Designing Your Home: Tips for Choosing the Best Artwork for Each Room

It may seem surprising, but selecting the perfect piece of art that matches your design preferences and style requirements can be quite daunting. Indeed, with millions of artworks available in the world, the task of finding the one that transforms your space into a homely environment might seem challenging. How then, do you proceed to pick the ideal artwork that ensures your space exudes a homey feel?

Unless you want to have the same prefab designs that are part of the cookie-cutter homeowner lifestyle, you probably want to add a bit of originality to your space. Or perhaps you’re looking to add a bit of intrigue or start a conversation. Well, the good news is, you can meet all of these goals by selecting the right artwork.

Choosing artwork is largely going to be dictated by your own personal sense of style. But you also have design elements to consider.

If you’re looking to design your space with the best artwork and make your rooms come to life, the following will offer some helpful suggestions.

Kitchen Art

When it comes to the kitchen, you’ll have many options to consider. But depending on what type of theme you’re wanting to incorporate, you may decide on particular colors or on a specific style.

But when incorporating artwork into your kitchen design, you’ll also want to take into consideration the layout of everything. In fact, even your counter space plays a role in the type of artwork you should select.

Additionally, kitchen art should complement the color scheme of your walls. For example, if your walls are painted with loud colors, you’ll want to add artwork that incorporates softer tones in order to create a synergy within the space. This will not only make it more inviting, but it will also help to tie in your kitchen with the layout and your theme.

Finally, when choosing kitchen art, it’s often customary to choose culinary artwork. But don’t be chained to this idea. Feel free to incorporate wild abstracts if it suits your taste. Just remember to allow the colors to complement one another.

Living Space Art

Your living space is where your home is going to come to life. As such, it’s important to consider what type of focal points you want to add that will complement your furniture and your theme.

When decorating a living room, just about every element comes into play–from the couch to the walls and the rugs on the floor. And your artwork should serve as interesting accents to your family space.

A few ideas you may consider are as follows:

  • Large abstracts
  • Triptychs
  • Collages
  • Wall tapestries 
  • Family photos
  • Organic artwork
  • Large ornate clocks
  • Line drawings
  • Oil paintings with ornate framework

Though there are many other choices that you’ll be able to consider, the main idea is to choose one large piece as a focal point or to spread colors around as accent pieces for your theme.

For example, if you’re going with a minimalist theme, perhaps only one or two large pieces will be sufficient for drawing the eye to a particular area of the room. But if you’re going with a more scattered, Bohemian design, you’ll likely want splashes of color in random areas.

Further, if you’re looking to add a bit of personality to your living room, consider making and framing your own artwork to give it the splash of color or style you’re looking for.

Bedroom Art

Your bedroom is where you’ll be able to let your personality sing out. But though you want to design it to your specifications, you’ll also want to ensure that your space isn’t overwhelming and adequate for rest.

Correspondingly, hanging tens of pieces of artwork in a small bedroom might have your space feeling cramped. And as a result, you may not be able to get a good night’s sleep.

When choosing artwork for your bedroom, it’s best to start with a couple of accent pieces such as abstracts or line drawings, just enough to fill a bit of empty space on your walls. And you can always take these pieces of art down and replace them as you see fit if you begin to get bored with the design, or if you decide to get new furniture and change the layout of the room.

Selecting artwork doesn’t have to be an overwhelming process. It all starts simply by understanding your own taste and utilizing a complementary color scheme in order to bring your space to life. After all, it’s your home, so feel free to be as creative as possible.

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