Art displayed in home

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I would like to display art in my home. But I don’t know where to start. Please can you post me a picture of your favourite picture. Thanks

I’ve got a few. I used artfinder.com and just kept looking until something jumped out at me. For me, art needs to mean something. You can filter by categories and prices. I love my pieces

Everyone's personal taste is different though - why have someone else's favourite picture on your wall? There is no fashion or trend to follow.

What sort of stuff do you like? If you don't know, then perhaps visit an art gallery for inspiration, or go to somewhere like The Range or Ikea, both of which stock a huge range of pictures and frames for you to look at. If you go to a car boot sale, there will be stacks of frames and paintings there - including originals by local amateur artists sometimes, which are surprisingly good.

I may not know much about art, but I know what I like.

Go with what you like. 🙂

We have a tiny local place that puts on an exhibition by local artists twice a year. We've bought a few pieces from them. We also have two by DP's friend, one commissioned from a photo we took on holiday, one he had done for me as a surprise. See if there's anything local to you for a start. I have to feel something to want it in my wall, so it's an infrequent purchasing thing.

Other things like framed prints, I've carted from house to house for decades now because I love them.

We have a lot of art but it all has personal meaning, usually having been bought on a trip.

Art is for everybody. You can spend anything from zero to £5,000,000.

And don't forget that art is not just paintings. What about pottery, figurines, abstract sculpture, ornamental glass? We have a really lovely pottery vase on our windowsill. DD made it at school when she did GCSE art.

Who's your favourite artist or style of art?

I like this

And this

Look for student art shows at a college or university.

Those are my current favourites. But I like a range of art, I am not fixed on one style. But some people are just great at creating collections and having a wall of art which just goes together . Mine is too varied to look good together

I’ve got a few. I used artfinder.com and just kept looking until something jumped out at me. For me, art needs to mean something. You can filter by categories and prices. I love my pieces

I love original art.
When I've mentioned it people seem shocked and think it's something hugely expensive.
I love artfinder and got my first piece from their. Its a large abstract piece in my favourite colours.

I have bought other pieces from artist at village halls when they have had local artists selling their work.
Collecting art doesn't have to be expensive but , imo, it does have to be something you love.
I know what I like and what I really dont want in my house. I love bright abstract.

I don't have 'art' on my walls per se, but I do have maps, posters, embroidery works, newspaper clippings, original paintings and giclée prints, mirrors, clocks and postcards in frames

Collected over decades and all have a story attached about how I acquired it

I can't call myself an art connoisseur, but whatever you display must mean something to you personally

I don't have 'art' on my walls per se, but I do have maps, posters, embroidery works, newspaper clippings, original paintings and giclée prints, mirrors, clocks and postcards in frames
Collected over decades and all have a story attached about how I acquired it
I can't call myself an art connoisseur, but whatever you display must mean something to you personally

I agree with this.

*Gingernaut *style is not my taste, but that's the point, it's about what you like and making your home individual and showing your style.

I like one large modern piece on a wall, my friend likes to have a cabinet full of China and trinkets against her's. I wouldn't like that in my house but it doesn't matter because she loves it.

Most of ours is of places we love- Pembrokeshire and Norfolk.

*MinnieMountain · Today 08:30
Most of ours is of places we love- Pembrokeshire and Norfolk.
That sounds lovely!
Presumably happy memories for you.

We have a mixture of styles. Fine art, abstract, colourful, muted, places, people, animals, objects. Some cost more than others. Variety of artists including my own. I buy and display what I like to look at.

We have more than we can fit on our walls 😂.
Can’t see the pictures yet so not sure what you like. We don’t do curated walls generally but will try to bring pieces together with similar colours or styles and, if we are having anything framed we use a consistent style for that.
We usually buy originals but often from local art shows, art galleries not so much now.
If we are taking pictures down to decorate we sometimes go around the house trying things in new places to see if different arrangements work.
I would suggest a few visits to art galleries, as in shops selling art rather than national gallery etc, and local art shows. Take your time, begin to see if there is a pattern to what you like, hope that you and partner like the same, don’t forget to look at unframed work in browsers as well as what is on the walls.

I've got allsorts, from a very old oil painting my father was given when he was young, to postcards and prints I've put in frames because I love them.

I've got a cabinet where I've papered the inside with old photos I've picked up from antique shops or flea markets over the last 25 years, I've got old hunting prints, religious icons, prints cut out of calendars, photos I took, film posters, anything I like the look of.

Yes my house is rather like a junk shop. I love it.

I have a few good quality prints of Renaissance art which speak to me. I bought them from the National Gallery and National Portrait Gallery online shop. My local framer made fab frames for them which really make them a bit of a statement. I also have a couple of original oil and pastel paintings made by friends.

Start following art groups and associations in your local area and on-line (water colourists, equine painters, landscapes, seascapes, youth collectives, student shows, etc) whichever catches your interest, and start going to vernissages and exhibitions and get your eye in.

The art world is quite small and you will gradually start seeing the same faces if you are a regular attendee. If you are worried initially by going alone, start by taking a friend, but I have had more luck talking to people when I go alone! People love to talk about their own art or their purchases.

At the same time maybe read some good books on art history on all the different eras, styles and schools of art. I can recommend some if you are interested. And visit as many public galleries as you can.

Start going to antique fairs and study auction catalogues.

And then start making a few modest purchases while you find your style! Don’t try and buy something that matches the furniture, buy something you love!