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Paintings decorate absolutely any room. They fit organically into the interior and add some charm. The living room is the central part of the apartment.
This is where guests are usually greeted and free time spent. By the design of this room one can judge the taste and social status of the owner of the apartment.
One of the most important items in decor is paintings for the living room. Only after a long period of time did the paintings begin to be selected in accordance with the design of the room.
Previously, in small-sized apartments one could see frames made of stucco with gilded designs, which did not exactly fit into the interior of the room.
Modern paintings for the living room are the main accent and highlight of the home.
If you have doubts about which picture to hang on the wall in the living room, then stop at the classic option.
This product model involves a wooden frame depicting a still life or landscape. Choose a theme in accordance with the design of the living room or the image of your area, for example, a beautiful bridge or castle.
Take into account all the details of the style of your apartment, ideally combine the design with the color scheme of the room.
For example, a Russian winter landscape will look good in a classic interior. And, if you hang Moroccan motifs, they will look out of place.
Paintings in the living room interior should be a continuation of the design, so you should think about what will be depicted in advance.
Types of paintings for the living room
Traditionally, a painting is a piece of art that is hung on a wall. However, this concept within the framework of design can be significantly expanded to several types of wall decorations:
- Ordinary paintings executed on canvas and framed with a baguette frame
- Avant-garde paintings on canvas without frame
- Photographic posters, framed or unframed
- Fabric panels with elegant prints or scroll panels
- Modular paintings that consist of two, three or four parts
- Graphics drawn on paper with pencil or pastel crayons.
All of these products are great for wall decoration. Classic works with realistic paintings, images of nature or portraits of people are suitable for a classic interior.
Scenes with men and women are suitable for an oriental interior. For an apartment in the Art Nouveau style, it is better to choose paintings without frames in the styles of avant-garde, cubism or impressionism. For a Scandinavian interior, pencil or pastel drawings are best suited.
Advice. For high-tech rooms, you can choose not only avant-garde works, but also oriental scrolls or calligraphic paintings. This will give the strict high-tech a delicate twist.
How to choose a painting for the hall?
When choosing paintings for the living room, you should remember the main purpose of this room: welcoming guests and demonstrating the status and position of the owners. The living room is a public space where frequent visits from strangers are expected.
Therefore, paintings should have neutral images without explicit scenes or aggressive shapes and too bright colors.
The paintings in the living room should complement the interior and also tell about the tastes of the owners.
Basic principles for selecting paintings for the living room:
- The subject of the image and its combination with the general style or hobbies of the owners.
- Selecting interior colors or choosing a contrasting image
- The combination of the size and shape of the painting with the free space of the wall and the height of the ceiling
- The painting can create the main accent or serve as a background wall decoration
Advice. With the help of paintings you can control the attention of people in the room. For example, when from the hallway the view immediately falls on the kitchen or the door to the bedroom, it is easy to transfer it to the living room area with the help of a bright and large artistic canvas.
Choosing the right place
The main goal is to make your wall stand out, no matter what you decide to hang on it.
Choosing the right location is the first and foremost step.
It's very simple if you want to hang one painting or photograph. In this case, you just need to place it against the wall at an intuitively selected height and make notes with a simple pencil. This way you will immediately see whether you need to lower it or, conversely, raise it.
If you want to hang multiple pieces of art, the best method is to cut paper layouts that are the size of your images and hang them on the wall using adhesive tape.
The advantage of this approach is obvious - you can clearly see how your wall will look. Edit as necessary until you are completely happy.
Important: Images of the same size will look best when positioned horizontally, side by side.
Next, we will look at the basic rules for placing photos and paintings on the wall in relation to different situations. If you take these tips into account, you will never go wrong.
Color scheme for paintings
When choosing the color scheme of a painting, you can follow one of two basic rules: select an image in a harmonious color scheme or in a contrasting one.
- For interiors where there are many colors and many details, it is better to select options that will harmonize in color with the walls, or with the main large details: furniture, curtains.
- For example, for a Provence style interior, watercolors of flowers or meadows in the same colors are suitable. If you place something contrasting in a bright, color-saturated interior, it will create a cacophony.
- For rooms in soothing colors, on the contrary, bright and contrasting wall decoration is suitable. For example, an avant-garde composition in red colors will look beautiful in a white interior. Here the painting can become the basis of the entire interior ensemble.
Another great option for calm, monochromatic interiors is black and white graphics. It fits perfectly with any style: loft, classic, hi-tech or minimalism. Black and white compositions will stand out on the walls and look very aesthetically pleasing.
Group location
This method will help harmoniously group small-sized paintings. In the center of the combination there will be a larger piece, and around it there will be smaller images. The works must be similar in style, theme and color. This option can produce the same effect as modular paintings that are fashionable today. These can be city or natural landscapes, favorite photos, images of flowers or other scenes. The main thing is that they give pleasant emotions and charge with positivity.
Advice. When deciding how to place the painting above the sofa in the living room, it is important to understand that it will certainly become an accent element of the room. Therefore, here you should start first of all from personal aesthetic tastes and only then pay attention to the execution technique, size, and plot.
One of the modern ways to decorate the space of a hall can be the use of paintings. The variety of available solutions opens up enormous scope for owners to be creative. But the most important thing is that the painting hung in the living room above the sofa (or a combination of paintings) pleases the owners and harmoniously complements the chosen design style, making the interior warmer and more comfortable.
The size and shape of the painting in the living room
The size of the painting should be correctly correlated with the free space on the wall. It also depends on whether the painting contrasts with the color of the wall or harmonizes with it.
Basic rules for choosing a size:
- Large products should be single on the wall.
- Small models can be placed on the wall in large quantities.
- Modular paintings should be placed in the center of the wall so that the eye falls on the first or central module, depending on the artistic intent.
- Oriental wall decorations: scrolls, panels, calligraphy can be hung on walls where other objects are placed.
It is better to choose contrasting models of smaller or medium size, as they strongly attract attention to themselves. However, the images should be clearly visible from a distance of 1.5-2 meters.
From the furniture and ceiling to the edges of the picture there should be free space equal to its length or width or slightly larger. Otherwise, the image will look oppressive.
If the artwork matches the color of the walls, then its size can be quite large. It can even take up the entire wall. But the most suitable size would be such that there is free space from the furniture or corners of the wall and from the ceiling equal to approximately half the width and height of the picture.
The shape of the artwork is also important. The vertical format increases the height of the ceilings, but makes the walls narrower. The horizontal orientation of the image visually expands the room, but makes the ceiling a little lower.
To make the space more voluminous, paintings can be combined with other interior details:
- Place in niches
- Hanging between false columns
- Combine with stucco
- Hang between sconces or above lamps
Advice. A good option for placing a painting is above a plasma TV. The problem with many interiors is that when turned off, the TV turns into a black box, which spoils the whole look.
The picture above the TV, larger in size than the screen, successfully draws attention from the black box to itself, and it does not look so gloomy.
Height
You should not hang pictures too high, otherwise it will be impossible to admire them. The following universal technique will help you correctly determine the location of the canvas. Draw an imaginary line, step back 3 cm from the bottom edge of the horizontal picture, and hang the canvas so that the line is at eye level. The same principle applies to vertical canvases. But if the apartment has low ceilings, then the distance should be 6 cm from the edge.
Important! It is also necessary to take into account the distance between the walls. There is a separate rule here. The size of the larger side of the canvas must be multiplied by 3 - this is the minimum recommended distance for viewing the canvas.
Decorating a painting in the living room
It is important not only to hang a painting on the wall, but also to decorate it in such a way that it is comfortable and pleasant to admire. Frames and lighting are usually used for this.
For a classic interior, a chic baguette frame is suitable; for modern styles, a light frame made of metal, glass or plastic or no frame at all.
Important! The absence of a frame should look like an artistic technique, and not like the forgetfulness of the owners.
The basic rule for choosing a frame is that it should contrast with the color of the walls or stand out against their background. Thanks to this, the beauty of the image and the completeness of the composition in the picture will be emphasized. If an unframed piece is used, it should stand out on the wall.
Another way to beautifully decorate an art piece is to install LED lighting. A large number of lamps for such purposes are sold in stores. They can be chosen both for minimalist interiors and for the rich luxury of classics.
A backlit picture will be more pleasant for guests to look at, and they will be happy to appreciate the refined taste of the owners.
For bedroom interior
The bedroom is intended for relaxation, so the images on the canvases should create an atmosphere of harmony and cozy tranquility. It’s better to trust your feelings and try to translate them into painting. You like nature - choose canvases depicting landscapes; you like to look at water - water flows will help fill the room with positive energy. However, paintings with an emphasis on water should be chosen carefully. Calm streams and rivers attract financial well-being. But it’s better not to choose wild waterfalls and whirlpools for the bedroom. Calmness and a feeling of comfort in the bedroom will be created by canvases depicting calm water surfaces and a clean, clear sky. A raging sea with a sinking ship against the background of gloomy heavy clouds will provoke negativity and cause a feeling of anxiety. It will be impossible to relax in such a home environment after a working day.
