{"id":1948,"date":"2010-11-08T19:03:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-08T19:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/living-room-art-wall\/"},"modified":"2010-11-08T19:03:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-08T19:03:00","slug":"living-room-art-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/2010\/11\/living-room-art-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Living Room Art Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since the ceiling height in my living room is 12\u2019, hanging a large piece of art over the sofa makes perfect design sense.    An original piece of art this large would cost a pretty penny but an art wall comprised of different pieces wouldn\u2019t break the bank. <\/p>\n

This is how it looked recently.  The three photographs were taken by a friend and although I really love them, it was time for a change.<\/p>\n

\"livingroombefore\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

I was inspired when I received the abstract painting I bought in support of Matt Leblanc<\/a>\u2019s Art for Life campaign.  (He raised over $35,000 for the fight against cancer!)<\/p>\n

\"Matt\"

\"livingroom\"

This is how it looks now and I just love it!   I had some girlfriends over recently and they said it really warms up the space.  That\u2019s the beauty of art \u2013 it gives a home soul and personality.<\/p>\n

Below is a breakdown of what is on the wall.  All of it has beauty, meaning or both.  I smile every time I look at it.  (I have moved the Be Happy up an inch since this photo was taken.)<\/p>\n

I played around with the composition on the floor until this one felt right.  There is no right or wrong with this.  I didn\u2019t want it to be perfect and tried real hard to make it look like the art was hung randomly \u2013 like it was collected over time.  I think it\u2019s much easier to hang art in a grid with even spacing in between than to hang art randomly.   <\/p>\n

The best thing about this arrangement  is that I can change some of the photos and can add to it on top if I feel the need.<\/p>\n

\"artwall\"

1.  Photograph of a 15th century building, Portugal \u2013 Vanessa Francis
2. Lemon (acrylic) \u2013 Vanessa Francis
3. Photograph \u2013 taken by a friend
4.  Poster from a Paris art gallery (backpacking trip in the 1980\u2019s)
5.  Nude (contours and foreshortening) done at art school \u2013 Vanessa Francis
6.  Photo of my Dad as a young boy in India (only photo that exists of my Dad as a child)
7. Oil painting of Montreal done by a dear family member (in the 70\u2019s) who has since passed.
8.  My Mum in her early 20\u2019s in England. (1960\u2019s)
9.  Print on Canvas \u2013 Anne Harwell<\/a>
10.  Original abstract \u2013 Matt Leblanc<\/a>
11.  Life\u2019s too short not to be happy, right? \u2013 Vanessa Francis (I may change this to a reddish background and stencil \u201cJoy, Peace, Family\u201d or something like that for the holiday season.)
12. Photographs of Venice and the Acropolis, Greece \u2013 taken with a very amateur camera on a backpacking trip.  Like how it is grainy and moody.
13.  Watercolour print \u2013 Laura Trevey<\/a><\/p>\n

What do you think?<\/p>\n

I\u2019m linking up here<\/a> and here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you need decorating help, please contact me at <\/span><\/i>vanessa@vanessafrancis.com<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since the ceiling height in my living room is 12\u2019, hanging a large piece of art over the sofa makes…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,120],"tags":[],"location":[],"class_list":["post-1948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-my-home"],"yoast_head":"\nLiving Room Art Wall - Vanessa Francis Interior Design<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/2010\/11\/living-room-art-wall\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Living Room Art Wall - Vanessa Francis Interior Design\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Since the ceiling height in my living room is 12\u2019, hanging a large piece of art over the sofa makes...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/2010\/11\/living-room-art-wall\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Vanessa Francis Interior Design\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-11-08T19:03:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_Pp-4J9vThO8\/TNhJaxC9HGI\/AAAAAAAADQM\/xWG2Pg5h0uU\/livingroombefore_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Vanessa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Vanessa\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vanessafrancis.com\\\/staging\\\/2010\\\/11\\\/living-room-art-wall\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vanessafrancis.com\\\/staging\\\/2010\\\/11\\\/living-room-art-wall\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Vanessa\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vanessafrancis.com\\\/staging\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5125269e370edc53bed3fd572a233960\"},\"headline\":\"Living Room Art Wall\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-11-08T19:03:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vanessafrancis.com\\\/staging\\\/2010\\\/11\\\/living-room-art-wall\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":546,\"commentCount\":12,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vanessafrancis.com\\\/staging\\\/2010\\\/11\\\/living-room-art-wall\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/lh5.ggpht.com\\\/_Pp-4J9vThO8\\\/TNhJaxC9HGI\\\/AAAAAAAADQM\\\/xWG2Pg5h0uU\\\/livingroombefore_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\",\"articleSection\":[\"art\",\"my home\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/vanessafrancis.com\\\/staging\\\/2010\\\/11\\\/living-room-art-wall\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vanessafrancis.com\\\/staging\\\/2010\\\/11\\\/living-room-art-wall\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vanessafrancis.com\\\/staging\\\/2010\\\/11\\\/living-room-art-wall\\\/\",\"name\":\"Living Room Art Wall - Vanessa Francis Interior Design\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vanessafrancis.com\\\/staging\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vanessafrancis.com\\\/staging\\\/2010\\\/11\\\/living-room-art-wall\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vanessafrancis.com\\\/staging\\\/2010\\\/11\\\/living-room-art-wall\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/lh5.ggpht.com\\\/_Pp-4J9vThO8\\\/TNhJaxC9HGI\\\/AAAAAAAADQM\\\/xWG2Pg5h0uU\\\/livingroombefore_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-11-08T19:03:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vanessafrancis.com\\\/staging\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5125269e370edc53bed3fd572a233960\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vanessafrancis.com\\\/staging\\\/2010\\\/11\\\/living-room-art-wall\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/vanessafrancis.com\\\/staging\\\/2010\\\/11\\\/living-room-art-wall\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vanessafrancis.com\\\/staging\\\/2010\\\/11\\\/living-room-art-wall\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/lh5.ggpht.com\\\/_Pp-4J9vThO8\\\/TNhJaxC9HGI\\\/AAAAAAAADQM\\\/xWG2Pg5h0uU\\\/livingroombefore_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/lh5.ggpht.com\\\/_Pp-4J9vThO8\\\/TNhJaxC9HGI\\\/AAAAAAAADQM\\\/xWG2Pg5h0uU\\\/livingroombefore_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vanessafrancis.com\\\/staging\\\/2010\\\/11\\\/living-room-art-wall\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vanessafrancis.com\\\/staging\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Living Room Art Wall\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vanessafrancis.com\\\/staging\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vanessafrancis.com\\\/staging\\\/\",\"name\":\"Vanessa Francis Interior Design\",\"description\":\"Interior Design Services \u2013 Milton, Oakville, Burlington, Mississauga, Toronto\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vanessafrancis.com\\\/staging\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vanessafrancis.com\\\/staging\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5125269e370edc53bed3fd572a233960\",\"name\":\"Vanessa\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/76b67758f3916b981a779c2594b45b185166cd6da49e7e930eec58dd47b8129c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/76b67758f3916b981a779c2594b45b185166cd6da49e7e930eec58dd47b8129c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/76b67758f3916b981a779c2594b45b185166cd6da49e7e930eec58dd47b8129c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Vanessa\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/vanessafrancis.com\\\/staging\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/admin\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vanessafrancis.com\\\/staging\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Living Room Art Wall - Vanessa Francis Interior Design","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/2010\/11\/living-room-art-wall\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Living Room Art Wall - Vanessa Francis Interior Design","og_description":"Since the ceiling height in my living room is 12\u2019, hanging a large piece of art over the sofa makes...","og_url":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/2010\/11\/living-room-art-wall\/","og_site_name":"Vanessa Francis Interior Design","article_published_time":"2010-11-08T19:03:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_Pp-4J9vThO8\/TNhJaxC9HGI\/AAAAAAAADQM\/xWG2Pg5h0uU\/livingroombefore_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Vanessa","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Vanessa","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/2010\/11\/living-room-art-wall\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/2010\/11\/living-room-art-wall\/"},"author":{"name":"Vanessa","@id":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/5125269e370edc53bed3fd572a233960"},"headline":"Living Room Art Wall","datePublished":"2010-11-08T19:03:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/2010\/11\/living-room-art-wall\/"},"wordCount":546,"commentCount":12,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/2010\/11\/living-room-art-wall\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_Pp-4J9vThO8\/TNhJaxC9HGI\/AAAAAAAADQM\/xWG2Pg5h0uU\/livingroombefore_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800","articleSection":["art","my home"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/2010\/11\/living-room-art-wall\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/2010\/11\/living-room-art-wall\/","url":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/2010\/11\/living-room-art-wall\/","name":"Living Room Art Wall - Vanessa Francis Interior Design","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/2010\/11\/living-room-art-wall\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/2010\/11\/living-room-art-wall\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_Pp-4J9vThO8\/TNhJaxC9HGI\/AAAAAAAADQM\/xWG2Pg5h0uU\/livingroombefore_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800","datePublished":"2010-11-08T19:03:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/5125269e370edc53bed3fd572a233960"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/2010\/11\/living-room-art-wall\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/2010\/11\/living-room-art-wall\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/2010\/11\/living-room-art-wall\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_Pp-4J9vThO8\/TNhJaxC9HGI\/AAAAAAAADQM\/xWG2Pg5h0uU\/livingroombefore_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800","contentUrl":"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_Pp-4J9vThO8\/TNhJaxC9HGI\/AAAAAAAADQM\/xWG2Pg5h0uU\/livingroombefore_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/2010\/11\/living-room-art-wall\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Living Room Art Wall"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/#website","url":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/","name":"Vanessa Francis Interior Design","description":"Interior Design Services \u2013 Milton, Oakville, Burlington, Mississauga, Toronto","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/5125269e370edc53bed3fd572a233960","name":"Vanessa","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/76b67758f3916b981a779c2594b45b185166cd6da49e7e930eec58dd47b8129c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/76b67758f3916b981a779c2594b45b185166cd6da49e7e930eec58dd47b8129c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/76b67758f3916b981a779c2594b45b185166cd6da49e7e930eec58dd47b8129c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Vanessa"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/","https:\/\/x.com\/admin"],"url":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1948"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=1948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}