Bedroom Design

Latest Decorating Trend: Hang a Masterpiece Oil Painting in Your Home

Ideas for home decorating with oil painting reproductions. How masterpiece paintings can add beauty and culture to your home. Some specific room suggestions for using masterpieces to create atmosphere and mood. How to determine the best online art gallery source and what qualities to look for in oil painting reproductions.

If you're are like most people you probably appreciate beautiful paintings, especially tried and true works of art by well loved master artists. Who hasn't at one time or another purchased a poster or a postcard depicting a famous portrait or landscape as a reminder of the thrill that you experienced when you saw the original in a museum or gallery?

The Cost of Hanging Fine Art in Your Home

These days, owning an original oil painting by a master artist is a pleasure only available to national or private museums or to the very wealthy. After all, not many of us can part with $39.9 million for a Van Gogh (Still Life: Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers, sold at Christie's in London, 1987) or $95.2 million for a Picasso (Dora Maar au Chat, sold at Sotheby's in New York, 2006).

There is a way, though, to hang full-size genuine oil painting reproductions on the walls of your home at a cost which makes them available to everyone. An exact reproduction in oils on canvas created by a live artist painting in the master's style can give you the same aesthetic pleasure as viewing the originaland you will own it and be able to enjoy it every day.

Decorating your home with an genuine oil reproduction of Vincent van Gogh's famous sunflowers still life or of Picassos Dora Maar portrait could cost you under $200, framed and ready to hang.

With the tremendous variety of famous works of art of every shape and size, you can commission a timeless painting to fit any decorating budget. As long as you choose a first-class supplier the results will be quality artwork that will outlast all your other furnishings and can be used for many years to come in future locations.

Suggestions for Oil Paintings that Inspire Unique Room Designs

Dining room: You will evoke the rich colors of Provence in your dining area with either a genuine oil reproduction of Still Life Vase with Irises against a Yellow Background or Still Life Vase with Sunflowers Blue, both by Vincent van Gogh. Add a table covering, dishes and accessories in Mediterranean blues and sunflower yellows and you instantly create a tasteful and relaxing eating area in your home.

Living room: A large seascape by Van Gogh, such as Fishing Boats on the Beach at Sainte Maries hung prominently over a fireplace lends sophistication and elegance to a living room, whether your furnishings are modern or traditional.

Or, if you prefer the Renaissance school of art over Impressionism, commission a Michelangelo instead for a classic look.

Master Bedroom: A set of actual size still life oil painting reproductions, such as Mary Cassatt's Five O'clock Tea and/or the Irises 1889 by Vincent van Gogh in traditional gilt frames can create a charming and cozy master bedroom and lend unity to the color scheme of your carpets, bed linens, and wallpaper.

Children's Bedroom: A child's room painted in pastels with a framed portrait by Renoir would delight any little girl, or a jungle scene with a fierce tiger by Henri Rousseau would set the tone for a young boy's work or play room.

Exposing young children to the works of great artists from an early age subtly encourages them to appreciate quality and workmanship. Who knows, you may inspire one of the next generation's great artists.

Family/Entertainment Areas: A large dramatic landscape hung on the broadest wall can add depth and the illusion of greater space to your family or entertainment room. Bring the colors of spring or autumn into your family's play space, or add a darker hushed forest scene to one wall of a TV viewing room.

Choosing an Art Gallery Site

If you plan to use oil painting reproductions for home decorating it is crucial to commission the paintings from an art gallery that guarantees quality materials and the skilled and faithful reproduction of masterpieces.

A few gallery features to look for before you order:

A wide selection of masterpieces to choose from.

A gallery that employs skilled artists that specialize in oil painting reproductions of master artworks, not "production line" painting.

The use of top quality oil paints and the finest canvas and framing materials.

An established reputation with detailed endorsements and customer recommendations.

An opportunity to view on line and approve the finished oil painting reproduction before shipping.

A choice of receiving the oil painting rolled, gallery wrapped, or framed.

A wide choice of custom painting sizes.

The use of reputable and established shipping agents, with extra options for fast delivery.

Someone to communicate with easily at every stage of your order.

A gallery that guarantees your satisfaction with the painting you receive.

If you are moving into a new home and will be adding new furniture and fixtures be sure to "shop" the masterpiece art galleries online at the same time you shop for furnishings. You'll find oil painting masterpieces that will inspire you to design your living space using colors and textures you wouldn't normally find simply choosing from fabric swatches and paint samples.

Room Dcor Versatility

Decorating your walls with timeless art works also gives you the option to refresh or redecorate rooms simply by moving your oil paintings around your home. A change of oil paintings, a few new accessories or a new rug can give a room a total makeover for very little money. Often something as simple as changing a frame on an older painting you have come to cherish can refresh a room.

Imitations, Prints, and Posters

Many furniture and interior decorating stores carry a selection of posters, prints and imitation oil paintings of popular classic masterpieces, often of poor quality and workmanship. These are fine for the dorm room wall of your favorite art student, but they don't begin to come close to the quality of genuine oil painting reproductions commissioned from a reputable online art gallery. That's why it is very important to investigate the wide range of online art gallery sites offering such artwork. Don't be fooled by firms that shortcut the process or use photographic tricks.

The oil paintings reproductions I am suggesting as design features for your home are on a completely different quality level. Such paintings are reproduced by hand by talented artists who specialize in recreating the works of the masters brush stroke by brush stroke using quality paints and canvas.

Make Your Room Dcor Your Own Masterpiece

Just as you search for quality furniture, carpets, and accessories for your home, take the time to find the right online art gallery service to custom make the best quality artwork for your walls.

A careful choice of art work for any room sets a mood, creates a style, or reflects the owner's taste and personality. The final results will be personal and individual as well as welcoming and attractive to visitors.

Don't be afraid to borrow from the great artists of the past centuries to enrich and enhance your own living space. Bring the delight of viewing original works of art out of the museum and into your own home and you may find renewed inspiration for whatever you wish to accomplish in life.