit in with the theme and color accent of your room.

Furniture & Accessories

Chose your art according to the furniture and accessories you are going to select. Select an art theme for each room based on your style and on your personality. It can be modern or abstract.

Wall pictures are a necessary accessory in your home and are great to tie in with the room's style and color accent.

You can use them to create your own unique style or theme for example traditional & classic style, modern style, contemporary style, fun & entertaining style, casual or romantic style.

Decide the purpose of the each room while selecting the theme. Let it be drawing room, dining room. Accessories can make every area artistic.

If you are looking for needlework, draw, make model airplanes, or have a collection of small items then you are looking for again wonderful art pieces. Be sure you have the pieces mounted carefully and not damaged while framed.

It is nothing but an exercise to show off your talents. Hang such items on the wall. Beautiful plates are a natural can be arranged vertically or randomly around a wall. Garage sales and flea markets offer lots of beautiful or interesting options for dishes, tableware, and other household items that can adorn a wall. Other choices might be flags, hats, and model airplanes, pages of music, musical instruments, or toys.

Positioning

Positioning is very important task for wall art.

Where will you place your art?
How will you arrange everything?
What space should be left?

Decide where and how you want to hang them. For example, while hanging art above furniture such as a sofa, hang the picture about six to nine inches above the sofa, or at eye level. In general, when hanging art over a piece of furniture should not be longer than the width of the furniture.

Claire Bowes says by placing an odd number of pictures in a horizontal line to each other gives balance and the sense of space where and how to hang your pictures, whether it be a tight cluster or a single print above a sofa, you can then determine the size and shape of the pictures you need to buy.

When you have decided on the room's function, color and style, you are in a much better position to go shopping for wall pictures that fit in with the overall theme.

The space dilution arises only when you do not know what to do you’re your pictures in order to get the maximum effect in a room. Before you go hanging up your pictures make sure you have planned ahead on what you want to get out of that room.

Lets take an example of grouping of artwork and positioning.

A grouping of artwork should be about eye level for the average person. It should be thought of as one unit.

Test an arrangement of pictures by laying everything out on a large table or on the floor, playing with combinations until you hit upon one that works.

Choose smaller pictures for narrow walls and larger works for big wall spaces.

Words from Last Para!
I will again repeat my words. While interior decorating your home, be natural and original to yourself. Because you are going to live in the home! Right?