When you buy a beautiful piece of abstract canvas art, naturally what you would want to do is to display it in the most important room of your house. You could put your abstract canvas art in your living room or your dining room where everyone can see it and be awed by its beauty. You may especially want to do this if the artwork is an expensive one or is one made by a well-known artist.
Or you may want that piece of abstract canvas art that you just bought to be something you want to enjoy in private, something you do not wish to share except with a few select people. You may want to choose to hang it in a room that you call your sanctuary, perhaps your bedroom or your home office. But still, you would want to hang it on a spot on your wall where the artwork will be displayed in its full glory.
You can do all that if that is what you wish. But what would you do if the room you want is not exactly art-friendly? The solution is simple: Make your room friendly to art.
Less Is More in Showcasing Abstract Canvas Art
When you are looking into making your room a bit friendlier to displaying art pieces, especially abstract canvas art, you can take your cue from museums and art galleries. If you go often to these places, you would see that the galleries where artworks are displayed are designed so that all eyes would be on the displayed artworks. All decorating elements are meant to draw the eyes on the art pieces and not on anything else.
To replicate this quality in the room where you would be placing the painting you just bought, you can start by painting the wall from which you would hang the painting a solid and neutral colour, like white. You can also remove other objects and artworks that do not go with your new painting off your wall. Doing this task will ensure that all attention will be drawn to the new painting and that there will not be anything to distract this attention away from it.
You can take this a step further by removing other decorating elements from your room, such as window treatments or rugs. Another thing you can do is to add spotlights or track lights that are always focused on the painting. Always remember that in displaying a piece of abstract canvas art or any kind of art in a room, the principle of “less is more” always applies.
Maintaining the Homey Atmosphere of Your Home with Abstract Canvas Art
Of course, we should not forget that a home is a home, and your home should still be liveable despite having a piece of valuable or beautiful abstract canvas art in your house. How can you achieve this?
Remember that successful home decorating relies on blending and balance. You can display abstract canvas art in your home without turning your house into a museum, and there are a number of things to do it. You can, for instance, add cushions to seats whose colour is similar to the dominant colour on your abstract canvas art. Or maybe it is not really absolutely necessary to remove those window treatments. Your house is your home and not a museum, so when you make your house art-friendly, you should still consider what is comfortable to you.
By: Luke Wildman
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Making Your Room Friendly to Abstract Canvas Art
October 28th, 2009Does Your Abstract Canvas Art Fit Your Room?
October 18th, 2009Sometimes, when we go to an art gallery or visit a gallery online, we find abstract canvas art that we believe we absolutely must have. We may be compelled to have that piece of abstract canvas art for any reason. It could be because we collect artworks done by the artist who created that specific piece of art, or it could be that the piece itself evokes a lot of emotion from us.
There are many reasons why people buy artworks, and when they do, it is to display them in some corner of their house where others can see it and appreciate it for its beauty. The question now would be: What if the piece of abstract canvas art that you bought does not fit your house?
If this is your problem, you do not really have to worry about it. You can either make the room fit your art, or you can have your art fit your room.
Making Abstract Canvas Art Fit a Room
When we purchase a piece of art, sometimes it just does not seem to fit in the room we placed it in. There is nothing wrong with the room itself; the artwork just does not seem to belong to the rest of the room.
Of course, you can be adamant at hanging your abstract canvas art in that particular room. Or you could simply be not up to the challenge of changing the room so you can display your artwork better. In this case, the solution you can turn to is to make alterations to the artwork itself.
This would be quite easy. All you need to do is to frame your artwork, or replace the frame if it already has one. You can either put it in a neutral frame that will enable the painting to fit with the rest of your furniture or decor. You can also make the frame match the rest of your furniture – mahogany against mahogany, for instance. For best results, consult the artist who made the painting first before you do the framing.
Make the Room Fit the Abstract Canvas Art
If you believe that the abstract canvas art you just bought is too beautiful to be framed or reframed, then your other choice would be to change the room itself. This task could be as simple as rearranging your furniture so that all eyes would be focused on the artwork when people enter the room. It could also be a matter of removing some rugs, window treatments or other artworks from the room so that they would not steal attention away from the abstract canvas art you just bought.
The task could also require something drastic, but you are up to it, you can have the whole room redecorated to suit the painting. Or it could be that all that is needed to be done is to remove wallpaper and replace it with neutral paint.
However you do it, what is important is that your abstract canvas art should look like it is part of the room instead of standing out like a sore thumb. Your abstract canvas art, after all, should be a unifying factor in your home decorating efforts.
By: Luke Wildman
