Decorating homes and offices with canvas prints
have gained popularity these days. Photos on canvas can be maintained and
cleaned easily unlike traditional paintings. Prints are also more affordable
wall art so they make practical decor pieces. Another advantage to hanging pictures on canvas is
the versatility. You can easily find pictures in large canvas pieces in any
subject you want.
1) Effects of color-
Understand what color can do
to you and other people who see your canvas prints. If you want to create a
calm and tranquil haven, you should hang canvas prints with dominant blue
shades. If you want to hang prints in a young child's room or in an infant's
nursery, yellow shades would be more suitable than tan or dark colours. Livingrooms and dining rooms are great places to entertain guests.
2) Make everything match -
Get canvas prints that
complement the room's theme and concept. If your home is designed in a
minimalist theme, go for black and white photos on canvas, or a colourer
picture with a simple subject. Triptych or 3 piece canvas also look good in
very modern houses. If you are decorating a beach house, hang some beach themed
canvas or pictures showing underwater sea life. If you want to decorate an
urban high-rise condo unit, photos of modern cities around the world would
complement your urban lifestyle.
3) Make your wall art work for you -
If you are
decorating a small apartment, you should try hanging some landscape pictures.
The appearance of a faraway horizon fading into the background produces a
picture window effect. If you are decorating a restaurant or bar. Use canvas
prints depicting food and wine related subjects. The sight of food and wine on
your walls can wet customers' appetites and induce them to order more food or
drinks.
4) Get the appropriate size -
If you are decorating
a small room, avoid getting prints that are too large. When decorating a large
wall in a big room, then large canvas prints or canvas art sets would be
appropriate. Hang large canvas pieces where there is enough space to move back
to see the whole artwork.
5) Presentation -
Highlight your canvas prints by
providing proper lighting. There are wall lamps specifically for lighting wall
art and are placed above the canvas. Aside from lamps you can also use ceiling
track lights facing the canvas. Use amber lighting with a soft glow, not
glaring white light. You can present your artwork as a formal piece by framing
the canvas or as a casual type of decor by using photos stretched on galley
wrapped canvas without a frame. Hanging 3 piece canvas pieces is also a modern
way of presenting wall art.
Use these
tips when choosing and hanging your canvas prints in accordance with your own
personal tastes. You will know if you got your decorating right if the total
effect leaves you happy with what you see.