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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Sophia Pouget de St Victor

Sick of white walls? My journey from minimalist to maximalist, one paint stroke at a time

A large sitting room with bookshelves either side of a fireplace. The walls are painted in a bright light teal color, an the fireplace has a handpainted mural in a Bloomsbury style. .

What color to paint your wall? If that question already gives you plenty of conflicting options for you to brood over, then wait until you step into the world of wall art. Wall decor ideas such as wall art, murals, and decorative wall painting are all ways of making an entire room a work of art, and I for one have become totally obsessed with them.

If you’ve ever found yourself on the hunt for room color ideas, you have likely borne witness to just how fleeting paint trends can be, or any trend for that matter. Since trends leave us all at the mercy of changing tastes, the default position for many on this is to look to the safety of classic, chic, pared-back colors and decor ideas and ignore any trends altogether. This is a useful maxim, but it can also lead to homes that all look strikingly similar. Creative wall paintings or 'wall art' come in many forms, and follow these same precepts of resisting these oftentimes transient trends, but they offer a profoundly personal way to express individuality. The aesthetic reach of these styles is considerable. Really, they can be whatever you want. There is no right way or wrong way to go about it.

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