Interior design, whether for your own home or someone else’s, comes with two serious challenges built right in – and that’s in addition to the standard challenge of following good design sense as far as colour, texture, and cheap canvas prints (or any other type of wall art) go. The first challenge is keeping things fresh – we’ve all experienced the high of a finished design slowly fading until we’re bored with the space again – fabrics fray, paint scratches, and eventually we almost feel like we never redecorated in the first place.
The second special challenge is to drive interest for ourselves and our guests beyond the surprise of a ‘reveal.’ At first guests are happy to see all the new details in your room, but slowly it becomes familiar to them with repeated visits, and eventually the room fades into the background for them no matter how amazing the design is. That’s biology: The human brain processes new information, and once it becomes familiar and predictable it stops noticing it to make room for newer information.
So, how do you overcome these twin challenges without gutting and re-designing your rooms every few weeks? That’s simple enough: cheap canvas prints to the rescue.
Keep It Fresh with Cheap Canvas Prints
The key to keeping a design fresh and exciting for you is to trick the eye into seeing it new. This can be accomplished in a few simple and affordable ways. You can re-arrange the layout and floor plan of a room; sitting in a new spot or viewing the windows or television from a new angle can make the whole space seem new and exciting.
But of course you spent time on the layout in the first place and chose it for a reason, so sometimes it doesn’t make sense to do that. A more subtle but just as effective strategy is to change out the wall art on a regular basis. Cheap canvas prints allow you to do that on a budget. As soon as you tire of the look of your room, order up a new set of art prints – Japanese art one month, Islamic art the next – and freshen up the room affordably.
Keep It Interesting for Guests
The other side of the coin is your guests. When the thrill of a new design fades a bit they may stop noticing aspects of your design and get a little bored. While changing out the wall art can keep things fresh for them as well, there’s another aspect to the situation: Giving their eye and brain something to do. Sure, they should be focussed on your conversation and the amazing cocktail you just handed them, but when they have a moment to themselves while you’re busy in the kitchen, keeping them engaged should be a priority.
Here again, cheap canvas prints ride to the rescue. Give your guests a puzzle on the wall – a brain teaser. Word jumbles in an artistic manner or a crossword puzzle as wall art – you can even encourage them to fill it in, turning it into a priceless memento of the good times you had with each other. Every time you have to rush from the room to check on dinner, your guests can crowd around your wall art and entertain themselves.
That’s just the tip of the iceberg of what can be done when you use canvas prints as part of a kinetic, active design in your rooms. Pleasing the eye, engaging the mind, and keeping things fresh and interesting is just as important as choosing the right colour palette and perfect lounge suite. If you’re looking for a way to freshen up a room without calling your contractor, choose a photo and then click here so we can help you make your design as interesting as it is beautiful.
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