Framed Prints to Suit Your Style and Make Your Place Unique
When you’re ready to spruce up your apartment, to increase the color options in your space, or just to treat yourself to something new, updating your wall art is a great start. No matter your budget, you can find framed prints to change up your space. Even better, with the framing and mat choices available to you, you can create large groupings to draw the entire look of your apartment together or to create specifically unique spaces.
1. Start With a Favorite Wall Art Artist
Consider adding framed prints of Monet’s Waterlily Pond with the Japanese Bridge to your bedroom. As you study the image, notice that the bridge is a dusty gray, so you could use a gray frame. You may also notice that the willow branches are sage green, so you could add a bottom mat in Congo green and a second mat in cream to set off the pink floating lilies. Monet’s work, plus your framing choices, equals a soothing, one-of-a-kind piece of wall art for your private oasis.
2. Study Cityscape Framed Prints
Framed photographic prints in black and white or colors, such as the Charleston, SC, Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge at twilight, will draw the eye of anyone who enters the space. Add a metal frame and a mat of pale blue to pop the colors of the sunset, or stick with the black frame to highlight the silhouette of the marsh grass. If you miss travel, this photographic print will put you in the mood for a road trip!
3. Create Room Thematic Choices With Wall Art
If you want some real art in your bathroom, check out the Hoo Tooted by Don McMahon. The clever pen-and-ink rendering of an owl in an outhouse is too adorable for words. This print does include a bit of yellow, but it will pass for black and white if that’s your theme. The detail on the door and the hinge is quite remarkable, and the entire image provides a good giggle for a bit of bathroom decoration.
4. Find Framed Prints for the Kids
If your kids love animals, consider the Elephant Approach From the Front black-and-white image by Johan Swanepoel. This remarkable photograph is less than 10 inches tall and would be a wonderful addition to a child’s space. The detail is remarkable and would look great in a frame of any color.
5. Focus on the Kitchen Wall Art
If you love to cook, make space for Heirloom Tomatoes in the kitchen or the dining area. This lovely painting by Robert Papp shows multiple ripe tomatoes just ready for slicing. The image will suit most any décor and will make you long for summer.
6. Hang Wall Art Above the Bar
The beautiful bottles featured in Pour Me a Rainbow by artist Holly Kempe are less then 10 inches wide and would look wonderful on the wall or on the counter near your liquor cabinet. Even if all you have is a wine rack, this art will define your bar space and will make you happy to share a beverage with loved ones.
7. Add Garden Framed Prints to Your Walls
If you don’t have space for a garden, you can still enjoy the flowers! The Sunflower in Black and White by artist Endre Balogh is a stark and beautiful image with a gorgeous treatment of shadow and light. One sunflower, mounted where you can see it every day as you wind down, can help you think of natural beauty and warm sun.
8. Consider Framed Prints of Calla Lilies
Even if you garden, treat yourself to another image by Balogh, such as the remarkable Flame Calla Lily in Black and White. Color trends change over time, but this unique lily in black and white will look chic on any wall color. Again, study the shape of the flower and the treatment of the light. The curve of this flower will draw your eye again and again.
9. Travel Via Wall Art
If you ever spent time on a farm as a child, if you’re farming now, or if you’re interested in farming in the future, you’ll love the colors in the Farm on Glenn Bridge by Jeff Pittman. Let yourself by inspired by the colors in this image. You may want to use an unobtrusive frame and choose a simple white frame with a white mat so the colors of the sky can stand out, or you may want to highlight the colors of the clouds with a silver mat. Let your creativity run to make this print exactly what your apartment needs.
10. Meditate, Visualize, and Dream Through Wall Art
Treat yourself to a vision of a long journey on a scenic path. Consider the Asheville North Carolina Blue Ridge Parkway Scenic Sunset Landscape by Dave Allen. This rolling span of green and the bright clouds above the setting sun just draw the eye toward a restful sleep and a lovely tomorrow. You can choose where you’ll put your focus as you enjoy your day-to-day life and plan for the future.
Spend some time checking out the different framing and matting options when choosing your favorite wall art. If you’re not allowed to paint your current space, consider using different matting colors to add a bit of spice to a plain white or beige wall. No matter what, try to draw out colors from the image into the frame and mat. With this design choice, you can create images that are specifically tailored to your tastes. Discover your perfect framed prints today at Fine Art America.
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