Canvas Wall Art – How To Decorate A Contemporary Home
Use canvas wall art and simple furniture to decorate a contemporary home. Decorating your home in contemporary style won’t have to be expensive or difficult to accomplish. Contemporary interiors are designed to provide convenience for the home owner.
Contemporary homes often use simple furniture with no frills. They are supposed to be functional but still look good. Decor is kept to the bare minimum to make the place look clutter free. Few decorations will also mean less cleaning and dusting. Here are some tips to help you achieve a contemporary look in your home:
Clear the surroundings of clutter, outdated decor pieces, old-fashioned canvas wall art, and frilly furniture. Hold a garage sale so you can still make money off old unwanted pieces. You can also use the money you earn from the garage sale to get new contemporary style pieces. Some furniture can be refurbished to look new and simple.
For example, if you have chairs with flower themed upholstery, you can have them re-upholstered with a plain neutral color using a modern type of fabric. White, black, gray, and tan are good colors to start with if you don’t have a specific color theme.
Repaint the walls with neutral colors too. If you have a painted brick wall, strip off the paint to expose the bricks’ natural finish. Check the ceilings if they are still good. If they look bad and worn out, tear the ceiling down and paint exposed pipes with the same color as the wall or with a complementing color.
Decorate your newly painted walls with canvas wall art in contemporary or abstract styles. Many people choose not to frame their paintings to produce that bohemian and casual contemporary look. Get artwork painted on gallery wrapped canvas so you don’t need to frame them.
If the carpet is worn out, remove the carpet to expose wooden floors. Have the wooden floors sanded and treated. If your floors are concrete, you can beautify them with floor paint and then throw some contemporary rugs here and there.
Replace old fluorescent lights with track lights, pin lights, and contemporary floor lamps. Install a dimmer so you can control the brightness. Use light bulbs with an amber glow and avoid white light except in places where you need brighter light. Place spot lights in places where you will hang your canvas wall art.