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Every memorable design needs a little of the unexpected, and your living room is not an exception. Using something tangible as your visual inspiration can keep your design focused. One more thing that is wonderful about using a muse like a magnificent canvas art work for your design plan is that you can see all of the tones in it work together, so you can blend colors that you would otherwise shy away from.
Already Made Palette
By using a reference for your living room’s design inspiration, you can not even think about choosing a color palette. Pay attention to the predominant color in the painting, and choose that as your primary accent color. As you gaze at your inspiration picture, determine two other colors to use in your living room design. Have one of these other two colors a soft neutral color to use as your wall color, and then you can make the other color the next accent tone to increase depth and interest into your room design. If you are entrenched in a rut as you think about designing your home, picking a piece of wall decor as the design base for your room can really help to inject boldness to your design.
Wrapping your Arms Around the Theme
One other way to use your inspiration picture to design your living room is to use the subject matter of the painting as the foundation for your room’s design. For example, a vineyard painting may move you to create your living room in a Tuscan style, or an seascape painting may inspire you to create a port side theme in your living room. The organic process that happens when you pick an inspiration picture for your room’s design is that your hues and your theme will naturally go perfectly together. Using the tones from your inspiration painting for your design colors as well as the tones of your decor can really give your living room a coherent aesthetic. While you are using tones from your picture throughout you living room design, you can also use patterns and foliage to create your designer look. For example, if you have a cactus in your Arizona painting, then bringing in a cactus in your room’s furnishings is a great way to bring together your design.
Unifying the Room with an Inspiration Focal Point
Once you have chosen your subject and your hues, you can use your inspiration painting as the center of attention for your room. When you have a bigger painting, it can act as the focal point for your living room design. Smaller paintings can be grouped together with other accessories to cover a focal wall. For instance, you may group a smaller beach themed decor with a large shelf displaying a crystal bowl filled with seashells and a sea breeze scented pillar candle.
Vermeer – The Art of Painting (1/5)
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