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<\/p>\nOne of the major superpowers of the professional (and successful) interior designer is restraint \u2013 in their colour palette, in their choice of imagery for canvas prints and other wall art, and in their sense of scale. Amateur interior designers often get swept away in the sheer fun of making creative choices; that\u2019s why you can almost always tell a designer\u2019s first project just by looking at it: It will be too big<\/i>. Too splashy. Everything about it will be loud and obnoxiously creative. Over time, a good designer learns that they must temper that enthusiasm because a room isn\u2019t an art project, it\u2019s a space people will live in. That means that a powerful, dramatic design can become fatiguing.<\/p>\n
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So, it\u2019s natural when you first start off to think of canvas art as a way to Go Big. People usually start off their love affair with canvas prints on the walls by choosing huge pieces that fill up walls and dominate spaces \u2013 and it can be a powerful moment when you do. But just as powerful, and often more powerful, is the choice to Go Small.<\/p>\n
Subtlety<\/i> isn\u2019t always easy. It takes a light touch and an almost instinctive sense of when to pull back \u2013 subtlety is, in fact, something most designers (professional and amateur) need to learn over time. Big, huge pieces of wall art make big, huge \u2013 and instant \u2013 impressions. The gratification is instant, and that\u2019s why we love using them.<\/p>\n
Smaller pieces require more thought. Their effect isn\u2019t always obvious. We\u2019re all ruined by the \u201creveal\u201d moments on those home renovation shows on TV \u2013 we want people to gasp when they walk into a room. Small scale canvas art often doesn\u2019t get that gasp right away \u2013 the gasp comes later, over time, as people are mysteriously drawn back to the room over and over again, and instead of getting tired of loud, big statement, they become intrigued and drawn to smaller, more mysterious statements.<\/p>\n
The key is, smaller-scale canvas prints give you flexibility in your design. Think of everything you put into a room like a musical note. Big splashy canvas art? Those are power chords: Big and loud and they get people out of their seats. But if you limit yourself to those big moments, it\u2019s difficult to have a melody. Smaller pieces are like having more notes to work with to create something delicate and beautiful.<\/p>\n
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Here are just a few ways that Going Small with your wall art gives you more creative options:<\/p>\n
Going small is something you learn over time, but once you\u2019ve \u201cgot it\u201d it\u2019s just one more tool in your creative toolbox. When you think you\u2019ve figured it out, click here<\/a> and we\u2019ll take your small-scale vision and turn it into something with large-scale impact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of the major superpowers of the professional (and successful) interior designer is restraint \u2013 in their colour palette, in their choice of imagery for canvas prints and other wall art, and in their sense of scale. Amateur interior designers often get swept away in the sheer fun of making creative choices; that\u2019s why you can almost always tell a designer\u2019s first project just by looking at it: It will be too big.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n