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by Joshua Miller, Jos

?the tone and the feel of your room is set by wall art

This is done by using colors, whether pastel shades or bold in different rooms of your home. In a formal dining room, you may use Victorian paintings. Similarly, the playroom may have vivid and colorful artwork or loads of pictures on the wall showing all nuances of children. Having a picture of a retro burger drive-in or a fruit basket is sure to work wonders for your appetite. So, the kitchen may display such food items as wall art.

?memories are strengthened by wall art

Your family milestones depicted in the pictures on your home walls would reflect invaluable memories. For instance, you may have a photo shot of your 5yr old son shaking Donald Duck's wing on that family trip to the Disneyland captured in a 8 x 10 picture. Similarly, your workstation may have a 5 x 7 picture with a big smile of your baby daughter, showing her very first teeth! These photos tend to become a valued reflection of childhood, as your children grow older.

?an inanimate room reflects life with wall art

Different rooms in your home are brought to life by representing nature on the walls. They add to the d'cor of your home. All regions have their seasonal plants and flowers. You may use them in their natural preserved form or through paintings by artists, like the snow-capped mountains, the summer sunflowers or the fall foliage.
If an orchid garland welcomed you on your vacation to Hawaii, you could preserve it in a frame on the wall of your bedroom.

?meaningless blank spaces are filled by wall art

Wall art adds human touch and a presence of life in your home. Imagine returning home to bare walls at each corner after spending your whole day out in natural and scenic surroundings. The wall art may be a simple and valuable artwork done in school by your child. It need not be an expensive painting from the art gallery that was auctioned. It is primarily your preference that represents wall art. The display of any wall art must essentially define you and the fact that you are where you should belong!

So, you have decided to purchase a wall tapestry for your home decor. Congratulations! Buying a tapestry is truly an ownership experience. For hundreds of years, tapestries were the number one family heirloom items for many wealthy European families. Now, thanks to scientific innovations, you don't have to own a castle to own a beautiful medieval tapestry wall hanging.

But, how do you choose which tapestry to buy with all of these options available today? Obviously, you want it to match your decor, but how are you supposed to match so many colors? What many people don't know is that you really don't have to match all the colors in the tapestry to your decor.

The first thing you should do is to decide what room you want your tapestry to hang in. Make sure there is a wall with a large enough space for the tapestry to be featured on. You do not want to hang a tapestry on an already cluttered wall--tapestries demand to be the featured decoration on any given wall. They can be paired with other tapestries, but do not mix well with other artistic mediums like paintings, posters or photographs. They can be paired with sculptures, but in moderation. You also want to make sure that the tapestry will not be engulfed in direct sunlight. Sunlight contains harmful lightwaves called UVA and UVB waves that can not only fade your tapestry, but can cause cancer. You put on sun block when you go outdoors--give your tapestry the same. Remember, a little care and maintenance will extend the life of your tapestry for generations.

After you have decided on the room, it is time to consider the size tapestry you want to purchase. If you have a huge wall free to display your tapestry, you should find one that fills up enough of the wall to make the left over look like a frame for your tapestry. You do not want to fill up an entire wall with a tapestry, as this will make your room look much smaller than it really is. You do not want to purchase a tapestry that is tiny compared to your wall, because it will make your wall and your room look bare and empty.

Once you have an approximation of the size you want to purchase, now it is time to browse. If you are not sure what sort of design you wish to get, browsing will help you find out what you like and what you don't like. While you are going through this process, do yourself a favor. Do not just purchase a tapestry based on color scheme or if it goes with this couch or that carpeting...buy it because you find it to be beautiful or soothing or just because you like it. If you really are having trouble narrowing down your choices based on size, consider what effect you want the tapestry to have on your room.

Different scenes or designs on tapestries convey different emotions and environments (vibes, if you will). An example of this is pastoral scenes. Pastoral scenes are an old form of art depicting country scenes of celebration, daily life, and people interacting with nature. These scenes bring about a sense of calm and contentment that can set a peaceful mood in your living room, dining room, foyer, bedroom, or den. Pastoral scenes are very versatile and rather homey. Perhaps you wanted to go in the opposite direction and inject some energy into your decor. Pick something with the imitation off movement in it, such as a horse mid leap or in the midst of battle. These scenes work great in your study, office, bathroom, and library.

Once you decide what scene you like, now it is time to consider colors. First take a look at your room. Are you shades neutral, warm or cool? You can generally match the overall shades of your room to the shades in the tapestry. For example, if you have predominantly cool tones in your room you want to look for a tapestry with cool tones as well. Even if your room is blue and purple, you can match a tapestry with greens, yellows, blues, purples, and white because the cool shades meld together well. I know I threw yellow in there (yellow is a warm tone), but one or two warm tones will work well, as long as they are not in excess.

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