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The Art Of Selecting Your Homes Art
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. 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? 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. Paula Hogar is the webmistress of http://www.frloghomes.com
and is a real fan of log homes and everything that they represent. If you have a site
related to homes, email her about exchanging links:
paula@frloghomes.com with "exchange links" in the subject line.
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