Some people love interior decorating and others find it stressful. Thinking up a fresh, new color scheme for your living room isn’t always easy. Shall we go for those same old neutrals again, or do we dare add a splash of color? If you’re looking for ideas why not turn to your photo files for inspiration. Pick out some of your favorite photos from the last year: choose arty photos of flowers, that gorgeous landscape you took on vacation, or a series of fun portraits of your kids. When you get your best pictures printed on to canvas, you will give yourself a great starting point for your new décor.
Top quality gicles or canvas prints make a perfect focal point for a room. Hang one large landscape on the wall behind the couch, or a series of square portraits. You can even go crazy and get a split canvas print, where one photo is blown up large and then printed onto three or four separate canvases, which you hang close together to re-create the whole picture.
Choosing wall colors to compliment your canvas prints is much easier if you get yourself a color wheel. Look online or pick one up at an art store. A color wheel shows a circle of colors. Complimentary colors are the ones opposite each other on the wheel. So if you want to make a canvas print of a shot of brilliant purple flowers, find purple on the color wheel and look for its opposing color. You’ll find that it is yellow. A yellow background will make the colors of your purple canvas print stand out and almost glow with intensity. So now your decision is made for you; you can paint your wall a shade of yellow to make it the perfect backdrop for your canvas printed photo.
Of course if you want to create a very tranquil setting with your canvas prints, say for a bedroom, you can choose a color scheme based on the two colors adjacent to your main photo color on the color wheel. These colors won’t intensify the colors of your picture but will harmonize with it, giving a softer ambience.
Or maybe you have already decided on your color scheme and now need to find artwork to go with it? Again the color wheel can come in handy as you choose a photo to have printed on to canvas. Sift through your favorite photos with the color wheel to hand and see which ones will work best on your newly painted walls. If you can’t find what you want you can takes some photos to order. Dress your kids up in the color that works best with your décor, according to the color wheel, and have an impromptu photo shoot. Keep taking photographs of your kids until you’ve got a whole series to choose from, then get the best shots printed onto square canvases to create a fun, family gallery that perfectly compliments your new décor.
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