wall solutions: Big Wall, Small Picture: A Home Staging Solution
- 08/31/08 06:12 AM
It's a common challenge, both in home staging and at home. You have a wall that needs artwork, but the surface area is just too large for one standard-sized picture (say, 2'x3'). If a picture is too small (visually) for the space, it doesn't look right just "floating" there. What are the solutions? The most obvious is to buy either a larger picture or a grouping of pictures to fit the space. But say you don't want to spend the money, or happen to really love the too-small picture because the colors are perfect for that particular room. Then you have … (5 comments)
wall solutions: Baskets as Wall Art: A Home Staging Idea
- 08/06/08 09:40 AM
When you have a large, blank wall, filling it with a picture is great, but it can be expensive to buy a big piece of art. A clever alternative is to hang baskets in a display. It's relatively inexpensive and creates a great focal point in any room. I used this idea in a recent home staging project. The above picture is from a mudroom. Instead of installing a big shelving unit, which would've been costly, I wanted to give the idea of storage, so baskets were an easy home staging solution. You could do a display in any room, though: … (5 comments)
It's a common challenge, both in home staging and at home. You have a wall that needs artwork, but the surface area is just too large for one standard-sized picture (say, 2'x3'). If a picture is too small (visually) for the space, it doesn't look right just "floating" there. What are the solutions? The most obvious is to buy either a larger picture or a grouping of pictures to fit the space. But say you don't want to spend the money, or happen to really love the too-small picture because the colors are perfect for that particular room. Then you have … (5 comments)
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