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Décor is not just paintings. Wall décor can be a variety
of things. Wall décor can include collectibles, photographs,
mirrors, clocks, shelves, and other items. The trick with wall décor
is not simply what you hang, but how and where you hang it.
Everything on your wall must be balanced and in harmony. This does
not mean that everything must be symmetrically hung - in fact,
asymmetrical arrangements can add interest to your wall décor.
But even asymmetrical arrangements should be balanced in some way.
It is best if your wall décor has a focal point - a
point that the onlooker’s eye is first drawn to. From the
focal point, the viewer can look at everything else.
Wall décor is art. Therefore, it should be treated as such.
Many of the same rules that apply to painting or photography, etc.
apply to wall décor, as well. For instance, balance and harmony
are important in a painting, as well. Everything that you include
in your wall décor should be considered one giant piece of
art - your wall is your canvas. Therefore, all of your pieces
of wall décor must work together.
Wall décor can be made easier if you make templates of what
you plan to hang (assuming that you have already chosen your pieces
of wall décor). You do not want to have to hammer and re-hammer
nails, leaving holes in the wall where they used to be (and you
certainly do not want to have to pick a place for a painting just
so that the painting will cover up nail holes).
A template is easy to make - you just need to find a piece
of paper or newspaper and cut it down to the same size as your painting
or other piece of wall décor. You should do this for each
piece of wall décor that you plan to hang. You can then arrange
all of your templates together on the floor so that you can see
how they fit together. You could, instead, get some poster putty
and arrange your templates on the actual wall to give you the best
idea (just be careful not to smear newsprint all over you wall -
it can be messy).
You can even use the templates to figure out where to put the nail
hole in the wall - you can put a hole right in the vertical
center of your paper where the nail should go (based on the wire
your painting, etc. will be hung from). Then you just need to mark
the wall with a pencil where the picture hanger or nail needs to
go.
When hanging up your pieces of wall décor, it is a good
idea to use a leveler to make sure that everything is straight,
especially if you are hanging up shelves. With a level, you can
be sure that all of the bases of your frames are at the same level
or whatever it is you have decided to do. Try to keep even spaces
between all of your frames, even if you have an asymmetrical arrangement.
Be sure that before you put the nails in the wall, you step back
and take a look at your templates / wall décor. You want
to make sure that you like it before you commit to a certain arrangement
of wall décor.
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