Compose a color picture wall using frames, mats or a vibrant background with neutral or colorful images. I’ve fallen in like with the idea of a color picture wall. In my dining room, I have pale green on the wall behind the pictures and my frames are white -- very trad. So I was extremely intrigued by a few different strategies I spotted for adding color to walls. Many prefer … [Read more...]
Picture Wall Geometry
When a picture wall has an odd shape, the trick is filling in the gaps. When faced with a picture wall space that isn’t strictly square or rectangular due to a staircase or a diagonal ceiling line, hanging things gets tricky. So it’s helpful to see how others handle similar display issues. A clapboard barn/work studio in the California wine country [top] was furnished as an … [Read more...]
Boho Spirit Rooms
Identifying boho style rooms is often subject to interpretation. Here's mine. When artists and designers create boho style rooms with looks that are fanciful and offbeat, it's always interesting to explore their visions. Boho (short for Bohemian) is a catchall term that moved over from fashion to interiors. The boho walls I wrote about back in August had a more informal look … [Read more...]
Boho Walls
Painted, pasted up or wallpapered, boho walls are fancifully embellished. Why not? For the past year I’ve been clipping out lush photos of plants, flowers and other objects to the end of inexpensively framing magazine pages for a picture wall. One of my original inspirations was boho walls and specifically, the hallway of an English dower house [top], home to a famous 20th … [Read more...]
3-D Picture Walls
A specialized approach adds moldings to picture walls with dramatic results. Picture walls are always a challenge. Getting the arrangement and spacing just right always takes careful calculation. In the past we’ve shown general Ways to Hang Picture Walls. I also walked through my planning for the Antique Print Picture Wall in our apartment after I purchased a set of six fruit … [Read more...]
Kitchen Picture Wall
Four electrical features on a 64-inch kitchen picture wall wall made this a tricky arrangement. Reshuffling the cards of your life takes time. Often it’s necessary to go over things more than once to decide what stays and what goes. I began that process last Fall with My Final Yard Sale. Then I tackled a new kitchen picture wall to display the art I’m keeping. What I planned … [Read more...]
India Hicks Picture Walls
A mini-tour of designer India Hicks house in the tropics with a specific focus: picture walls Anyone who watched Top Design would remember host India Hicks, daughter of British design icon David Hicks who was known for mixing bold colors and combining antiques with modern furniture. Ms. Hicks has been involved in many style projects and lives in the Bahamas at a home called … [Read more...]