Incorporate Family Pictures Into Decor

You can use family pictures as a decorative item and fill every room in your house with love and memories. Why keep pictures stuffed into books or photo albums? Sure, photos in frames are nice, but there are more ways to incorporate family pictures into your decor. Does this Spark an idea?

Decorate With a Wall of Art
A wall of art can be the focal point of a room, showcasing your favorite pieces and adding color and dimension to your decor. Hanging and displaying your art requires considering how natural and artificial light enters the room, and also how you use the surrounding space. Worry less about matching art with your upholstery and more about exhibiting artwork that reflects your unique aesthetic. Does this Spark an idea?

Hang Oriental Rugs on the Wall
Oriental rugs are not just for covering hardwood floors and large spaces; they are also looked upon as art, and many people would prefer to hang them on the wall for display. Oriental rugs are not cheap and may even have senitmental value, so drilling holes into them is neither wise or necessary. Brackets and racks are available that are designed specifically for hanging large heavy rugs on walls. Does this Spark an idea?

Create Your Own Black & White Wall Art
"There's something strange and powerful about black-and-white imagery," Stefan Kanfer, prolific novelist and journalist, once said. Invoke the powerful on your walls at home or at the office with wall art done in black and white. Also known as achromatic colors, black and white force the viewer to examine the composition without the distraction of color. Create some simple and effective black-and-white art for your walls to tie together a room's decor. Does this Spark an idea?

Install Shelves on Plaster Walls
Although builders can install plaster or stucco over solid walls, such as concrete block walls, most plaster adheres to wooden strips, called lath, that cover a hollow, wood-framed wall. Concealed beneath plaster, wood-framed walls consist of upright framing members called studs. Although the most secure method of attaching shelves to a hollow wall is to directly anchor shelf hardware to studs, studs are sometimes difficult to find or located in the wrong spot for a particular shelf design. To attach shelf hardware to the hollow portion of a plaster wall, you can use specially designed anchoring hardware called hollow-wall anchors. Does this Spark an idea?