The Best Places To Hang Paintings In Your Home

 There is no better place to display a painting than hanging it on a large empty wall. If it has no decor it even looks much smaller than it really is. When you hang an artwork on such a place you create focus for the brain. It never takes a break and always needs to explore and discover the surrounding environment. What could be a better focal point than a beautiful piece of art.

It even gets better if you have an abstract painting with thousands and thousands of random brush strokes. The viewer’s mind discovers new patterns in the painting with each look. What could be a better decor than a canvas that never gets old and gives energy to a lifeless architectural element.

  We always want balance in our home interior. Usually the walls are very light to make the room look spacious. When a main piece of furniture is also very light this makes things look blended with no main place of interest. 

A painting gives contrast which in fact creates balance. No color on the walls and furniture and tons of color and saturation in the artwork. It really stands out and brings emotion in the home decor.

 With very few exceptions most paintings are created with patterns. Some artists prefer bold expressive brush strokes which makes the patterns even more visible. As we mentioned before we always seek balance. 

If the furniture also possesses patterns the whole picture feels like too much. 

So many patterns all over the place makes it difficult for the brain to comprehend the decor as homogeneous and harmonious. The mind always considers difficult things as unappealing. 

 The mind loves repeating things! When wall moulding is part of your home interior you must use at least one of the rectangles to fit a canvas inside of it. The painting must match the same aspect ratio so its edges are at the same distance from the wall moulding shape. 

The only way to achieve this is to commission a custom created painting. Apps like Etsy provide such an option. There are thousands of artists there who are ready to do this service for extremely low price and they will even allow you to pick the colors and request changes of the artwork.

 Balance is important in every aspect of our lives. It is important in home decor as well. When we talk about a balanced interior we don't mean that nothing should stand out or that all elements must blend together in a lifeless picture. The idea behind balance is that every time something becomes very noticeable you pair it with something that does not scream so much. Very saturated color in a sofa - less colorful painting above it or no painting at all. 

A painting full of expressive brush strokes - you pair it with furniture with no patterns at all. A console table with many pieces of decoration - you counter it with no painting on the wall or one that blends with the wall.

This approach allows you to have places of interest in your interior without creating cluttered spaces or spots that dominate over everything in your home.