When It Comes to Artwork: Mix It Up!

When moving into a new home or updating your forever home, most of us, rightfully, focus on acquiring the largest items — such as sofas, chairs, and beds — first. What’s a room if you have nowhere to sit or sleep? But often that’s as far as we get. Family, work, and other commitments take up our day-to-day, so completing a room or the entire home can sometimes take years. Often, artwork is the last to get hung, or, rather, one piece gets hung and we call it done.

If your home doesn’t give you the finished appeal you’ve hoped for, perhaps it might be time to look at the walls to see where your artwork does (or doesn’t) live. Artwork adds personality, color, and texture to a space and helps to create the mood of a home; however, achieving a truly polished look means mixing up how and where you display the artwork itself.

Whether you want to show off family photos, your grandfather’s watercolors, or your collection of vintage concert posters, the ways in which can display art are numerous. Here are a few of my favorite tips to style artwork throughout your home for a designer look: