Andy Warhol
Sandra Blow
Tabitha Soren
Patrick Hughes
Day Bowman
Nelson Makamo
Takashi Murakami
Daisy Cook
Fred Ingrams
Barbara Rae
Bruce Mclean
Tracey Emin
This week we bring you the second edition of the At Home With Rise Art series, taking you through each room of the house, and sharing tips and tricks on how to accentuate your home decor with art. After revealing 6 Ways to Stage Your Entrance With Art in last week’s article, this week we conquer the living room, with our top picks and suggested styles to bring your lounge to life.
The right piece of art can enliven and elevate a living room, command the attention of the eye or indeed, draw it away. Picking the right works for a space can serve to create depth, texture and cohesion. Art should be viewed as part of the composition of your interior design and an integral part of how every element in your home works together, and no less in your living room, where a statement piece or a subtle inclusion can make every difference.
So where to start? First, think about how you use your living room, is it a formal room or a relaxed space where everyone hangs out? What atmosphere do you want to create with your art? How do you want people to feel when they’re in the living room – inspired, calm, energised? More importantly, how do you want to feel? To get going, here are our 8 Ways to Enliven A Living Room with art.
1 Calm Elegance
Large artworks can maintain the calmness and luxuriousness of neutral colour palettes and simple decor, bringing depth and length to a room with understated impact.
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2 Powerful Statement
A flag for a place I never found
Art, like nothing else, can make a dramatic impact on a living room, bringing oomph and dynamism to the refined sumptuousness of a bold room.
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3 Convey Your Personality
How you express your personality is wide open. You can create many varied ways to bring art into your life. Go on, be wild, and put your own stamp on it.
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Left: April (The 12 Months) by Alexander Grigorev
Right: Quiet Rebellion by Michelle Cheung
4 Uniformity With Finesse
A consistent grouping of artwork can maintain the polished style of a room. Bring them together in style, medium, colour tone or theme for a collection that will stand out for all the right reasons.
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Another Dimension #4 and Another Dimension #2
5 Bring The Urban In
Expansive spaces require a fearless inventiveness to clearly create impact and bring life into the room. Bring street art style indoors, or stack large works against the wall for that distinctly cool warehouse-loft feel.
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Left: Miami Gold by Reed Hearne
Right: Siren in Motion by Hush
6 To The Manor Born
One for those lucky enough to have large houses and the space and walls to go with it. With scale on your side, big bold pieces are the way forward, don’t be afraid to fill and use all that space that is available to you. It may seem obvious, but go large scale, or you’ll be forever trying to make an impact with middle sized pieces.
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7 Happy Contradictions
Art can stand out in a wonderfully eclectic mix of furniture, décor, ornaments, objects and art. Mix it up and bring it all together with art.
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8 Contemporary Twist
Contemporary art and interior decor can beautifully bridge the past and present, marrying historically rooted original design elements with modernity, conceptualism and minimalism. A style worth savouring.
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Expert tip alert!
Interior designer Talia Cobbold says,
“Artwork used in a living room can be so more much than just a decorative accessory. It can influence and inform the colour palette of the space. Wall finishes, fabrics, furniture and accessories can complement and pick up the colours that appear within the work.”
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