Pictures decorate absolutely any room. They fit organically into the interior and add a certain charm. The living room is the central part of the apartment.
Guests are usually welcomed here and free time... By the design of this room, one can judge the taste and social status the owner of the apartment.
Pictures for the living room are considered one of the most important decor items. Only after a long period of time, the paintings began to be selected in accordance with the design of the room.
Earlier in small apartments one could see frames made of stucco moldings with gilded patterns that did not exactly fit into the interior of the room.
Modern paintings for the living room are the main accent, the highlight of the home.
If you have any doubts about how to hang a picture on the wall in the living room, then stop at the classic version.
This product model implies wooden frame depicting a still life or landscape. Choose a theme in accordance with the design of the living room or the image of your area, for example, a beautiful bridge or a castle.
Consider all the details of the style of your apartment, ideally combine the drawing with the color scheme of the room.
For example, the landscape of the Russian winter will look good in classic interior... And if, you hang up Moroccan motives, they will look out of place.
Pictures in the living room interior should be a continuation of the design, so you should think about what will be shown in advance.
Art Nouveau paintings for the living room
V modern style there are elements of pop art and abstraction. It can be an enlarged leaf of a tree or a small fragment of it.
Modular paintings in the interior of the living room can also be a good solution for giving a kind of accent to the room.
How to place the painting correctly
With correctly positioned images, you can easily change the geometry of a room.
A low ceiling will visually look much higher if you can hardly hang the images vertically.
The horizontal ones will help to increase the width. If the room has a longitudinal arrangement, then it is better to hang a bright big size image, then the proportions of the room will be slightly smoothed.
Pictures in the living room above the sofa will look appropriate if the walls are painted in a light shade and are of medium size.
If you are going to compose pictures, be sure to align them to the bottom.
The height of the paintings for better perception should be 1.5 meters from the floor. This is how paintings are usually arranged at exhibitions.
If the drawing is large enough, it is allowed to hang it at a height of 170 cm. The location of the paintings depends on the style of the living room; in some designs it is allowed to put the paintings above the chest of drawers or on the shelves.
In cottages perfect place above the fireplace, because it will catch the eye and your picture will definitely not remain unnoticed.
Composition of paintings
This option looks a win-win if you make a combination of paintings of the same size and motives.
It is better to arrange images in a row or several rows.
If the composition contains one large and many small pictures, then the larger picture should be placed in the center, and the rest in a circle.
For elongated living rooms, a modular painting with a continuous pattern is suitable. Choose no more than 4 modules so as not to clutter up the space. Remember, a painting is a decoration.
What image to choose for the living room
For this room, there are no restrictions on the choice of paintings - it can be a rural or marine theme, mountains, tropics.
If the room is made for a certain design, then you should see a photo of the paintings in the interior of the living room, so it will be much easier to make a choice.
The selection of a painting depends on the style of the living room.
- For country style good option there will be an image of small towns in Italy, for example, the Tuscan landscape.
- For Art Nouveau, animalistic images or abstraction are possible.
- For high-tech style, pictures of cities or digital masterpieces, avant-garde are suitable.
- For classics it is possible to hang old portraits
- For fusion style, modular images or any other paintings without frames are suitable.
- If the living room is made in the Provence style, the marine theme, or the image of poppy or lavender fields, is ideal.
Complementing your living room interior with a picture, you will create a unique design.
Photo of the design of paintings in the living room
Was and remains a popular element decor any room. Genuine works famous artists or their less expensive copies, glossy posters or family photos, digital images printed on paper or canvas are able to embellish faceless walls, make a boring interior original, and turn an inconspicuous room into a stylish apartment. However, buying a painting you like and hanging it in an empty place is not quite good decision... First you need to familiarize yourself with the basic rules for the selection and placement of paintings, depending on style premises, its size, purpose, design features.
Geometry of space
With the help of correctly positioned pictures, you can change visual perception premises. Low ceilings will seem higher if you hang a vertically oriented picture or several images one below the other. You can expand the room by placing paintings horizontally in a row. If the room layout resembles the corridor, it is better to hang a bright big picture on the front side - the room will become more comfortable and proportional.
Advice: if you hang pictures in a row different sizes, you need to align them to the bottom edge.
Location height
An image will be best perceived by the human eye if its center is at a height of 150-152 cm from sex... According to this principle, exhibits are hung at exhibitions and in museums. But in kitchens it is better to place pictures at eye level of a seated person - after all, it is in this position that you are most likely to contemplate a work of art. If the picture is small, and there are small parts, it is allowed to hang it lower (but not lower than 60 cm from the floor). Larger images, on the other hand, are recommended to be hung higher - up to 160 cm from the floor.
Original painting, made by hand, in a rustic interior
You can create a spectacular home decor element with your own hands.
Light modern interior with a large abstract painting
Golden arrows in a frame - simple and original
A bright painting with an abstract plot can become an original interior accent
Stylish interiors are not necessarily associated with huge financial costs, because you can decorate it with accessories created using available materials and priceless imagination.
Pictures with photo printing will easily and simply decorate a modern interior
Bright painting with photo printing will brighten the modern kitchen
Picture frame: where to start?
The main condition for creating a masterpiece is inspiration. Better not to copy someone else's work, but try to feel the mood own home, to imagine what is missing in the interior, which could emphasize its dignity. It is better to put any thoughts and sketches in a separate notebook - they can come in handy when creating a picture. Think about where the future work will hang - in the living room, kitchen, bedroom.
An interesting poster will decorate the bedroom in a Scandinavian style
A simple "lip print" - creative decoration interior
A bright drawing of a child, decorated in a frame, will decorate his room
Art Nouveau interior with a bright large abstract painting that you can paint yourself
This handmade masterpiece will be a worthy decoration for your home.
Having decided on the style, you can begin to select materials for the future work:
- Paint and canvas.
- Cardboard, designer paper, magazine clippings, old photos.
- Textiles, leather, ribbons, braid.
- Glass or crystals.
- Buttons.
- Dried flowers, shells.
Advice! Do not throw away old children's drawings, scraps of fabric, magazines, jewelry - all this can become part of the picture. Store them in a separate box, reviewing and assembling from time to time.
Spectacular picture of seashells will be a chic home decoration
Color modular picture can successfully hide the TV
The picture can be made from a printed macro photo
Any item can become the basis for a handmade masterpiece
DIY paintings: paint with paints
The easiest way to create an original painting for your interior with your own hands is to paint it. The theme is limited only by the imagination of the creator. Even in the absence of artistic skills, a masterpiece can turn out: use abstract techniques, study master classes and photos of finished works.
Minimal paint skills are required to create an original painting
Abstraction is always in trend
The spectacular combination of colors in the picture will catch the eyes of households and guests.
Unpretentious, but very attractive picture
For a fusion-style interior, a simple abstraction is suitable
Oil, watercolors, acrylic paints will become faithful helpers in creating paintings for the interior. As a basis, you can use both professional canvas and ordinary thick paper or a primed board. Inspiration can be drawn from nature if there are scenic spots near the house. If you are not lucky with the place or the weather, feel free to draw your household, pets, fruit compositions - whatever. The accuracy of the reproduction of reality does not play any role, the main thing is to approach the process with a soul.
Technique for creating an abstract painting using paints
Stylish interior turquoise colors with a rectangular diptych painting in the main colors of the bedroom
Stencils
With spray paint, it is easy to apply the image through a stencil. It is better to take plywood or very thick cardboard as a basis for the picture. The paint for the background should be different in color and effect from the color of the picture. For example, colored patterns on a gold or silver field look original. You can make several pictures of the same size and arrange them into a single work of the type of modular paintings, which will decorate the wall in the living room.
Advice! Use interestingly shaped dried leaves and herbs instead of paper stencils.
A painting created with a stencil. Fun and cheerful!
Using a simple flower or tree leaves can create a unique canvas
New Year's picture made with a "reindeer" stencil
An excellent stencil can be openwork paper napkins.
Modular paintings in the interior
Bright, creative modular painting
Modern living room with large modular painting
Original modular picture of a bicycle
All that remains is to cut it into segments and fix them on a suitable base. The paper can simply be neatly glued onto a plywood or fiberboard base, and the canvas can be stretched over wooden frame and secure on the back with a stapler.
Advice! When self-painting a picture for an interior, the image is applied over the already prepared modular segments. The canvas can be replaced with any suitable fabric by painting it with batik paints. On paper blanks, painting is best done with acrylic or waterproof markers.
Modular painting with photo printing of flowers in the bedroom
Modular picture with a world map in the nursery
Modular vivid picture with picture beautiful flowers decorate the living room
Modular paintings are suitable for almost any room, from the kitchen to the living room, but it is important to select the appropriate images. If you do not have time at all to create a masterpiece with your own hands, then we have good news for you - for today Modular pictures you can buy at any specialty store or on the Web.
Photo printing
The technical side of the issue is taken over by a photo workshop, which can print a suitable image on almost any basis: canvas, paper, ceramics, etc. These can be ordinary posters with an image interesting places, people, ornaments.
Advice! A poster is not just a picture, it should carry a certain idea, correspond to the interior, the theme of the room and the character of the owners of the house.
For the loft style, paintings using photo printing are popular.
Black and white photos in white frames, as an alternative to paintings
Small bedroom in gray tones decorate black and white painting in black frame
If the poster is large, you can divide the image into several segments and, when combined into a single canvas, beat the joints, making it look like a modular picture.
If there is a child in the house, then you can scan his drawings and, choosing the appropriate color and shape, make a collage of them. A photo of the artist himself can complement such a poster. All that remains is to print the poster and place it in a frame that matches the color and style of the nursery's interior.
A collage of old and new family photos can be hung as a picture in the bedroom or living room, and posters with the image of the corresponding paraphernalia and fruits are suitable for the kitchen. Finally, it is worth noting that it is recommended to choose posters and panels for the kitchen in juicy and bright color schemes however, no one forbids you to go against the rules and create stylish monochrome kitchen designs.
In Art Nouveau interiors, paintings using photo printing are very popular.
Small black and white photographs are also suitable for a cozy, bright bedroom.
Atmospheric modular painting from photography
Interior paintings from textiles
From all kinds of scraps, fabrics with beautiful ornaments, ribbons, braids or lace, you can create real patchwork masterpieces with your own hands. Fabric paintings are most often done using the applique technique. The basis is taken from dense textiles with restrained and inconspicuous ornaments (stripes, polka dots, etc.), and the main elements are cut out of bright patches.
Real masterpieces can be created from fabrics of different colors
Bright modular picture of textiles under glass
Original wall decoration with fabric paintings
Most often, kitchens and nurseries are decorated with textile products, since these premises are characterized by a certain simplicity present in the application. From felt, flannel and other fabrics that keep their shape well, you can cut fruits, animals, cars, houses. You can safely combine various textures and patterns on fabrics, use braid, decorative cord, buttons for decoration. For the living room, you can make a textile picture of crinkled silk with abstract patterns.
Unusual textile pictures from bright fabric in the nursery
Interesting textile modular picture at the head of the bed
Buttons for the kitchen
With the help of buttons with your own hands, you can create original pictures by sewing on or applique. This type of hardware is often used to depict leaves on trees. Buttons can be pasted in an original way inside any contour, for example, a silhouette of a butterfly or a cat. In sewing shops you can pick up parts different forms, colors and materials and lay them out like a mosaic, according to a previously prepared scheme. These button-like pieces will fit perfectly into the kitchen, however, they can also be used for the living room and bedroom.
Advice! Buttons can be glued around the perimeter of the picture frame, giving it a personal touch.
An unusual picture created with a variety of buttons
Original painting with a bright heart made of buttons
DIY wallpaper and panels
Often large chunks remain after renovation. beautiful wallpaper, which will be useful for making unusual interior paintings.
DIY paintings for the interior: embroidery and crystals
Many people are fond of embroidery, and in needlework stores you can find the most different schemes and kits for creating masterpieces. With your own hands, you can embroider the canvas with beads or try your hand at laying out mosaic paintings. The latter are made using diamond technique, that is, by laying out with rhinestones. This process is quite laborious and requires perseverance and accuracy, but the result exceeds all expectations. You can use both the full laying technique and the partial one, where crystals cover individual sites canvases.
Highly stylish painting from fabric fittings
Original wall decoration for Halloween
Leather paintings, quilling paintings and collages
You can create amazing collages from photos, scrapbooks, book and music pages. Depending on the theme of the images, paintings can decorate a living room, bedroom or any other room.
Bright unusual picture handmade
You can also make three-dimensional paintings from leather or cardboard, use decoupage and quilling painting techniques, coffee paintings and even pasta crafts.
Quilling painting will decorate the children's room
It will take a lot of patience and time to create such a picture.
Unusual pictures from wooden blocks
Fusion style interior with a variety of small pictures self made
From thick colored paper, textiles and foam rubber, you can create creative layered images with curved space. Finally, it is worth noting that when choosing a frame for a masterpiece, created with your own hands, you can stop at the simplest frames. They can also be designed at your own discretion using various decorative materials.
Pictures are a unique decoration of the interior. They draw attention to themselves, set the style, enrich the palette of colors and complete the room.
In our article, we will show you how to choose paintings for the living room and place them so that the room takes on individuality, looks fresh and in a new way.
Difference of modern paintings
It is not difficult to pick up paintings on the wall in the living room if you have taste, feel the colors and have an idea of \ u200b \ u200bdecorating the interior.
Otherwise, it is better to turn to designers who will suitably and stylishly fill your living room with worthy specimens. Let's take a look at some common wall decoration techniques.
Oil painting. Framed by a weighty baguette, this oil painting perfectly complements the classic style. However, abstract works with a palette knife will decorate any newfangled decoration.
- Acrylic. Pictures in the interior of the living room, written acrylic paints, will come to the place in retro and pop art style.
- Watercolor. Airy watercolors will bring even more harmony to Provence, shabby chic and country styles.
- Graphics. Covered with glass graphic works, bordered by a neat frame, serve as a highlight creative style eclecticism.
- Poster. Simple and at the same time "tasty" decor is used in the interior scandinavian style, hi-tech and minimalism.
Canvas print. The works are printed reproductions of well-known works of art and have no value whatsoever.
This is a democratic version of the picture, which symbolizes the luxury of the interior only from afar.
The photo. The work of today's photographers is often a matter of sincere admiration. Many of them are rightfully worthy of decorating the walls of living rooms in best houses... You can also use high-quality pictures from your personal archive.
Correct placement of paintings
Modern paintings for the living room are used as independent decor or as part of a more complex composition.
View photos of paintings in the interior of the living room, which we offer for inspiration and drawing interesting ideas... You will notice the main places to decorate the walls of the room.
Above the sofa. Here the pictures are most harmonious. In this place, they are designed to fill the void and balance the interior.
Over the chest of drawers. A painting or a combination of paintings looks great above a dresser, especially if you complement the decor with the right accessories.
By the fireplace. Inexpressible warmth and comfort can be easily achieved in a private house with a fireplace, if you decorate it with beautiful paintings.
Gallery on a free wall. Art wall is a very popular technique for European designers. It consists in filling whole wall paintings, posters, photographs, embroidered works and postcards, which are carefully combined with each other, adhering to the intended theme and color palette.
On shelves. If you often change the images around you, place your work on the shelves in the living room - this will allow you not to unnecessarily violate the integrity of the walls.
Pictures in the living room above the sofa
Decorating the space with a single picture, there is nowhere to expect difficulties. A large single image looks self-contained and stylish.
Works of all shapes and sizes are welcome, mostly painted in oil, but other techniques are also possible.
Three paintings of identical sizes, elongated upward forms, going in a row. Perfect solution for modular paintings or similar works created by the same artist.
Nine pieces in three rows. Suitable for photographs or black and white graphics square shape... The number of paintings can be varied based on the size.
The output should be a square or rectangle with equal gaps between jobs.
The big picture and three small ones. The main artwork can be a print on canvas, the rest can be posters or photographs.
home vertical work assumes placing small images on the left or right in a column, horizontal - on top or bottom. It is important to stick to straight imaginary lines around the perimeter of the composition.
Three paintings enclosed in a square. The elements of the kit may knock out of the lines of the correct square, however, it is important to observe equal distances between them.
Miniature gallery. 5-8 paintings of various sizes and formats are placed in the shape of a rectangle. The intervals between small jobs are slightly reduced, large ones are increased.
Modular paintings in the living room
A fresh breeze in last years have become modular paintings in the interior of the living room. One large, meaningful image, smoothly flowing onto each next canvas, looks very impressive and brightens the interior.
The works do not require baguettes or frames, and at the same time they have integrity and completeness.
When choosing paintings and their location, take into account the general concept of the living room, color scheme and personal preference. It's great if the room is decorated not with soulless images, but with works that inspire, delight the eye and carry a certain meaning for you personally.
Using our photos of paintings in various interiors, you can find or combine your perfect option for the living room.
Photo of paintings in the interior of the living room
Decorating the interior of your own home with paintings is a common trend for our time. Previously, such home decoration could be afforded mainly by the wealthy strata of society, and original copies of eminent artists were used. The development of technology has provided contemporaries with a chance to widely use various paintings in the interior of an apartment, without being the owner of an impressive fortune.
General principles of home decoration with paintings
The diverse range of products offered makes it possible to create harmonious interior in the apartment, emphasizing the dignity of housing and skillfully disguising the flaws. The choice of consumers is represented by products of photography, printing of images on glass or canvas. Classical oil paintings do not lose their relevance either. The key task remains the choice of paintings that match general rules interior decoration of the apartment.
In case of a difficult decision on the design of a room made in classic style, it is worth getting acquainted with the works of artists in galleries, museums and exhibitions, to study painting albums. New impressions will help you decide on the technique you like, direction and genre that suits the interior of the apartment. In the future, if you wish, you can buy reproductions of paintings by classics or order a copy.
When choosing paintings for the interior of an apartment, it is important to adhere to the principles of design art:
Advice ! It is preferable to place the paintings on a wall protected from direct sunlight.
Living room interior
The central place in any apartment is the living room. A room designed for meeting friends, family communication and receiving guests requires special design approach... Pictures in the living room will allow you to create original interior filled with comfort and grace. The tasks assigned to the paintings differ in their focus, but ultimately are designed to create a harmonious environment and cause positive emotions from staying in the living room. In an effort to create a dynamic image, blue and blue shades will help, which are responsible for the activation of vital streams. In addition to color, the plot and arrangement of the painting are important in the interior of the living room.
When placing the canvas over the sofa, it is important to choose the right size. Optimal ratio in the interior, the width of the frame and back of the furniture is 1: 2. If there are two or three paintings, the free space is 1/3 the size of the sofa.
In the living room, images of animals and birds, urban and rural landscapes are appropriate. For high-tech or minimalist interiors, abstractions are suitable. The classics welcomes traditional oil painting on canvas. Cherry and brown tones the interior is combined with painting of the Renaissance or Renaissance. Seascapes are appropriate on light-colored walls.
What other techniques will allow you to create a dynamic or restrained atmosphere in an apartment? Let's take a closer look at all the tricks of design art:
- Symmetrically located canvases will create the effect of sustainability and fidelity to tradition. Black and white photographs or monochrome paintings... The same size will create a business environment more suitable for a study.
- Paintings, hung asymmetrically, add a sense of dynamism to the interior of the apartment.
- If there is free space, several large images are placed at a sufficient distance from each other in an asymmetric position. This will allow each piece of art to be perceived separately.
- Regardless of the number and size of images, the same frames contribute to the creation of a complete image.
- Pictures do an excellent job with the function of structuring the room. The central location will emphasize the symmetry of the design in the interior of the apartment, and, if necessary, will indicate the zoning of the space.
The hostess's creative inclinations will allow the embroidered paintings to be displayed in the interior of the apartment. There are many options for ideas - it can be cross-stitch or satin stitch work, recent times pictures made with beads are especially popular. Individuality and originality in this case is guaranteed one hundred percent.
Design solutions in the bedroom
For a corner in an apartment intended for a night's rest, it is preferable to choose paintings that can enhance the atmosphere of comfort, coziness and tranquility. Trust your inner feelings, let them materialize in painting. Love flowers - give preference to landscape images in the interior of the apartment, admire the majesty of water flows - a similar theme will fill the bedroom positive energy... However, the presence of paintings in the interior that focus on water requires special care when choosing:
- To attract financial flows images of calm rivers and streams are welcome. It is better to refuse from seething waterfalls and powerful whirlpools in the bedroom.
- Majestic sailboat on the background clear sky and white clouds, swaying on the endless water surface, will cause peace and tranquility. The contemplation of paintings brings pleasant dreams of travel and at the same time contributes to an increase in the interior space of the apartment visually.
- The plot line in the picture with raging waves, overhanging dark clouds and a ship fighting the elements, provokes the whipping up of negative emotions, feelings of anxiety and does not give an opportunity to relax after a busy day in your own apartment.
A few more nuances that should be considered when choosing paintings for the interior of a bedroom in an apartment:
- canvases with pastoral motives or the image of a forest will help to form a peaceful atmosphere;
- comfort and coziness in the apartment is provided by soft pastel colors;
- a transparent sky with exotic birds in the picture will add a romantic touch to the bedroom interior;
- Paintings depicting couples in love, portraits, made mainly in black and white, will help to complement the art deco style.
- The finished composition will be given to the interior of the apartment by paintings in which color prevails, combined with the rest of the decor elements - curtains, pillows or bedspreads.
If you are not a supporter of the classic approach to interior design, paintings made in different genres contribute to the implementation of fresh ideas in design. The desire to emphasize the individuality of the interior in the house will help paintings in the style of kanzashi. The essence of the creative direction lies in the execution of flower arrangements using ribbons and their decoration with beads. Hand-made decor always remains at the peak of popularity, allowing the hostess to show off her talents and amaze guests of the apartment with an exquisite taste.
Options for decorating the kitchen and hallway
Paintings selected for the interior of the kitchen should not have historical value and are considered overly expensive items. Still in living room apartment decoration elements fall into disrepair faster, so it is better to replace them with a fresh sample in a timely manner than to admire the spoiled product. Oil paintings on canvas are best placed under glass. Depending on the interior of the kitchen, paintings are selected taking into account the following rules:
- the predominance of cold and metallic shades is combined with a black and white image;
- having a Provence style kitchen in your apartment, give preference to paintings in yellow;
- minimalism in the interior welcomes bright painting that can become the leading accent in the room;
- the combination of the color content of the image with the elements of the apartment furnishings (chairs, shades, curtains) will form a complete image.
Advice ! If the kitchen flows smoothly into the hallway, the paintings for the interior in this part of the apartment are selected in one theme.
The kitchen in the apartment is a great place to unleash the creative potential of the hostess. There are many directions for decorating paintings for the interior. with my own hands... Panels are distinguished by originality, for the manufacture of which coffee beans, various cereals, cinnamon, beans and pumpkin seeds are used. To create a masterpiece in an apartment, you will need to cut cardboard to the required frame size, cover it with fabric or wallpaper and form a picture. Having achieved a harmonious arrangement of the elements, you can begin to fix them with glue.
An installation for an apartment made of cutlery will allow you to show ingenuity. Cold metal will organically fit into a strict high-tech style interior. In the manufacturing process, care should be taken to securely fix the components of the picture. To do this, you need to purchase a gun with silicone glue in the apartment. It also comes in handy for mosaic paintings. The main elements suitable for the interior of the kitchen are glass and broken tiles, eggshell and rhinestones. By coloring individual details, you can create a kind of decoration for the interior of the apartment, filling it with warmth and comfort. Ideas may not come right away, accumulate impressions, collect the details you like bit by bit. Over time, this is transformed into a harmonious image for the apartment.
