No home is complete without wall decor. For renters, that’s a problem because not many landlords like having holes drilled in their fresh plaster. The problem is heightened if you are renting and like to move things around. Save yourself the trouble and get creative with leaning art displays.
What is Leaning Art?
Leaning art is simply displaying picture frames leaning against the wall, rather than being affixed to it. That being said, there are alternatives that can hold frames to the wall without requiring any drilling.
UV rays from the sun can damage works of art. Not all materials are equally affected though as some mediums are more sensitive to light than others. Take, for example, textiles. Those are the most sensitive to direct sunlight and not even UV protective glazing can protect them for colour fading.
Minimising sunlight exposure is crucial to protect your art and other framed materials such as family photographs, children’s drawings, and framed collages that likely took hours, if not days to sort through what you would be putting in the frame.
Every pet is unique, be it a cat, budgie, dog, cat, rabbit or parrot. They have their own unique personality and are usually full of surprises, giving their owners plenty of shots to fill up the memory on their phones. Chances are, if you have a pet, you will have a digital photo album filled with snaps. Most of those could be great for a pet collage print, but if you want a picture framed that is larger than a 7” x 5” or 6” x 4”, you will probably find it harder getting the quality up to a decent standard so that it doesn’t look sub-par when it’s blown up to a 10 x 8 or larger.
Whether you are selling your art online or want to create a quality backup of an original print, a photograph isn’t the way to go. A quality digital scan may be enough, but even better is taking good quality scans and then making image adjustments to create a digital asset that can be reused multiple times, for as long as you have the file on your device or backed up to the cloud.
When artists master the scanning and editing processes of digital assets, they are essentially creating art reproduction files capable of producing repeated sales for the life of the file.
Photographs from yesteryear don’t always have the print quality that you would like to see in a framed photograph. The quality of a photo doesn’t need to be the deciding factor on whether it stays in the family photo album, only shared on occasion, or if it’s framed and displayed proudly and permanently to enjoy every day by all.
It’s that time of year to transition from Winter to Spring and then comes the super fun Summer season when we get to crack the windows open and let the fresh scents of garden florals fill our rooms. Providing you have a garden that is, but even if you don’t, there are design tricks that can give you the look and feel of Spring and Summer without worrying about wilting plants or pesky insects.
Updating a wall display can be done at any time of the year, and for far less cost than renewing your picture frames to keep all your photos displayed in a uniform way.
No matter how much work you put into creating a stunning feature wall, after seeing it every day, possibly for years, it can eventually feel like it is blended into the background, therefore, no longer has that same wow effect it had in the months following it being created.
Working with what you have, with the odd additions and changes to the arrangements can give new life to timeless pieces in any room.
Fancy taking on a family project? One where the children, parents, and any family members can join in the fun, chip in with creative ideas, and quite possibly bring some extra creative flair to the project?
Photos and some scrapbooking materials are all you are going to need to get going. They are cheap and easy to get either sourced locally or from an online craft store.
The Chinese New Year is about to be in full swing. Or as much of a celebration as possible since the parades will not be happening at #CNYLondon on Feb 12th.
Instead, the millions that would be celebrating at Trafalgar Square, London, and other cities across the UK (and some international locations) will be spending time as a family together, cosied up, and uniting with distant friends and family online.
Whether you are celebrating or looking for gift ideas to give to friends celebrating the Chinese New Year, a few ideas are listed below.
This Valentine’s Day, why not forego the flowers, the scented candles and all the boring gifts that have come to be expected. Surprise your significant other with a masterpiece of a gift that truly shows your appreciation, by taking the time to craft something meaningful and memorable, by framing the best memories you have already shared.
