| Choosing the right wall art in a home is paramount | | | | Designers have come up with some very |
| to the overall susses of the design style. | | | | ingenious ways to use a combination of classical |
| With recent innovations in digital photography the | | | | art and furniture. These are great space saving |
| choice of pictures to decorate your home is vast. | | | | concepts for small room. Designer Kwang Hoo |
| However, there are some basics which should be | | | | Lee has created a Mona Lisa art chair which |
| taken into consideration before rushing out to buy | | | | demonstrates this concept wonderfully. He has |
| a piece of wall art and hanging it your wall. | | | | used a fully framed Mona Lisa print which is hung |
| Probably the key point, which may sound obvious, | | | | on a wall as normal, however, take the art down |
| but many people overlook due to merely wanting | | | | and the print becomes the seat of a folding chair |
| to be fashionable, is that you should really love | | | | and the frame transforms into the legs and |
| the art! There is no point hanging a focal point on | | | | support. He has used the 'deck chair' style folding |
| a wall if you actually don't enjoy looking at it! | | | | method to enable the chair to lay as flat as |
| The size of the wall art should also be given | | | | possible against the wall when not in use. |
| serious consideration. Big may be beautiful, but | | | | The Mona Lisa may not be your choice of art |
| only if it creates the right visual effect. It may be | | | | style, but the concept could be used with other |
| more suitable to have two or three pieces | | | | classical or modern art designs with create effect. |
| positioned in close proximity to each other. | | | | If you have large rooms with an expanse of plain |
| Wall art designers have taken this point into | | | | wall rugs can look stunning. With the wide range |
| consideration, many 'whole' pictures are available in | | | | of sizes and patterns hanging a rug on a wall as a |
| three or four separate parts. This can look | | | | piece of art can create a warm ambience to a |
| stunning if unframed canvas style art is used. | | | | room. |
| Digital photographs transposed onto canvass are | | | | Positioning the wall art is also critical. Most people |
| ideal for creating this effect. | | | | advise eye level to be the most suitable, |
| The style of your interior should of course be | | | | however, having art which is off set from central |
| considered. If you have a more traditional style | | | | and hung slightly higher than eye level can make a |
| interior pictures and photographs with large ornate | | | | real focal point in large rooms with high ceilings. |
| frames will be in keeping with the feel of the | | | | Unless you are intentionally opting for a cluttered |
| room. | | | | look, cramming lots of pictures can look far too |
| With today's interior design styles of mix and | | | | overpowering and confusing to the eye. |
| match, it is possible to use wall art which is not in | | | | Using spot style lighting to highlight the art during |
| keeping with the overall style of the room. | | | | the evenings or place table lamps close by so that |
| However, there should be a visual connection such | | | | the light supplies a new dimension to the art. |
| as the theme of the picture or the colours used. | | | | |