Do you have art in your home?

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I'm wondering how many people have art in their home and is it something you care about?

If you do like art on your walls, do you care whether it's an original (i.e. an actual oil painting) or a print/ reproduction of the sort you can get from Dunelm etc?

If you don't like art on your walls, what do you instead? (If anything?)

Lots, of all kinds, picked up over the course of decades: paintings, maps, limited edition prints (some by people I know), old travel or exhibition or advertising posters, Japanese woodblock prints, a few inherited oil paintings.

The one thing I would never have in my house would be anything sold as generic 'wall art' at Dunelm, Ikea, B&Q etc. Interesting stuff doesn't have to be expensive, and I wouldn't want to feel like I was living in a Travelodge.

Lots of art, mostly originals collected over the years, some limited edition prints and some cheapo prints and postcards. If it calls to me, it goes on the wall!

Yes absolutely loads. It's one of me and DHs favourite things, choosing paintings. We are nearly out of wall space now.

Yes, some painted by me that I like (mostly still life to include stuff that DH grew, eg chillies, mexican pottery, bottle of tequila) others painted by friends who make a living selling their art -- gouaches, drawings etc. No oils and no watercolours.
Some prints made by an acquaintance who also did it for a living.
Museum postcards of Spanish still life paintings, framed and grouped.

I have lots of bits around my home. Three photographs a friend did, two original paintings that two other friends did, and another photograph by an unknown (to me) artist bought for me by my dearly loved sister.

all are of the same place, but very different views of it, and all are beautiful
,as are the memories they invoke.

I also have two reproductions (hopper and Jaccometi) which are equally beautiful, but don't evoke memories in the same way.

Yes I have lots, in a huge price range. Some basic prints from independent shops, a few limited edition ones, a couple of numbered photos, quite a few reproduction prints which I brought from my mum's house when she died, a couple of original authenticated paintings (none expensive!) and one original unique framed print of studies of my favourite artist which was ££££.

I love all of them to be honest, you don't have to spend much to get something you get pleasure from every day.

I come from a family of artists - siblings, father, sister in law and one of my grown up kids.
I have a mix of their work and artist friends of my family.

My favourite piece is by my eldest daughter

We've got originals and prints on the walls - pastels, watercolours, textile and photography. Also got loads of pottery. can't imagine not having art in my home.
I prefer originals however price is a factor so that's where we have prints instead.

I have a couple of original paintings, quite a few numbered prints and a few more framed posters - mostly from exhibitions we went to over the years. We've recently moved and dh purchased a few vintage travel posters and now I am rethinking what goes where

I have only one particular piece that I bought because I found it ironic (rather than it's value) off eBay about 20-odd years ago. It's by Stuart Semple during his "Nancy Boy" days. It compares a historic local politician/hotel owner with Denis the Menace and having researched that local politician I can agree with the comparison! Probably worth diddly-squat on the open market , but it amuses me every time I look at it...

I love original pieces of art. Some cheap (bought at graduate art shows from the local university campus) and some expensive (a trio of oil paintings), but my favourite (and outing so NC) is a black and white photograph printed on a single sheet of paper. It is backed with wood, incredibly heavy, and is approximately 8ftx6ft. It is over fifty years old and depicts a scene from a renowned theatre in the round. There are several famous actors featured. I'll never part with it. It was a gift given by the theatre to an actor, who gifted it to us around thirty years ago.

I have an original by a quite a well known British artist. It was given to DP by the artist. It's not really my thing but it's now on the spare room wall as I thought it needed to be somewhere more fitting than stuffed behind the sofa in bubble wrap as it was for years.

I have originals mainly commissioned from a couple of local artists that are of local views, I am no expert on art, just love the countryside round where I live.

I am a bit of a fan of mixed media so I have some decoupage oil paintings, some photographs printed on silk, some ink on papyrus drawings. We have a fabulous open studios month in our area which is how I have found many of the pieces.

@TheHorneSection Our pricier stuff is some Paul Corfield prints Gosh, I just checked him out, must say I love his work!

We have some original paintings, prints and photos on walls. They are on shelves too along with some decorative bits which are not art! We don't have any mirrors.

We have three original drawings by a very famous illustrator. We bought them as a bit of an impulse buy around twenty years ago and they bring us lots of happiness. They have gone up massively in value but we would never sell them unless we were very desperate for cash.

We've also owned various other paintings by well known artists but have sold them when we needed to raise money to have work done on the house. Last year we found a drawing in the loft that we bought for £100 25 years ago and used to have hanging up in the downstairs loo. It sold at auction for £3k. We couldn't believe it.

@TheHorneSection what is that picture/artist you have bought recently and pictured in your post? It is super!

We have Turner prints in the dining room - view of Durham and Nelson on the Victory (personally I'd rather have Rain Steam and Speed, but FiL's choice of present). Sunset on Canal (with narrowboats) in the lounge - an original photo. Also in the lounge wall plaques featuring three flying witches (Clarecraft Discworld).

Prints of Churchill's Dalek, The Pandorica Opens and Miss Hartigan with Cybermen in Graveyard are still in the "playroom", as is a small tapestry of The Flying Scotsman.

Print of an Ernest Shepard sketch ("Pooh Got In") in son's bedroom. Small Athena-type 80s picture and abstract landscape made of wax on the landing. Pretty design of flowers, actually a birthday card, in the hall.

Used to have orange elephant against a blue sky (photo) in the downstairs loo. Perhaps I'll get it out again.

Original paintings in the study - two Handprints and two entitled "My Brother". Now 17 and 20 years old.

(I think I still have The Joshua Tree and Dark Side of the Moon, bought in Week 0 in 1988. Maybe I'll swap one for Miss Hartigan...)

It’s available as a print here, our local art shop was selling it framed and I just fell in love!

https://www.wearedorothy.com/products/the-colour-of-books-original-open-edition?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw26KxBhBDEiwAu6KXt2Z6TvQxcKfn_PpYjYvHBlEFKg5mT0Sc-3-a-2Fixk2MrDf2P_UWNRoCjp0QAvD_BwE

Thanks @TheHorneSection this thread is going to cost me money!! I already have six prints sitting waiting to be framed!!
OP to answer your question - yes loads, it is one of life's pleasures. A mix of stuff I have fallen in love with on travels, on Etsy, at exhibitions, in small museum shops, stuff by my sister and other family members and some expensive 'real' stuff. I particularly like abstract art that the children hate (but I tell them not to ditch it when I die because some of it is worth 1000s).

Lots of art. A few original paintings (nothing pricey though), some bought and and some done by family or friends, and some old prints.

Yes - mostly original painting and some prints. Mix of inherited, bought in galleries, at auction and picked up in charity shops or art fairs.

I have non originals from various places. I can’t afford to spend more but I love paintings on walls.

Yes - it reflects my life trajectory and changing interests too.

I've got a mix of mainstream prints bought from places like John Lewis/ museum shops, some landscape photography and a collection of prints made by modern screen and lino-printers which I'm still actively growing.