Very French

Woman on throne automobile club

‘It’s very French’ is an expression which is usually used to describe something particularly posh or stylish and just reading the words you can hear the ‘posh’ tone in which the phrase is often used.

This vintage poster is for the Automobile Club of France but from just one look you wouldn’t need to be told that anyway; the light and fresh pink and orange colours featured in the poster would look at home in a bohemian decorated home, or even a modern, sleek and minimalist decor.

Stylist’s Wall Art Start

I have just read a quote from interior stylist Megan Morton – when asked how he got her inspiration at the beginning of a design project, she said ‘I let the paintings define the vibrancy’ and she then works with the colours of her wall art choices to decorate the rest of the home or room she is working on!

For a stylish wall art start to your decorating project you have to check out these inspirations.

Bedroom Wall Art

We all know some of the best wall art can be that which you make yourself, and it doesn’t even have to be framed in the traditional way either – how about framing your personalised wall art as a bed head? Cut up old picture books for a children’s bed head, or collect patterned strips of paper or wallpaper and create a colourful and contrasting bedroom collage.

Stand Tall

 You always hear about the problems people have when they build their homes near the beach – the sand, the salt damage, the dampness, and so I am always surprised to see towering cliffs and mountains by the seaside.

These natural beauties don’t care what people say about salt damage and they will stand tall and enjoy their magnificent sea view, regardless of what anyone tells them they can or cannot do. So not only is ‘San Simeon Sunset’ a beautiful seascape painting with rich plum colours from the last of the sunset, it is also an inspiration.

A New Angle on These Boats

 This ‘Race Day’ seascape painting shows such brightly coloured boats on the shore that you would think they ere part of the Mardi Gras parade. However, these are racing boats which are resting before the big event and the angle which they are painted and the colours they are painted in both give a new angle to the scene don’t you think? That is, the angle of the boats with their masts pointing towards you and their sails folded out is not how you usually see a boat. Nor do you usually see such colourful boats so you are forced to see the whole scene in a new light.

Children’s Art

 All of our parents have stacks of photos of us growing up and we do the same thing, snapping photos of every moment to capture a memory. But how often are those moments worth framing? Not very, that is why they are piling up in photo albums.

But this artist has cpautured a moment in childhood in ‘Girl Dancing on Liquid Gold’ which should be framed and mounted for the beauty of the image and the special carefree moment of childhood which both parent and child will very soon wish they still had.

Mirrored Wall Art

Wouldn’t this seascape painting be perfect on the opposite wall to a mirror? It is painted in a landscape orientation making sure that it will dominate whichever wall it hangs on. However, the colours and the soft blues of the harsh waves makes sure it is not imposing. Instead you want to enjoy it from ever angle, the same way you do when you are standing on the cliffs at the beach and watching the world happen around you.

Wall Art Surrounds

We think of murals as being primarily wall art for outside walls but Paul Leasure has dedicated a lot of his time as an artist to painting numerous murals to transport you from a bathroom to a countryside for example! On every wall of this power room the soft scene of a French countryside is painted and the greens in the scene not only contrast with the fixtures and fittings but also draw your attention away from the small size of the bathroom, a clever interior design trick – including a meadow in your house plans!

Lively Lily

I always thought that lillies represented death, you always see them a funerals don’t you? But the photographer of this piece of wall art seems to think that her photo of this lily reaching for the sun after the rain shows cleansing new beginnings. Maybe she’s right, after all, maybe a funeral is a new beginning too, a way to move on, and having all of that said in an art print to hang on your wall is a great reminder.