When it comes to designing a living space, there are a lot of elements working together to create an inviting and harmonious environment. The home should be a space of tranquility, safety, and comfort, but the pieces that build this atmosphere will look different to each individual. Your home’s interior design reflects your essence and each item is an extension of your unique personality.
What Catches Your Eye?
Finding or even creating art pieces that mean something to you builds a sense of belonging. Sure, trends can be a helpful tool to guide your vision, but the life you give to your home will make it timeless and distinctly yours.
If you are new to interior design or feel like your tastes have evolved, choosing wall art is one of the easiest places to start exploring your personal style.
Neon Art
Moving its way out of commercial businesses and into residential homes, neon signage has had a recent revival in interior design. Due to the rising draw of nostalgic aesthetics, retro elements like neon wall art have grown in popularity over the last couple of years. One of these glowing signs can easily add a touch of vibrance to a minimalist space and create a focal point for the room decor.
Use it as a pop of color on a gallery wall or a statement piece to offset a more neutral wall tapestry. There are a variety of colors to choose from, each giving off a slightly different ambiance. They work great in office spaces, bedrooms, or even living rooms. Neon signs lean toward a more youthful vibe due to the bright colors and trendy feel and fit best in bohemian, glam, or contemporary spaces.
Think Green
Because of our increased exposure to the indoors over the past two years, there has been a push in interior design to bring the outdoors inside. This could be as simple as using natural-toned color palettes, to literally bringing nature inside. Houseplants bring warmth and life to a room and are welcome additions to its decor – especially when they hang on the wall.
Hanging plants tend to create a bohemian feel because they mimic the surroundings one might encounter in their travels, but they can work in many other design styles as well. Plants tend to complement most color palettes, so feel free to experiment in your own home.
(Be careful not to go overboard, though, or you’ll look like you live in a greenhouse – unless you’re into that.)
Maximum Minimalist
Minimalism has been a popular design style for nearly a decade, but recently there has been a response to the simple and functional spaces we have become accustomed to with maximalism. These spaces tend to introduce a lot more personality with more furniture and decor, bolder colors, and intricate details – think hot pink tufted sofa on a lime green floral rug with giant wall mural as a backdrop. That being said, to avoid turning a maximalist home into a cluttered, busy mess, the art pieces used will still lean more minimalist.
Art prints and paintings continue to show the monochromatic colors, clean simple lines, and abstract style of minimalism. They continue to grow in popularity because of their versatility and compatibility in any type of home. Whichever one you choose, it will most likely stand the test of time and remain an elegant and timeless piece in your home for years to come.
Wanderlust
Anyone can drive to their local big box store and buy a generic piece of art to fit their interior color palette, but nothing makes a decor piece timeless like having a story behind it. Now that the world has started to open up again, there has been a spike in travel – and with travel comes souvenirs.
There are so many beautiful and one-of-a-kind works of art that can be found while on vacation, like masks, wall tapestry, or mirrors, and the best part is you will always remember the trip when you see it displayed in your home. Incorporating wall art from your travels is normally associated with bohemian interior design, but depending on the piece it can be used in any home. The true value of the item is the experience it represents, and with that, it will never go out of style.
Thrift Shift
Going hand-in-hand with the ongoing trend of sustainability, finding wall art from thrift shops has become increasingly more popular. Just like picking up a unique piece from your travels, finding a hidden treasure in a secondhand store gives a piece meaning. Every item on those shelves has a story, whether it is known or not, and that hidden mystery holds value.
Many shops can have old paintings, vintage photographs, and antique mirrors that instantly elevate any home. Thrift finds are normally incorporated in traditional, eclectic, or farmhouse design styles because of the draw toward classic and vintage aesthetics. Having antique pieces can create a homey and comforting space and give it a touch of old-world whimsey. Who knows, you might even find a masterpiece of a wall mural at a second hand shop?
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