Wall art or Photos? | Pad Patter 2.8.19

My paintings and embroideries are on the walls, along with art made by my girls and a clock made by my boy.

 

Both. I have a picture of some cardinals I had printed a couple of years ago, paintings by my DD, a cross stitch, some framed art we got on vacation as souvenirs, a huge map I framed myself! And a sign above the TV that says Love never fails.

I have postage stamp art in the hallway and one whole wall of DD's paintings. My son has Disney pins and a bunting I made on his walls.

So not many photos. That's interesting! All my pictures are in my phone or photobooks or scrapbooks I guess.

Bonus Q: Definitely my heart. I try to think of a place to put it before purchasing, but sometimes you just need it!

 

We have a travel room (guest bedroom) that has photos and souveniers from our trips. Our hallway has all our cruise embarkation photos as well as some navigational charts that we won at auctions. The rest of our house has what I would characterize as whimsical art. We have a lot of Tom Everharts. He is officially licensed to do Charles Schultz art. And of course some cat art, lol

 

So, I've had this huge blank wall in my living room forever! I have hated that wall because I never could decide what to put on it, so recently I was in Hobby Lobby and found a piece of art that I really liked and decided to get it for that wall. Then I chose 2 sconces to put on either side of it and did the "magic light trick" that nestingwithgrace talks about on Instagram and her blog. No wiring required, you use these puck lights that have a remote, dimmer, and timer. I'm loving it. I'm finally happy with that wall, and loved the magic light trick so much I did one over my kitchen sink this week. I might be out of control
Most of the other walls just have some kind of art on them. I don't have a lot of photos on the wall.

 

a little of both - but mostly photos!

 

I have both photos and art.. mostly art. I have two paintings in my bedroom by a second-cousin who does painting as a hobby. In my computer/craft room I have two pieces of art by my daughter who studied art at Uni and has a Bachelor of Fine Art degree. One of these pieces is from her highschool days and the other is a painting she did for me of the sea. In our loungeroom is another one of my second cousins paintings and a print of a Tiger by my cousin who painted by mouth as he became a quadriplegic after a car accident in his late teens. This is making me think of all the relative artwork I own.... I have another painting in this room ( computer/craft) by my Great Aunt.

I would love to have the ability to paint real art. I took lessons in watercolour but did not like the flatness and difficulty of control of the paint with that medium.

 

We have both, but the photography is overtaking the art.

 

Gosh, I am so annoyed with myself when I think about this!! I've wanted to have these cool wall displays in my apartment for so long, but I just never get things printed and get it done!! I have some of the kids' artwork, like photography they've done or pastel/paintings they've done up, and a few photos. I need way more. I have grand plans for a house full of photos. I love art, but I guess I just have pretty limited space and too many photos I love, so I wouldn't choose art unless it's something special that someone in the family made.

 

Mostly art on the walls. By my husband's computer desk, I have 2 framed photos of his flanking a piece of my cross-stitch. The rest of the photos on display are in standing frames scattered around the house. Our master bedroom looks like a gallery. We have 4 fairly substantial works of art hanging on the walls.

I do have one really nice 12x12 with mat frame that I display layouts in.

 

Most of the walls in my house have photos that were framed and hung up by my mother. Lots of family photos, especially older ones. There is also quite a few counted cross stitch pieces that I have done over the years, mainly gifts for mom that she hung up.

I have rearranged a few items and taken others down to put new items up since Dad died. One of the new items is a shadow box Dad had made of all his service medals, his dog tags and other Navy memorabilia. Martha brought it from NC for the funeral and it then became mine. It is now hanging in a place of honor in my living room (above the flag I received at his funeral).

My office has several counted cross stitch and 3 bulletin boards.

 

shockingly....PHOTOS!!!!! lol

 

We have several pieces we got on our cruises - darn those art shows - but we love them. My dh started painting 2 years ago, so we have several of pieces framed and hanging up. We have two of my photographs hanging. I also have 2 display boards for 12x12 pages. I have a bunch of scrapbook pages I printed, some just photos and sayings, and I route those in and out over the year. I have a few photos of people but very few.

 

I have a lot of my photographs enlarged on canvasses that are hung on my walls.

 

Both. I have a gallery wall of animal photos from the game drives we have been on, I have paintings of flowers hanging alongside photos of flowers. I wish I could create art, I wish that my paintings looked like what I see in my mind's eye. Because of that photographs are my art. I love it, love seeing scrapbook layouts featuring my family, love seeing photos I have taken alongside family photos through the years and art that we have collated also through 30 years of marriage. Gives our home character that I love.

 

All of the above. .I have some of my Cross-Stitched framed pieces on the wall, paintings by my DH, paintings by famous bird artists... and then some family heirloom stuff and over my bed a poster size photo of me and my Mom when I was about 3... My parents blew up a slide and gave me that for Christmas in '89... Mom was gone the next month, but I have it framed (frame was made by my BFF's Dad) and it is a special photo to me.

 

Love this! We’ve also made a ‘travel’ room. Lots of photos of travels and travel decor (& of course Jeep stuff!) #greatminds #travelandcats

 

I have both around the house... I’m really influenced by Chip & Joanna... so I’m loving Hobby Lobby & Home Goods... seems like everyone loves rustic decor!