Art attack: Make your home a gallery

PHOTOGRAPHS Large photographs are popular in many homes at the moment.

Close-ups of flowers and plants are especially on trend.

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Artwork on your walls is a way to get make a statement, but also a way to make your house your home.

Our Home sat down with Paula Dohrman from Walls and Windows to talk trends in art to adorn your walls.

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MAKE A STATEMENT With big walls the norm in many homes these days, people can make a statement with large artworks to fill that space.

A single piece of artwork that is as big as two metres high by two metres wide really stands out in a room.

“It’s dramatic. There are some walls you can’t have an insignificant piece of artwork on,” Paula said.

“You have to have a proportionate sized piece (for the space).”

It also gives you a mood for the room, with owners able to pull colours out of the art to influence the colours of other elements of the room, including the colour of couches, dining chairs or even the colour of linen in a bedroom.

ABSTRACT A piece of art with bright, bold colours really draws interest as people enter the room.

It creates a focal point.

Bold colours also bring a great attitude to a room.

And with abstracts, everyone can find a piece they like.

Redecorating is A COVID trend

With so many people spending more time at home in recent months because of COVID–19, it has become the perfect time for redecorating.

According to Walls and Windows owner Paula Dohrman, improving homes because of coronavirus was “literally a trend” at the moment.

And with travel looking to be restricted for a while yet, Paula said people were putting more time into their own homes than ever before.

“Everyone is saying let’s not mope, let’s have a real crack (at changing things at home),” she said.

“Everyone is cleaning up and doing prettiness.

“They are saying let’s try and elevate ourselves as much as we can.”

Picking up a paintbrush and painting bedrooms, staining outside decking and even changing window coverings were high on people’s to-do lists as they found themselves spending more time at home.

“They are not going away on holidays, so with this time they are making their homes beautiful,” Paula said.

According to Paula, putting a new coat of paint on the walls in a different colour was the cheapest way of renovating.

“It’s a really good way to freshen things up,” she said.

If people did not want to attempt such a big job in their homes, even doing little things such as adding cushions, fake flowers or real plants to their home could change things up, Paula said.

“Even a cushion is making people feel better,” she said.

“And greenery makes them feel good.”