Wall Art – The Most Versatile Home Decor Item

If walls could speak is a very famous saying, but even if they can not, they can tell tales through the art pieces with which they are decorated. Irrespective of the age, income or geographic location of any home, there is hardly any person who has all bare walls in their house or apartment. It could be more or less pieces of framed art, it could be classy or shabby, it could be cohesive or a hodge-podge. Nevertheless, every one has some sort of art as a home décor item on their walls.

Photos

Photographs are an old favorite which just become better with time. Custom framing or professionally portrait shots look graceful in any formal living are and candid snapshots of the family being silly can grace the stair case or family room. You can add dimension to your home décor with items like shadow boxes and 3D frames where along with the picture, you can also display childhood memorabilia like your sons first shoe or his baseball bat from little league.

Poster Prints

This is the least expensive way to add a home décor item on the wall. You can get poster prints rolled up at department stores or already matted and framed. From whimsical to down right funny, religious to romantic, you can get any kind of poster print to suit your décor.

Acrylics and Oils

These may be more expensive especially if you purchase them from an art gallery or exhibition. Some may command thousands of dollars in asking prices and even though that may seem like a pretty penny, that one item can transform your home décor dramatically. Not only is it going to be a great conversation piece, it can be sold or willed and passed through generations.

Unconventional

Wire art, beads and buttons, needle point, quilts and rugs are all becoming wall adornments and home décor items of some sort or the other. Some say it is because of a lack of space in small city dwellings, other say it is because people wan to re-use the same things but see them in a different context. Whatever the reason may be, seeing tiles or wool on the wall may be exquisite for some and just plain wacky for others.

The point is, don’t worry about the holes in the all. A small amount of putty (or white toothpaste!) will fill them up in a pinch. Let your creativity go wild and adorn the walls in your home with décor items that speak a different language- because as they say if walls could talk…