Choosing the type and placement of art for your home or business
Trompe D'oeil of vines and columns
Lucia's Restaurant, Chicago, IL
Commission with murals, completed 2004.
Art is
a personal preference, and the selection of art for your home or business
allows for a variety of options. The best way to judge whether you will be
happy with the art in the long run is to think about its lifetime appeal. The
best fit for you will be art that integrates your favorite colors, style,
subjects and pairs well with your existing or planned décor. The type of custom
art that you select must also match your planned use of the space. If you are
in a leased home, moveable art will be able to come with you, while murals
remain integral to the space. If you are preparing a home for sale and
designing art to increase the value of your space, murals may be ideal so long
as the themes and colors are adaptable to another owner’s interior décor scheme.
If you are selecting art for your place of business, the clientele will also be
important in determining style and color schematics. For example, in a
restaurant you may want to expand close spaces with trompe d’oeil and murals,
with an accent wall faux finish to integrate the color scheme.
The
specific details of the art are second to the type, flat moveable or mural,
relief or sculptural. After you have decided on the space you want to enhance
with art, you can begin to decide about size, color, style, and subject. If the
space is a focal wall, you may want to select specific narrative images that
encourage the eye to linger or captivate incoming visitors. If the wall is an
accent, abstraction and pattern may be a better fit, allowing viewers to be aware
of color and movement without focusing too much on a smaller wall. These
choices allow for a range of ways of integrating the art with interior design
schemes. Just as you choose the wall color, your upholstery and decorator
items, custom art allows you to express yourself in the details. Your own
preferences will lead you to particular colors, patterns, surface textures, and
finishes in a room. These are the very tools you and your design consultant
will use to create one of a kind art for your room. The art can also help to
integrate odd or disparate motifs, accent colors, unique art and decorator
objects that otherwise stand out of a cohesive design scheme. By enhancing the
visible custom art encourages visitors to see your design choices and you feel
comfortable and enriched in your home or business space. Your design consultant
will note the color, pattern and style of your carpet, walls, upholstery,
furniture, accents, mementos, and art objects at the start of your
consultation. All works created will pair well with the existing or planned
elements of the room.
When
choosing your art and placement, you will have assistance from your consultant
in deciding what kind of atmosphere you want to create with your custom art. In
this way, the various types of custom art can be used to create a sense of visual
expansion in odd or rooms with smaller dimensions. For spaces where a lot of
time will be spent for rest and relaxation or where people may wait the art
should create visual dwelling places via murals or flat art works. Entries and
hallways can be enhanced by eye catching insets, trompe d’oeils and accent faux
finishes.
In places of business, art can be a business
tool. Choosing art for your business can increase your brand visibility by
integrating core ideas into the design. Your mission or product placement can
be enhanced through creating ambiance and environments that foster purchaser or
client comfort. By defining your business as a space of luxury and refinement,
custom art can create additional business loyalty and add clientele to your
bottom line. People talk about the spaces where they did business more, if they
make a visual impact. Art can be that visual impact while customers wait,
diners eat, or business is conducted, creating reasons for customer loyalty,
increased and repeat interest. Encouraging cultural awareness via participation
in local arts is another valuable business tool. By installing art in your
place of business, you encourage the visibility of your business in the larger
cultural sphere of your community, as well as creating another reason for
customers to prefer you over your competitors in the marketplace. The business
as art patron is a highly visible and socially preferred context to the
business that takes little interest in local affairs. In addition, art is a
valuable and trade able commodity. Murals, faux finishes and trompe d’oeil add
value to the location’s space, should you decide to move to another location.
Moveable art can be auctioned or resold.
The art you choose for your home or
business is a lifetime investment. One of a kind art adds beauty to your space
that reflects your personal and business choices. Custom art has the capacity
for lifetime enjoyment as it is created to suit these preferences. Whether you
are seeking your first original art or an experienced collector, custom art is
ideal for homes and businesses because it adds value. The choices allow you to
select not only color, pattern, finish and subject, but also to select the type
of work that will fit your plan for your space. When you select a permanent
work you are adding value to the space, when you select an impermanent or
moveable work you gain an investment with resale value in itself. Either way
you enrich the daily and lifetime enjoyment of your home and work space in a
way that is personal. Inquire today to contact our design consultant for your
own in home or business assessment.
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