Abstract Paintings Strategies for Home Decoration

The ability to take just about any photo that’s high-enough quality and turn it into a spectacular piece of wall art via the magic of online photo printing opens up countless opportunities to make your home’s interior design more personal and more creative, but it can be a little frustrating once the initial rush of enthusiasm for canvas prints wears thin. You can feel like you’re trapped in a world of family photos, aspirational vacation shots, and attempts to be artistic that will, naturally enough, vary in success from person to person.

The moment of epiphany is usually when you realise you don’t have to rely entirely on your own creative endeavours – the world is filled with classic and contemporary art that can be used to make any home more beautiful and more cohesive in design. Finding amazing contemporary art or abstract paintings that match up with your design vision is easy enough, and making them into canvas prints for your walls is easy, too. Using them effectively is a whole other matter. Here are some basic rules to follow when choosing abstract paintings to use in your home’s interior design.

Contemporary Art Canvas Prints Rule #1: Tie It In

Contemporary art tends to have strong lines and bold colours, repeated patterns and other modern features. Make sure the piece you choose to turn into canvas art for your walls ties directly to the lines, patterns, and colours of the furniture and wall patterns elsewhere in the room.

This doesn’t have to be a perfect match, but think in broad terms: If your chosen piece of art is yellow and black with wavy, thick black lines, make certain the room it’s going into has those features as part of its design and colour scheme as well. You want the art to tie into the room and vice versa.

Contemporary Art Canvas Prints Rule #2: Use Furniture and Reflection

Remember, your home’s interior design isn’t just colour and pattern – it’s the physical objects, including not just the canvas art you hang on the walls but the furniture you place in the room, and the way you place it. Pairing your abstract paintings with tables, chairs, or other furniture can help ground the art and pull the eye down for effect. It can also create a sense of balance, because your art isn’t simply floating on the wall but appears to have a base.

Mirrors can double the impact of your art, as well. A mirror placed carefully to reflect multiple pieces of art depending on where you’re standing can bring a lot of movement and surprise into a room that might otherwise feel like an art gallery where you’re not allowed to make any noise.

Contemporary Art Canvas Prints Rule #3: Don’t be Afraid to be Funny

Sometimes when we begin designing our home and choosing contemporary art to complement our design we get very serious and think only in terms of drama and effect – but why not have some fun? Plenty of modern abstract art is funny, or can be if used in an ironic or playful manner. Remember, a home is where you live, love, and learn – so having a little sense of humour can transform an interior design from “pretty but cold” into a warm, inviting, and spectacular interior space.

In the end, it’s all up to you, of course, but following these simple guidelines can elevate your ideas into something truly remarkable. When you’ve selected your style, palette, and contemporary art choices, click here and let us turn that vision into amazing canvas prints.