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Using Artwork as a Decorative Element

Paintings, sculptures, collages, and glassware provide texture, color, and warmth to an interior space. Find resources here for artwork for your home.
Find the Right Size of Light for Your Artwork
What's the point of hanging a beautiful piece of artwork if you can't see it? With proper lighting, your art will stand out in the room.
How High to Hang Art
If you're not sure how high to hang art on your walls, you'll find that these tips offer helpful ideas and designer secrets for getting the best look when hanging artwork.
28 Tips for Hanging Art
See wonderful pictures and get great tips on hanging art in your home for the maximum effect.
Articles and Resources on Using Art in Decorating
Read informative articles from About about using art as a decorative element and find helpful net sources.
Decorative Solutions Using Art
Art can expand a space both visually and emotionally, give us a window to the world, add color, create a theme, and infuse welcome doses of personality and interest in a room. Read about ways to add these elements to your home using art.
Using Art in Decorating
An empty wall or table just cries for attention. These are great places to display art. Find out from the sources here some great ways to use art in interior decorating.
The Appeal of Contemporary Art Tapestries
Godfrey Bazalgette writes on a number of subjects related to art and history. This article studies the current appeal of contemporary tapestries for home interiors.
Artwork on a Budget
Learn creative ways to acquire and use artwork in your home without spending your last nickel.
Scrapbooking on the Wall
Techniques used for creating wonderful scrap book pages can also be used to create colorful and meaningful artwork for your walls. This article from About's Guide to Scrapbooking tells you how to create your own artwork and memories.
How to Hang a Frameless Wall Mirror
Get instructions on hanging a frameless wall mirror with this video from About.com.
Artisy
Artisy offers famous and not-so-famous works of art framed or unframed printed on paper or artist canvas. Choose your framing preferences and buy online.
Artisan Industrials
Enrich your space, inspire your mind, enhance your physical environment, with artistic creations by Artisan Industrials.
Glass Artists Gallery
This is a source for buying functional and architectural glass art for your home. Exquisite lighting fixures and decorative art from 90 of the finest glass artist professionals nationwide are offered.
Design House Art
Artist Cristi Benavides offers custom art to designers and homeowners. Her site shows examples of her work, but she can design and execute almost any request.
HanggUp
This simple device helps you get the nail in just the right spot for hanging artwork on any wall. With a simple tap, you'll know just where to put the hook. And voila! You're ready to hang your picture.
Marv Alpert's Photo-Paintography
Using digital photography, Marv Alpert converts beautiful photos into beautiful works of art. The website offers his portfolio of works available for purchase in a variety of sizes and frames.
Murals by Capriccio!
Artist Mary Schwartz specializes in custom designed murals, trompe l’oeil, faux finishing, custom decorative art, wall graphics and murals for home and office.
Robert Cepale - Artist
This artist celebrates America's history with charming paintings of historic American towns and villages.
The Tapestry House
The use of textiles in home decor goes back centuries. The Tapestry House offers historical information about tapestries in interiors and sells both classic and contemporary tapestries from their website.

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