The importance of wall art in Interior Design

When it comes to interior design we often leave wall art to the last minute. It can be an afterthought once the choices about furniture etc have been made. However, wall art is often the element of a room that makes the most impact on the space - and the people in it. The choices you make can uplift, inspire and pull together all the other parts of the room. These are some of the reasons why wall art is so important in interior design.

• Simplifying the decision-making process around colour palettes. You can spend hours looking at paint samples for a space and just get very overwhelmed by all the choices available while also still not having a general sense of what you want the overall room to look like. Wall art can help to simplify this process - instead of spending all your time in uninspiring DIY departments, find a piece of wall art that you love instead. Choose a piece of wall art that makes you feel something and which you’d love to look at every day. From there you can then use that piece to pick out various tones that would work on the walls and furniture and design your colour scheme around that.
• Creating a focal point for a space. The focal point for interior design is usually something that attracts the eye and which sets the tone for the entire area. Wall art can easily fulfill this role, whether it’s a luxuriously colourful painting or a stimulating photo. One of the key considerations here is whether the art that you choose is the right size for the space. If it’s too small then it won’t fully be an effective focal point, especially if there is also a lot of furniture in the room - and if it’s too large then it can overshadow everything around it.
• Adding to the textural elements of the room. Wall art isn’t just about aesthetics, it also has the potential to bring a great deal of texture into the room. Wall art comes in a broad spectrum of different forms and many are three dimensional, from sculpture to shadow boxes. If you’re looking to create an avant garde feel in your room then you could even invest in a mixed media installation. Or simply bring textures in to create a specific feel - rougher textures often make a space feel grounded while smoother textures are sophisticated and sleek.
• Giving any area a finished feel. No matter how much effort you put into painting and furniture, without items on the wall the space isn’t going to feel finished. Carefully choosing pieces of wall art that draw all the different elements of the room together is a very simple way to bring a feeling of ‘wholeness’ to your home. It can be the finishing touch that takes you from functional to finished in one simple step.

Wall art has a huge amount to offer when it comes to interior design. From contributing to ideas about colour palettes to creating a focal point, it is a very useful tool.

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