You moved into a new apartment. It’s such a thrill to choose the furniture, the colours you will paint your walls, to shop for accessories that will bring some personal touch and style to your place. After all is done you might still face an issue of how to fill the some blank space on your walls. What you choose to hang there is always some kind of statement, letting your visitors know about your taste and personality.
You don’t have to be a contemporary art collector to dress up your walls with style. There are lots of original ways to do it – here you might find some inspirational ideas:
1. Movie posters – in many cases movie posters are one of the finest examples of graphic design, reflecting the style of a certain decade. Blow up, The crow, Metropolis, Vertigo or Breakfast at Tiffany’s are just few examples of vast selection. You can easily find them online, or take a walk to a fleamarket, you might find maybe even more rare ones.
2. New artists – markets are a good way to fish for artworks by unknown artists. You can come across fresh art that will catch your eye and will match your apartment more than reproductions of Monet or Picasso. Considerably low prices and a chance of making an investment.
3. Photos – either use yours, or look for interesting images on the web – there are plenty young talented photographers who allow use of their works with no commission. Then you would want good prints of those, done by professional service. Put them into regular frames, collage photo frames or glass clip frames. Arranging them on the wall is a great way to express creativity.
4. Prints on canvases – you might want to go a step further with a way to display your photos, or interesting images you want to hang on the wall and have them digitally printed on canvas. They have a professional and really eye-catching look, you will be able to do that with any good printing service.
5. Stencils – this would require either artistic skills to precisely cut out the image or use one of decorative stencils manufacturers available online. And once you have the stencil ready it’s easy, you just stick it on a wall, paint it over, take the stencil away and voila. This will bring to your house a bit of a street-look.
6. Stickers – even easier than stencils, huge decorative self adhesive wall-tatoos look simply amazing. Choose from thousands of designs, different styles, that would suit any room – from your kitchen to your bedroom.
7. Wall papers – last but not least, let’s not forget about traditional way to cover the walls – wallpapers. You’d be surprised what amazing wallpapers are manufactured today. You could mix different textures, colours and designs – remember not to go too wild.
