Art Tips about Colors and Size

Choose artwork that underscores the mood or theme of your room's decor.

Is the room vibrant, pastel, or neutral? Is your furniture casual, formal, modern, or traditional? These are clues that will help zero in on the type of artwork that compliments the color and scale of a room.

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Check Color Vibrant colors bring excitement to a room while neutral colors are more calming. Which do you prefer? The artwork in this small dressing room echos the neutral tones found in the window treatment, table skirt, and chair seat. For a more exciting feel the pictures could have been matted in red to crosslink with the bedroom wall color. Photograph taken at the 2002 NSO Decorators' Show House, Washington D.C.

Bigger is often Better One large painting makes a statement and keeps things simple. It can also call attention to the focal point of the room which is often the fireplace. Photograph taken at the 2002 NSO Decorators' Show House, Washington D.C. NEXT: Add a Window, Mantle Art > > >