A big mistake most people make when decorating is spreading things out (artwork, furniture, decorative objects). Later this week, I'll take you through one of our room redesigns, where we remake a room using what the client already has, and then we'll discuss furniture, but right now, let's talk about artwork and objects. If you have, say, a ten foot wall and two small pictures, doing this:
only serves to make your wall look empty, and the pictures look smaller. But if you group them together, like this:
the look is more thoughtful, and the pieces, combined, look like a larger piece of art. You don't need to cover all of the empty space, you need a place for the eye to focus.
If you have a lot of small pieces that you're attached to, consider grouping them together for more impact. For instance, photos can be put in matching, or similar frames, and then "collaged" on a wall.
All of our sepia-toned, older family photos are grouped together in a hallway in silver frames.
These are current black and white shots, in silver frames. Some of them could use some straightening!
Or, you could go completely nuts and cover the wall entirely. I did this in lieu of a headboard, before we got one. I think I saw the idea in a Pottery Barn catalog, though in the catalog, the frames were all different colors.
The same can be done with small objects. If you have several similar items, they will make more of an impression in a group than scattered about the room, even if that means you have a few empty spaces here and there.
Do you have a collection? Frogs, clocks, cameras, lighters, vintage hand mirrors? Put them in a group! We have taken old, empty frames and collaged them on a client's wall for impact. She loved it. This is a great budget method as well--if you need something to fill a spot, consider buying random, old candlesticks individually at yard sales and grouping them together. Or cheap vases and paint them the same color, or different shades of one color.
When collaging photos on a wall, I saw an idea on Pinterest where they used painters masking tape surrounding the frame to evenly space the pictures. If you're really OCD, that might be the way to go. Since I'm usually adding pictures over time, I just eyeball it. Don't over think it. That should be my motto.
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