Picture rails can be superb timesavers when hanging frames. Over the years though, the rails have become more decorative in home décor rather than used for their actual purpose – hanging frames from them. You can even hang mirrors from them, too. If you’ve got an older home with a picture rail already there, you may as well be using it.
Photo frames are the finishing touch to any professional presentation of a photo, digital print, or even paintings, providing that you take the glazing out the frame when it’s required. That’s for paintings and art created with pastels.
Giving small photos wall space rarely makes sense, because more often than not - they’d look out of place. That is unless you take a backward approach to selecting the size of frame you want and then use a picture mount to fill the white space between the photo and the frame.
The Indy marketplace for new artists is booming. The rise of the Etsy marketplace made it easy for new artists to start selling their art without the need for gallery space, art fairs or any other expensive platform to sell their art. The result is a variety of art forms with pricing to reflect any budget. If your walls need any wall art, you can get bespoke types online easily. Even Amazon has moved in with their Handmade by Amazon containing a whole category devoted to handcrafted art.
How often do you look at your photos wondering how they could be shown better? If they’re displayed in your sitting room, chances are, the thought will cross your mind on occasion.
It’ll rarely be acted on though, because you’ll likely have repositioned the frames half a dozen times and still be none the wiser as to how to give your frames and the art inside them a home on the walls within your home.
There are four times throughout the year that are perfect for sprucing up your living area. Or any area of your home you spend a lot of time in. Even if that’s the garden shed for some DIY handy work. No area is as cosy as it could be without a bit of wall art, although for the shed hobbyists, it may be something more nostalgic you’d want to frame rather than some art.
The good weather’s here and it’s the season to welcome the creepy crawlies. All those uninvited guests to straddle through the tiniest cracks you never even knew you had.
They’re home invaders, some good, some downright evil.
Spiders are one thing. At least they keep the fly population down. Paper-eating insects though…
Most families have their kids back to school photos on prominent display. Obviously because they’re proud of each of them but it’s far from the whole story.
Are you using your picture frames so you can see and remember those great family moments, life events, those in your life past and present who add meaning and purpose? Or are you just using your frames for home decor?
You can have both, but if you’re just lining up dozens of 6” x 4”, 7” x 5” and other smaller sized photo frames, chances are, your side tables, coffee tables and any shelving units, and the wall shelves too… are looking a bit cluttered.
There are a few ways to go about framing pencil sketches. The first and obvious is to frame the original. If you want to go that route, you’re best to use a fixative to prevent the pencil from shading.
