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31 Living Room Ideas from the Homes of Top Designers
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Find inspiration in the stylish living spaces of the world’s top talents
By Alyssa Wolfe
The world’s famed designers create exquisite interiors for their clients, but what about the spaces they fashion for themselves? For these sought-after professionals, their own homes are places to express their personal tastes and experiment with new trends, showcase bold patterns, and display treasured art and antiques. We’ve gathered a selection of the elegant and inspiring living rooms of decorators and architects whose residences have appeared in the pages of AD, each filled with smart and stylish ideas for your own design project. From over-the-top grandeur to sleek modernism, see the stunning spaces where the world’s top talents entertain and relax.
Photo: Pieter Estersohn
Architect Lee Ledbetter renovated a landmark 1963 house in New Orleans to share with his partner, Douglas Meffert. Surrounding the custom-made cocktail table in the living room are a pair of Harvey Probber brass armchairs upholstered in a KnollTextiles fabric, two Louis XVI–style fauteuils in a Holly Hunt leather, a vintage T.
H. Robsjohn-Gibbings chair in a Zoffany stripe, and a vintage Florence Knoll sofa in a KnollTextiles Ultrasuede. A large mixed-media artwork by Robert Helmer hangs on the brick wall, which is painted in Benjamin Moore’s Decorator’s White.Photo: François Dischinger
Designer Sara Story restored a Victorian home in Snedens Landing, New York. An artwork by Sterling Ruby and a zebrahide add pizzazz to the living room.
Photo: Douglas Friedman
With the help of architect Eric Ryder, designer Brigette Romanek renovated a historic Laurel Canyon home for her family. The living room is outfitted with a pair of Marco Zanuso lounge chairs from Eccola, a Blackman Cruz console (left), and a Hans Wegner chaise longue.
Photo: Ricardo Labougle
A large Roberto Matta canvas overlooks the living room in Linda Pinto’s Paris apartment. In the foreground at left is a bronze side table by Claude Lalanne, next to a sofa accented with 1970s fur pillows; the cocktail tables are by Ado Chale, the sculpture in the far right corner is by Philippe Hiquily, and the rug was custom made by Tai Ping.
Thomas Ruff’s photograph Substrat 24 I dominates the living room of Jamie Drake’s Manhattan apartment. Arranged around a marble-and-granite table by Drake Design Assoc. are a Milo Baughman lounge chair in a Christopher Hyland mohair, a Drake-designed sofa in a Schumacher fabric, and a pair of club chairs and a Bright Group ottoman that are covered in Rubelli velvets from Donghia. The curtains are of a Clarence House fabric, and the walls are painted in Benjamin Moore’s Sidewalk Gray, with a Venetian-plaster finish by the Alpha Workshops. The carpet is by the Alpha Workshops for Edward Fields.
Photo: Richard Powers
What appears to be a gilt-framed mirror in Timothy Corrigan’s Paris apartment is actually a window aligned with two mirrors, one in the living room and one in the dining room beyond. Corrigan highlighted the ingenious hall-of-mirrors illusion by installing matching Napoléon III chandeliers in the two rooms. The armchairs and the curtain and sofa fabrics are all from Schumacher’s Timothy Corrigan Collection; the stools are vintage Jansen, and the carpet is a Corrigan design for Patterson Flynn Martin.
Photo: Miguel Flores-Vianna
The heart of the Allegra Hicks’s Naples, Italy, apartment is a long, high-ceilinged room divided into living and dining areas, each anchored by carpets designed by Hicks. The designer also created the Roman-shade fabric, the cut velvet on the wood-framed Jindrich Halabala armchairs, and the butterfly-specimen table at right; an 18th-century Venetian mirror surmounts the mantel.
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Architect Jorge Elias filled his 17,000-square-foot home in the Jardim Europa neighborhood of São Paulo with extraordinary antiques and images. An 18th-century Russian chandelier, vintage velvet sofas, Louis XV fauteuils, a gold-leafed Hand chair by Pedro Friedeberg, and artworks by Serge Poliakoff and Fernand Léger are among the eclectic mix in the living room.
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Photo: Douglas Friedman
The former Manhattan living room of designers Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent features circa-1970 Georges Pelletier ceramic lights above a vintage sofa by Afra and Tobia Scarpa for Cassina, a ’70s Jansen brass cocktail table, and a French steel low table; the vide-poche table in the foreground is a ’50s design by Jacques Adnet, and the windows are dressed with curtains and rods by RH and tassels found at a market in Thailand.
Photo: Björn Wallander
In Pedro Espírito Santo’s frescoed Lisbon, Portugal, salon, an 1860s Orientalist painting is flanked by foil bouquets. The gilt-wood fauteuil is antique, the cocktail table is Asian, and the needlepoint carpet was custom made.
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Surrounding a living room doorway in the Hamptons home of David Kleinberg are two Richard Serra prints, one displayed over a mahogany cabinet by Paul László; the photograph in the hall is by Alejandra Laviada. Twin French Art Deco zebrawood side tables are joined by Art Deco armchairs covered in a Rogers & Goffigon fabric; the upholstery throughout the house was done by Anthony Lawrence-Belfair, the throw is from Homenature, and the raffia rug is by La Manufacture Cogolin.
Photo: Pieter Estersohn
An artwork by Terry Winters overlooks the Nashville, Tennessee, living room of interior designer Ray Booth and television executive John Shea.
Roust, one of their two Siamese cats, strikes a noble pose next to a Minotti chaise longue. A Christophe Delcourt floor lamp and a Robert Lighton side table flank the sofa, also by Minotti; the carpet is by Stephanie Odegard Collection.Photo: Pieter Estersohn
At the Montauk, New York, home of designers Vicente Wolf and Matthew Yee, framed photographs from Wolf’s collection—including images by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Edward Steichen, and André Kertész—line the shelves above the living room’s sectional sofa, which is upholstered in a Janus et Cie fabric.
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In Alexa Hampton’s New York living room, a detail of the Parthenon’s frieze, painted by Hampton, hangs above the custom-made sofa, which is covered in a Kravet fabric; the klismos chair is by Alexa Hampton for Hickory Chair, Louis XVI chairs flank the mantel (designed by Hampton for Chesney’s), and the Irish matting is by Crosby Street Studios.
Photo: Ricardo Labougle
Lorenzo Castillo accented the drawing room of his Spanish retreat with a wallpaper from his collection for Gastón y Daniela; the vintage cabinet-on-chest is by Pierre Lottier. The Castillo-designed armchair at left is clad in a Designers Guild velvet, 1970s patchworks hang above the suede sofa, and the vintage cocktail tables were found at Paris’s Marché Paul Bert.
Photo: Pieter Estersohn
In Holly Hunt’s Chicago apartment, a massive Helen Frankenthaler canvas faces a Louise Nevelson sculptural work across the living room. At center, a Holly Hunt Studio cocktail table topped with a John Chamberlain sculpture joins a Holly Hunt leather sofa cushioned in a Great Plains velvet and a pair of Paul Mathieu chairs upholstered in an Edelman leather; the floor lamps are by Christian Liaigre, the Tristan Auer ottomans are in a Kyle Bunting leather, and the rug is by Christian Astuguevieille. A custom-made Vladimir Kagan sectional sofa in a Great Plains wool nestles in the bay window.
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Photo: Vincent Thibert
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AD100 designer Jacques Grange’s Paris apartment—once home to the novelist Colette—overlooks the gardens of the Palais Royal. The living room is furnished with a 19th-century chaise longue, club chairs from 1925, an 18th-century desk, and a Jean-Michel Frank armchair from 1930.
Photo: Ngoc Minh Ngo
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A sculptural staircase framed in polished chrome catches the eye in late AD100 interior designer Alberto Pinto’s lively Rio de Janeiro apartment, which was renovated by architect Thiago Bernardes. Pinto designed the sofa, the painting is by Nancy Graves, and the armless chairs are by William Haines.
Photo: Pieter Estersohn
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jpgIn AD100 interior designer Muriel Brandolini’s eclectic Manhattan townhouse, Antipodal Shopperby George Condo is displayed above a midcentury Italian sofa; the cocktail table is by Mattia Bonetti, the vintage light fixture is by Gerrit Rietveld, and the oval portrait is of Muriel’s husband, Count Nuno Brandolini, as a child.
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AD100 decorator Michael S. Smith was inspired by 18th-century France when he decorated the elegant Manhattan duplex he shares with HBO executive James Costos. The walls display an Ellsworth Kelly lithograph and an antique overmantel mirror, while Louis XV–style canapés, a Jansen sofa, and Louis XVI–style gilt-wood fauteuils mingle with a Chinese low table and Japanese lacquer robe chests. The decorative woodwork is by Féau & Cie.
Photo: Tim Beddow
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jpgDesign team Paolo Moschino and Philip Vergeylen revamped a flat near London’s Victoria station, keeping only the original 19th-century cornices and the oak parquet floor. A pair of brass bookshelves inspired by a Billy Baldwin design for Cole Porter flank a work on paper by Jean Cocteau. The vintage console is by Jansen, and the sofa is by Moschino’s firm, Nicholas Haslam.
Photo: Roger Davies
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AD100 designer David Easton and artist James Steinmeyer gave the living room of their modern Tulsa, Oklahoma, getaway a warm makeover with Venetian-plaster walls painted in a Pratt & Lambert gray and Louis XVI–style slipper chairs upholstered in a crimson silk velvet. The mantel is by Easton, and the armchairs and ottoman are from his line for Lee Jofa, as are the fabrics covering them.
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Photo: Miguel Flores-Vianna
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jpgThe living room walls in antiques dealer and designer Richard Shapiro’s Malibu, California, retreat are sheathed in frescoed plaster, and a 17th-century Italian mirror hangs above an antique Cypriot mantel; Shapiro designed the chairs, the Patricia Roach floor lamp is from his furnishings company, Studiolo, and the wood stools are 19th-century Ghanaian.
Photo: Thomas Loof
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Inside a glass tower overlooking the Manhattan skyline, Todd Alexander Romano created a high-impact design for his 600-square-foot studio. Inspired by the bold color choices of legendary decorator Billy Baldwin, the designer lacquered the walls and upholstered the custom-made sofa in midnight-blue. Prints by Robert Goodnough and Josef Albers add a vibrant contrast.
Photo: William Waldron
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Alex Papachristidis decorated the Bridgehampton, New York, home he shares with his extended family using luxe fabrics and eclectic finds that provide the newly built home with a sense of history.
Gilded 19th-century stools and custom-made sofas upholstered in a Clarence House fabric are mixed with animal print–covered armchairs and pillows.
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Photo: Roger Davies
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At his modern Los Angeles getaway, AD100 architect and designer Daniel Romualdez introduced a fur rug, a reclaimed-wood cocktail table by André Joyau, and a pair of John Dickinson lamps to help soften the sleek white space. A painting by Sarah Morris hangs on the far wall, the print above the fireplace is by Christopher Bucklow, and the acrylic armchairs are by Paul Rudolph.
Photo: Pieter Estersohn
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In Atlanta, AD100 decorator Suzanne Kasler renovated her Regency-style house with the help of architectural designers William T. Baker & Assoc. She employed a soothing palette of cream, beige, and white for the living room.
“I like colors with a gray undertone,” she said. The velvet sofa is from Kasler’s line for Hickory Chair, the acrylic tables and curtain fabric are by Nancy Corzine, and the rug is by Beauvais Carpets.Photo: Pieter Estersohn
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A stainless-steel wall sculpture by Octavio Abúndez hangs in the living room of Nate Berkus’s former duplex in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, and the Gilbert Poillerat chairs are upholstered in a Clarence House linen. Berkus furnished the apartment in the 19th-century building with pieces he had collected over the years, including many furnishings from his previous home in Chicago.
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Photo: Eric Piasecki
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When AD100 interior designer David Kleinberg moved to an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, he chose to retain the home’s original 1920s architectural details as well as the ornate millwork installed by previous owners; he updated the latter with cream and white paint.
The vintage light fixture is by Swiss architect Max Ernst Haefeli, and the painting is by Garth Weiser.Photo: Roger Davies
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Brazilian architect and designer Sig Bergamin crafted a vibrant living room in the São Paulo home he shares with architect Murilo Lomas. Murano-glass vessels are displayed on either side of a Vik Muniz painting, and the sofas are covered in a Rubelli velvet.
Photo: Tim Beddow
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Russian architect Dmitry Velikovsky created a refined yet exotic look for his Moscow penthouse, whose living room features an antique gilt-wood sofa, a Senegalese armchair, and an 18th-century samurai chair; a painting by Viktor Pivovarov hangs above the fireplace, and a Picasso etching leans against the bookshelf.
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The living room is the front part of a house or apartment. Here we meet guests, spend free time with relatives and stay alone with ourselves. In a large house, often the living room is an open space that occupies a significant part of the first floor. That is why there are always increased requirements for the design of the living room.
The same applies to art. Pictures are chosen very carefully. In this article we will tell you how to choose paintings in the living room. We will offer an algorithm by which you can make the right choice yourself. nine0003
1. Living room interior styles
Starting from the style in which the interior is made. Each style has its own characteristics and features. And it is they who need to be kept in mind when choosing paintings. We offer you the following tips:
1.1. Living room in the style of minimalism
The main features of the style are simple shapes, geometry, and the absence of small details.
Look at the paintings in the living room from this position. Pictures that match these parameters will fit perfectly - monochrome, restrained palette, large dies of the same color and strokes. It can be both abstract and figurative. Geometric abstractions work well. The example below is a living room combined with a dining room - a bright space with 2 accent colors. As a painting - linear abstraction by Ilyin S.
Living room combined with a dining room with abstraction "Line composition" by Ilyin S. Avant-garde works with simple objects, large details, with a palette of no more than 2-3 colors geometric abstraction Abstract works made in large, broad strokes, without small details nine0010 1.2. Living room in country style Characteristic features of country style are: well-thought-out interior, aged surfaces, presence of antiques, incredible comfort.
In such an interior, landscapes, still lifes, images of people will be appropriate. In some cases, abstraction is also appropriate.
The example below is the offices of the spouses in a country house. On the left - in the husband's office - an abstraction of "Fellini" by A. Speransky, the surface is deliberately textured, the colors seem to be scraped off in places, the lines are thin, uneven. This is the artist's idea, and in this case, this "relates" abstraction with a cozy country-style office. On the right is the wife's office, which houses a female portrait. nine0003 On the left - an abstraction of "Fellini" by A. Speransky. On the right - "Morning in Venice" by Komarova E. Retro theme Naive art, primitivism Paintings with "roughness", the effect of aging
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3. Living room in loft style This style is characterized by industrialism and brutality. We are looking for the same features in the paintings - works in mixed media, with a rough texture, with wide, confident strokes that seem to have been carried out “with the whole body”. These are large works from a meter. nine0003
We choose conceptual paintings. For example, the works of Opara Vladimir with a conditionally apocalyptic theme. Or figurative work with large objects. Black and white abstractions with visual roughness are also suitable.
For example, a black-and-white abstraction “Pattern” and the work “Bread” were chosen for shooting in the loft-style apartment in the first photo.
Loft-style apartment with paintings "Bread" by Boar-Petrova M. and "Pattern" by Mikhailenko I. Dining room-kitchen in the loft style with the painting "Harvest" Roschenko A. and S. Paintings with a conditionally apocalyptic theme Black and white abstract Abstractions with visual "roughness" nine0010 1.
4. Living room in Art Deco style This style is characterized by deliberate decorativeness, strict geometry, contrast and sophistication. Our selection includes strict geometric and bright abstractions, an extravagant female image, single and paired objects with decorative effect brought to the maximum.
As an example, a photo from an interior shooting in which three canvases participated at once. The interior is bright with bright accents, it has a lot of mirrored surfaces and intertwining geometric patterns. nine0003 Art Deco apartment with paintings "Silver" by M. Lebedeva, "Intermezzo" by D. Strelkov and "Prima Bolshoi" by E. Abzhinova, Extravagant female images and strict geometric abstraction Bright abstractions with the predominant color of the interior (or with a contrasting color) 1-2 objects with decorative effect brought to the maximum nine0010 1.
5. Living room in modern classic style (neoclassic, American classic)
Such interiors are characterized by classic lightweight shapes and light colors. Bright color accents are possible. Elegance and quiet luxury. The style is interesting because it can withstand almost any style of painting! And the choice of paintings in this case is very extensive, take a look at our selection of paintings for a neoclassical interior.
What to offer: images of people, avant-garde landscapes and still lifes, abstract painting. nine0003 avant-garde landscapes Pictures of people Still lifes in the avant-garde style Any abstraction
Bottom line: the most important thing is to correctly build on the style of the interior and look at those works that will be in tune with it.
In addition, the most important indicator of a well-chosen work of art is your own sense of "mine / not mine." Understanding the style of the interior is necessary as a starting point or something that you can rely on in a variety of choices. nine0003
As you view the works (especially live), you will feel which one you want to buy. The article should not limit you to strict adherence to the style of the interior.
2. Deciding on locations (where to hang a picture in the living room)
Of course, living rooms in every house have their own characteristics - both architectural and spatial, and interior and stylistic. But still, there is an approximate list of places where paintings are most often placed: above the sofa, in the dining area of the living room, between windows and in the walls. nine0003
But paintings are not always placed on the walls. In foreign interiors, it is common to place large paintings on the floor.
It is also convenient to place the painting on a chest of drawers, consoles (or above them). In this case, it is easy to change the location of work - half a year in the bedroom, half a year in the living room, and so on.
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Large paintings in the living room give a "wow" effect and look just great! It is the large format that allows the picture to play a major role in the room. And it's unusual. It's catchy. Excites. Surprises. And definitely - does not leave anyone indifferent! If the living room area allows - choose a large format.
From a meter and more!
It is logical to use medium formats when the size of the locations does not allow placing a large picture (between windows, for example, or on a chest of drawers). nine0003
The small format of paintings does not "hold" the interior, and in fact, in this case, the painting becomes an element of decor. Such a small picture can be put on a chest of drawers, on a shelf. Or collect a set of several small paintings and place them on the wall. But these options significantly lose to spaces with large canvases. But, of course, suitable for small spaces.
Perhaps everything! You can see pictures for the living room on our website.
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Guests will always admire the decoration of the central hall of an apartment or a private house with highly artistic works of art. And property owners will receive unforgettable satisfaction from the work done. After all, choosing the right masterpieces, beautifully and elegantly placing them on the wall is a truly design, decorating art.
Rules for the selection of artistic images
Paintings for the hall make even a dark room brighter and more visually attractive. They maintain harmony and proportion among the furnishings and overall design of the space. Decorators note a number of significant points when choosing and using paintings in the design of a room:
- works of art of different styles randomly hung on the walls can bring disharmony and the undesirable effect of a lack of aesthetic taste into the interior;
- interior art exhibition involves the placement on one wall of works in the same style or the same theme;
- paintings are placed on light, dull surfaces without a pattern (whether wallpaper, plaster, painting) so as not to distract attention from the semantic design of the walls;
- their decoration is facilitated by frames framing images, which are chosen to match the tone and structure of the nearest furniture.
The choice of paintings in the living room is influenced by: the dimensions of the hall; area and wall decoration; style decision of the room; furniture parameters and its color scheme; compatibility with interior details.
Design: Anna Muravina
Classic oil paintings in a realistic manner suggest a voluminous, beautiful, exquisite baguette. They are perfect for a classic style living room interior. Perfectly look over a fireplace or a guest sofa. The modern interior accepts abstraction, modernism - current trends in fine arts. nine0003
Watercolor is considered light, "airy" painting. Looks great in a stylized gallery. Still lifes, plants, rural landscapes will be indispensable in interiors made in the style of country, Provence, shabby chic.
Retro and pop art are increasingly choosing works made with acrylic paints. Hi-tech, loft, Scandinavian style look attractive with artistic photo illustrations and posters in metal frames. Graphics prefer a thin frame under glass and are "shown" primarily for eclecticism. nine0003
Choosing the ideal size of a painting for the living room interior
The principles of visual perception of space suggest:
gallery on the wall becomes an attractive artistic "spot" and is able to play the role of semantic zoning of the hall;
visually increase the height of the room with a large vertical canvas; nine0003
horizontal location of a large image will create the effect of increasing spatial frames across the width of the area;
square paintings of medium size do not visually change the geometry of the hall;
a large canvas or several large images above the fireplace or sofa visually reduce the volume of these interior items.
Design: Maksim Noda
The ideal size of a painting in a reception room should match the architectural dimensions of the room and the selected dimensions of the furniture. In urban environments, medium artistic images are better suited. The ceiling height of more than 3 meters allows you to "look closely" at the vertical compositions in the image, in other cases, horizontal rectangular paintings are appropriate. nine0003
Decorators call the size of a work of art no more than half of the working length of the sofa placed above it as optimal in terms of parameters. Modular compositions can harmoniously occupy up to 2/3 of the area above the back of the sofa.
A small living room looks good with a picture of about 50 cm along the longest frame or several images within 30 cm of the longest side of the perimeter: they look attractive in a gallery with a minimum of 3 pictures.
Matching image and baguette to interior colors
The color harmony of the home art exhibition is achieved by taking into account the general background of the hallway.
It depends on the color of the furniture, walls, ceiling, floor, curtains, decor elements. One color motif of the images and the wall can be contrasted with a brightly executed baguette. And, on the contrary, the contrast of bright paintings is "muted" by frames made to match the wall and adjacent furniture. It is worth remembering that the "juicy" color of the wall can "suppress" the light colors of the image, distract from the plot.
Designers in decorating a room with paintings use such a concept as rhyme. An aquarium with live fish suggests a marine motif of the picture, a drawing with flowers - a vase with live plants, a sofa with pillows in the Provence style - a harmonious image that includes the entire set of the color palette used.
Design: Zhenya Zhdanova
A living room in light (white, beige, pale brown) tones looks charming and is perceived with pictures made in a bright, colorful pictorial manner. Bright contrasting decorative details of the interior, suitable in meaning to the picture, can also serve as an addition.
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Inside the painting harmoniously combine white with bright red, yellow with blue, orange with green.
Panoramic works with 3D effect will help visually increase the space of a small living room, make it accentuated by bright colors. For example, in the Mediterranean style and ultramarine, the image of underwater life through a stylized porthole can become the center of the semantic perception of space by the viewer in the living room.
A win-win option for modern style is the choice of monochrome images. It is relevant and does not require special design and decorating skills.
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Correspondence of the choice of pattern to the style of the living room
Harmony in the interior of the living room is achieved by deliberately following the chosen stylistic decision. And paintings in this process are no exception.
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Modern interior style "chooses" modern, classic, vintage in painting. nine0003
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The classical style allows you to get away from classical academicism in art: the genre of classical portraiture, the Pre-Raphaelite period of painting will be appropriate.
Still lifes, landscapes will also find their rightful place in the interior of the chosen style. The classic English style is attractive with images of horses, dogs, hunting scenes. -
Art Nouveau adheres to current trends in contemporary fine arts.
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Country, like Provence, prefers landscapes of country life, still lifes, flowers in a bright colorful palette that characterizes the natural shades inherent in nature, endless fields, sky, forests and slopes ...
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For minimalism, hi-tech, loft, avant-garde motifs, monochrome images and artistic photographs will successfully “fit in”. It can be cubism, abstraction and clear geometry.
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Pop art is harmonious in the design of the hall with bright posters, posters and photographs.
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Art Deco "loves" expressionist masterpieces in oils, watercolors, as well as graphics and photographs as works of art.
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Fusion selects modular display options.
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Design: Bureau 3L Decor
How to correctly hang pictures in the apartment
Placing pictures in the main hall not only decorates the room, but also:
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allows you to zone the space;
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brightens up dark areas of a light wall;
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diverts attention from imperfections in the interior;
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"hides" possible building errors; nine0003
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allows design to create bright accents
Typical Swedish house
Pictures in the living room are placed above the sofa and chest of drawers, in the fireplace area, gallery on one of the walls, on special shelves. Their "hanging" is subject to the simple rules of decorative art:
- The large size of each picture has an accentuated semantic load. Therefore, their placement requires space between them. At the same time, asymmetry in the arrangement is welcomed. nine0055
- The dynamics of the interior is achieved by using paintings of different formats in one room.
The severity of the style is supported by images of the same size and similar baguette design.
- Zoning is done by placing pictures in the center of the selected semantic zone. The symmetry of the entire space is achieved by placing a picture (gallery) in the central part of the room.
- An ascetic living room looks attractive when several relatively large paintings are placed above the sofa of the same height in one row without massive frames. nine0084
Design: Alexandrina Lukács
- The decorative pictorial group above the chest of drawers is complemented by decor items connected with the story line or flowerpots with fresh flowers.
- Pictures, properly lit by artificial light sources or placed in natural rays, look much more advantageous, decorating the interior of the hall unsurpassedly.
- Paintings hung in the fireplace area create comfort. They help to harmonize the entire space of the room. nine0055
- Images placed on the whole wall - this is already an art wall, as the British and Americans say.
A very bold decision worthy of attention! Such a gallery has been assembled for years in order to comply with a single style decision in the pictorial range.
- Not pretentious placement of pictures is the choice of shelves for them. This approach allows you to quickly change the arrangement of paintings depending on the mood and creative impulse.
Design: Irina Uzhintseva
Classic or modern: what theme to choose for the interior of the hall
Classical style in modern rooms tends to reproductions that have stood the test of time: these are world-famous artists exhibited in recognized museums, galleries, hermitages. The theme ranges from everyday sketches to landscapes and characteristic portraits. The plot is chosen based on the emotional urge. Storm and storm on canvas will bring an unsettling touch to the atmosphere of the living room, an idyll - calm and harmony. nine0003
Modern style is all about personal taste. It is desirable that they be based on the knowledge of the creative embodiment and artistic perception of the surrounding world by representatives of the creative principle.
Then the acquisition will please the eye, leave indelible aesthetic pleasure, will not get tired of bringing new artistic discoveries from viewing the image.
Design: Katerina Sizova
Modular images
Modular thematic images are relevant today (in other words, segment paintings). They are arranged in one row with different sizes, in several rows with the same geometry. Small drawings are arranged asymmetrically around the central large image.
Popular images of the city (city landscape), natural landscapes, flower themes, still lifes.
Paintings above the sofa
Paintings above the sofa are classics of the design genre. It is not advisable to “frame” a large canvas with photographs or small images “out of order”. Oil on canvas looks classic, a memorable plot, a beautiful frame. nine0003
Pictures of the same size hung in a row look organically above the long sofa. It is desirable - a single semantic series, forming something like a triptych or its artistic performance.
Arranging a composition of paintings of different sizes, but one plot/style/color line will be helped by arranging a large composition in the center, small ones at the edges, obeying the laws of correct geometry. You can consider other options: a mini-gallery in a speculative rectangle of 4-8 works, several paintings inscribed in a square (for example, one large rectangular, three small squares), three identical vertical drawings in one row. Graphics and artistic photography are arranged in three rows with several works in each, forming a semantic rectangle. In a word, there are many variations and it all depends on the factors that we considered earlier. nine0003
Canvas prints and photographs
This is neither painting nor posters. For the most part - reproductions that have a very presentable appearance, but do not have artistic value with all the ensuing components: the lack of depth of color perception, the magical qualities of brush strokes with oil paint .
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Photographic paintings are realistic - this is their plus and minus. The picture, as a work of art, still carries a greater energy and aesthetic charge. nine0055
Design: Maria Pilipenko and Ekaterina Fedorova
Stylish black and white paintings
Stylish black and white paintings are universal: they suit any room and setting, from strict classics to bright pop art; combined with different colors and furniture.
There are some rules for their competent use as decor:
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Combination with furniture. Images of non-standard forms, with broken lines, landscapes, well suited to furniture with smooth outlines. The canvases, which depict human faces, figures, geometric patterns, fit the furniture of clear, strict forms. nine0003
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Accommodation. Stylish paintings in black and white are arranged symmetrically, keeping a clear step between the canvases. If a black and white canvas is chosen as the central part among the rest, it should exceed them in size.
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Background . The wall where the decor is placed should be light - white, beige, gray. Wallpaper is chosen smooth, without a pattern, otherwise the background will attract all the attention. nine0003
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Frame. Perfect frame - thin, black.
Fashionable paintings for the interior. What's in trend?
Interior art, just like clothes, can be trendy or out of trend. Today it can be argued that canvases painted in the spirit of classical realism (landscapes and still lifes) are used less and less when decorating an apartment. They can find their place only in the interior of a strict classical style. What is in trend? nine0003
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images whose writing style is expressionism or abstractionism;
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traditional color or monochrome posters. The plot must correspond to the purpose of the room;
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modular systems with unusual, effective images.
Their advantage: the modules do not look bulky, but are also able to visually expand the space, “raise” the ceilings. -
copies of paintings by famous impressionists. nine0003
Modern interior paintings should not exist on their own, but be an organic part of the design and functionality of the room. So, if for the living room there is a wide choice of what can be depicted on the poster, then when decorating the bedroom, you should choose something more restrained. The style of the room is also important. For example, pin-up pictures used to decorate loft living rooms do not go out of fashion. Oriental style also requires a specific decor - posters, canvases of a similar theme. nine0003
Paintings for the living room with your own hands
The most acceptable method of making a modular painting is the most acceptable way: it is quite possible to make a creative work without special training. The basis of the composition is a photograph or a drawing made in oil, acrylic paints, watercolor, gouache.
