Here are some arrangement styles you might try in your home:
- Hang square-shaped portraits in LP record frames.
- Line the walls of your stairways with antique family photos in interesting frames.
- Don't neglect the kitchen! A dark wall with various sized prints makes quite an impact.
- Symmetry and repetition in wall art can actually be a bold statement in an otherwise boring space.
- Don't be afraid to cover a whole wall with art- It makes a room feel homey and might even provide sensational viewing to entertain your guests.
- Don't stop at framed art. Hanging personal memorabilia like skateboards, skis, or other gear might be just the thing to infuse your room with personal style.
APARTMENT THERAPY HOUSE TOURS WITH WALL DECOR INSPIRATION:
1. Three Men & a Home Filled with Photography
2. Gene & Heidi's Colorful Art-Filled Home
3. Tina's Berline Artist Apartment
4. The Browns' Cottage Novella
5. Hunter & Casie's Redneck Modern
6. Chelsea & Sean's Ecclectic Painted Home
7. JV and Joe's Jazzy Pad
8. Dave's Lakeview Redux
9. Samantha's and Jeromy's Fun House
10. Claire's Studio in the City by the Bay
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After spending hours putting together a floor to ceiling photowall in the living room I have a huge appreciation for people that can mix and match frames and styles with the seeming ease of #1. Even if I am more partial to #8 for the uniformity. Really inspiring.
I love room #4. When I have more space (600 sq. feet right now), I want to create a similar wall with family pictures -- it reminds me (in a good way!) of being in my grandmother's basement where the walls were covered with family candids, all in simple, classic frames.
Not sure about most of these...they look a bit busy and make my head hurt looking at them.
I like #2 the rest would make me crazy.
#1 is my idea of heaven.
I like #4 because it's neutral and uniform enough to not be overwhelming. The rest of them look too busy for my taste. I usually like it better when there are one or two pieces on a wall. When there is a wall full of pictures, I like the result best when there is a theme - like black and white family pictures, works by the same artist, or works in the same medium, (like a collection of pen and ink drawings or antique oils).
I like the ideeea of these sortsa things, but it never seems to work out in real life. It always looks busy and leaves me feeling stressed.
Could just be me, though. I may not have What It Takes.
I just laid out a grid of artwork in my daughter's room, I think it turned out really well. I used a couple different mounting and hanging methods, and containing it in a rectangular layout kept it from looking too messy and busy.
http://www.waldorfmodern.com/2010/12/art-show.html
Room #1=perfection