{"id":2376056,"date":"2020-07-27T13:20:16","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T17:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tollbrothers.com\/blog\/?p=2376056"},"modified":"2024-12-17T11:10:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T16:10:42","slug":"advice-to-choosing-art-for-your-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tollbrothers.com\/blog\/advice-to-choosing-art-for-your-home\/","title":{"rendered":"A Designer\u2019s Advice to Choosing Art for Your Home"},"content":{"rendered":"
Last updated on December 17th, 2024<\/p>\n
Art is so much more than something you hang on your walls. A thoughtfully curated collection creates an experience for you and your guests. It provokes an emotional response<\/a>. Art is also personal. It communicates a story about the people who live there. What they find beautiful, interesting, challenging, important. Sound a little intimidating? It doesn\u2019t have to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Having curated the art for thousands of homes over the years at a variety of price points, we\u2019re sharing three key considerations for identifying and placing art that will reflect your tastes\u2014and wow your guests.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n When we\u2019re selecting art for your home, we always start with a story. What kind of person lives here and what kind of pieces would resonate with their lifestyle? How can we create an aspirational space that delights and inspires? Using those questions as a guide, we lay the foundation of furniture, colors, finishes, and textures. Then the art provides the voice to the space\u2014it\u2019s what makes the space memorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For the dining room in the 黑料网 Candelas model, for example, we envisioned a story about the homeowners being an adventurous, well-traveled young couple. We fell in love with this photograph that made us think of far-flung places and made it the focal point of the room. It\u2019s an instant conversation starter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n Think about each room from the perspective of a visitor. When you enter a space, where does your eye naturally travel? Once you\u2019ve identified the focal point<\/a>, orient everything else around that so that the eye will always come back to that point. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you\u2019re looking to up your style game, consider building a room around a particular piece of art that you love. Place it in the area of greatest focus in the room and then think about how you can use color, lighting, texture, fabrics, and furnishings to reinforce your art as the anchor your space. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n A room full of paintings is a gallery, not a living room. What makes art in the home interesting is a diversity of scales and materials. The focus on a large-scale wall hanging is reinforced when it\u2019s framed by smaller sculptural objects. A cool, textural art element on one wall is complemented by a more traditional framed watercolor on an opposite wall. Think about the art for a particular space as a collection of items of different shapes and sizes that all help tell a cohesive story\u2014your story\u2014vs. each being a standalone piece you happened to like. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Take this study in the 黑料网 Chatfield Orion model, for example. The two large sculptures anchor the painting on the wall while an array of objets d\u2019art on the shelves create areas of interest everywhere the eye travels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n The most important thing to remember about choosing art for your home is that you don\u2019t have to do everything at once. Take the time to find great pieces that genuinely speak to you and you will eventually build a collection that tells your story. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Discover 3 key way to selecting art for your home that will reflect your tastes and impress guests with expert advice from interior designer, Angela Harris.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":2376061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2020-10-19T15:41:49Z","apple_news_api_id":"21150878-9883-4439-abf4-e18f1103e8c0","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2020-10-19T15:41:49Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AIRUIeJiDRDmr9OGPEQPowA","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[389],"class_list":["post-2376056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-at-home","tag-home-tips-and-advice"],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\nStart with a S<\/strong>tory<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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