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How To Choose Art for Your Home
You have just moved into a new home,
perhaps it's your first real home! You have just been
looking through a magazine for decorating ideas and
admire a gorgeous home that highlighted the owner's
fantastic art collection. With this sudden urge to fill
them up, what are you going to choose for art?
You have just moved into a new home. Perhaps it's your
first real home that you plan to invest time and money
into decorating and styling. You are eagerly looking
for ideas to help make your home comfortable and beautiful.
You have just been looking through a
magazine for decorating ideas and admire a gorgeous
home that highlighted the owner's fantastic art collection.
You realize that the bare walls in your home create
an emptiness that is crying out for attention.
With this sudden urge to fill them up,
what are you going to choose for art?
It is not hard to find art - whether
you choose originals or reproductions. The variety and
diversity of styles is enormous, so where do you begin
in making your selection?
Art should be personal. Selecting pieces
that you really love should not be influenced by the
color of the carpet or your couch. To really make a
statement, art should be chosen based on it's own merits.
Try to purchase art as you would any
other piece of furnishing that you plan to have for
years. You want to select pieces that you will love
and appreciate for a long time - whether you keep your
couch or not.
When you admire artwork in a gallery
or even in a fantastically decorated home you will notice
that it is the art that sets the tone, not the other
way around. Artwork should be featured, and not chosen
to compliment it's surroundings.
You will likely find that you are drawn
to works that are in colors or themes that suit your
home anyway. If you do like traditional decorating styles,
it is quite likely that you will been drawn to more
traditional styles of artwork as well. The same is true
of more modern or contemporary tastes.
Talking to a gallery owner or interior
decorator, you may also find them able to give you suggestions
on how the artwork could best be appreciated. Using
picture lights to illuminate the artwork will add enormously
to it's appeal as well as to the mood of a room.
Your artwork will make a significant
statement about you personally. It is well worth your
efforts to select pieces one at a time and choose art
that truly reflects you instead of filling your walls
with mediocre work that you will tire of quickly. By
making thoughtful choices and viewing each piece as
an investment, you will always find a special place
for your art in any home.
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