3 common mistakes home owners make when displaying art

Choosing artwork to hang on the walls can be intimidating, especially if you want to create a grouping with art. How do you know what “works” together on a wall? How do you pull the look of a room together, including art?

Of course, art is so personal and there is not a “one size fits all” rule for decorating, if you ask me. I’ve seen amazing gallery art walls that break all the rules and I LOVE THEM!

I hope you find these tips helpful as guidelines, but above all, do what you love! Find what works in your home and makes YOU happy!

Here are 3 common decorating mistakes people often make with displaying artwork:

1. Using all small artwork

Choosing art in varied sizes, shapes and scales and including larger pieces will provide more visual interest than many small frames. If you feel like your room is too busy, look for oversized art that can make a statement without adding visual clutter.

2. Displaying too much artwork with quotes or words

Art displaying a quote or words can make graphic statement in a room. But too many quotes or words displayed on every wall can make you feel like you’re being shouted at from around the room.

Many words in a room (on the wall or even pillows, for example) also can create a frantic mood because your eyes won’t know where to land (they are busy darting around the room trying to read all the things).

3. Not creating a cohesive design and colour palette

Art can be a wonderful complement to your entire room and colour palette, or it can make the room feel very disjointed.

Think about your room as a whole, using the artwork as an opportunity to pull the room’s design, mood and colour scheme together. Or use art to punch up the impact of one favourite hue to make a bolder colour statement.

To make a colour splash, start with a palette that feels cohesive and pleasing through your accessories, furniture, and even plants/flowers.

Then choose one favourite colour from your palette for a statement art piece that will bring the room to life (and help bring your eye around the room to where that colour appears in smaller doses!). Ideally, repeat your statement colour three times around the room in smaller doses.

Be sure to consider the design of each of your art pieces for a wall or that you plan to have around the room, too, so you can pull together groupings that will make a pleasing statement overall. Varied pieces of art can be tied together with a

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This article via Melissa @ the Inspired Room does not constitute advice; readers should seek independent and personalised counsel from an appropriate trusted adviser that specialises in property, a tax accountant and property or interior design specialist.