5 Genius Ways To Decorate Using Art Prints And Pieces

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You do agree that no home is complete without a piece of art. Research indicates that art emerged around 50,000 years ago, and there’s no sign of it going extinct any time soon. Indeed, art is one sure way of grasping the world—not just the physical world, but the entire world, including the human world and the spiritual experience. Whenever you place a piece of art on a wall, table, or shelf, you elicit a sense of wonder, adoration, and hope. This article presents six genius ways to decorate using art prints and pieces. (1)

1. Gallery Wall

Top on this list is one age-old concept that at one point in history seemed like a passing trend. But its attractiveness and popularity brought it back with full force into homes. As of now, it’s clearly here to stay. So it’s time you go shopping for high-quality wall art prints to spruce up your otherwise dull walls. (2)

An excellent starting point is a wall behind your three-seater couch in the living room. This forms an exciting center of attention for visitors sitting on the opposite end of the sitting room. It’s a sure tactic to inspire conversations even when there seems to be nothing to talk about.

Alternatively, place your art prints at the ends of two walls that meet at a corner. This breaks the monotony of having your art pieces at the center of a wall. But this calls for a little more creativity if you’re to follow the usual practice of having smaller frames around one oversized frame in the middle.

2. Collect pieces over time

Even if you just started living in your new home and everything looks boring, don’t be tempted to shop for dozens of art pieces all at once to get done with the decoration bit. Such a hurry will more likely lead to poor choices.

What you need to do is copy the approach of museums and collect art pieces over decades and centuries. But for your home, think about accumulating them over one or two years. This way, you give yourself ample time to reflect on how exactly you want to decorate your home. And the result is an exemplary home full of masterpieces.

3. Space

Space is one of the classic seven elements of art. Indeed, one famous architect described space as ‘the breath of art’. Just like you can’t survive without breath, art is also dead without space. It’s said that space gives the beholder a reference for making sense of the artwork. So apart from the spaces within the actual print, you’d want to leave enough spaces between different frames. A good starting point is a minimum of three to six inches. This ensures that you don’t overcrowd the pieces and make them overwhelming for the viewer. (3)

4. Focal point

If you have a favorite piece that you swear by, consider having its oversized version and making it the main piece in the room you’re decorating. If you wish, you can have only that one piece and no other one. Alternatively, you can build the rest of your art decor from it by spraying other smaller frames around it. That’s a clear statement to all beholders on your likes and sense of style.

5. Contrast

Another major principle of art is contrast. Simply put, it’s a strategy to break the monotony by inserting variation—for instance, light versus dark, rough versus smooth, large versus small. The result is an awe-inspiring piece of art that undoubtedly captivates the viewers. In this sense, you wouldn’t want to have two framed prints of similar color and size placed side by side. It looks uninteresting. (4)

Instead, you can have the second piece slightly contrasting the first one but still ensuring that they match. For instance, a framed print with white as the main color matches another one with black as the dominant color. Just see to it that you don’t use clashing colors, such as red and purple or green and orange, in the name of creating contrast.

Experiment until you achieve the desired look

There aren’t any hard and fast rules when it comes to art. The best outcome is usually a matter of creativity. Don’t shy from experimenting with different art prints and pieces until you achieve the desired look. Even though you invest in one that ends up looking out of place in combination with your other art pieces, it might be just a matter of taking it down and replacing it with a worthier item.