Transform Your Space: Living Room Wall Decoration Ideas
Decorating your walls is one of the easiest and effective ways to change the feel and style of your living room. Arranging your wall art and art prints correctly can instantly make your living room appear stylish, welcoming and more in tune with your personality. This article will provide tips on wall art and art prints, plus living room wall decorating ideas, styles and themes!
1. Color Matching: Harmonize Your Living Room
To make sure you add the right colour combinations to your living room wall art and art prints, it’s important to follow these tips:Complementary Colours: Using the colour wheel, find complements for the colours that already exist in the space. In the living room shown above, for instance, blue-tinged fabrics predominate, so orange-toned wall art would offer striking contrasts.
Analogue Colours: Colours directly next to each other on the colour wheel work well for more understated, cohesive wall art. You’ll make the interior more mellow.
Monochrome Scheme: Choose art prints with different hues of the same colour; it will deepen the areas without overwhelming the space.
2. Theme Matching: Create a Cohesive Look
The above themes may help you decide the type of artwork that will go best on your wall-to-wall in your living room.Nature-Inspired: When designing a waiting room, bringing the outdoors in is an awesome choice. Nature-themed wall art, prints, and decor can create a tranquil and invigorating environment, with botanical prints, landscapes and animal portraits being the most popular.
Wall Art High quality abstract wall art can create a contemporary and stylish atmosphere. Abstracts can be bold and bright to make a statement.
Cultural/Historical: Establish cultural/historical themes with art prints. Your prints depict subject matter from different periods, countries or styles.
Personal Themes: Wall art that speaks to you, your interests, your life: personal travel-inspired prints, family photos, custom pieces.
3. Practical Tips for Displaying Wall Art and Art Prints
Now that you have made your selection, it’s vital to frame your chosen wall decor and art prints properly. For that purpose, here is some expert advice.Eye Level: Hang art at eye level so you experience the full effect of the art work. This does mean that your wall may have vertical edges which impose a different feel to the room. A general rule to follow is to find the centre of the artwork at 57-60 inches from the floor.
Clustering and Spacing:
Cluster your pieces when hanging a gallery wall. Mix size and orientation, and keep the spacing consistent.Frames and Matting: Decide on frames and matting for your wall art and photos, to match your living room furnishing and decor. An appropriate frame can make or break a work of art, enhancing its qualities or allowing it to pop.
