Display Thursday: Clusters

Mar 22, 2012  |  Posted by: Megan Stay

Decorating a home can be so overwhelming and daunting. I definitely wish I had the funds for a visit from Emily Henderson a lot of the time. But Pinterest helps like nothing else! Even going to my friends’ homes and seeing how they have put things together helps. I have a wall of plates in the works and it looks pretty crappy right now but after seeing a my friend Ali’s plate wall I am re-inspired!

Clusters of photographs and other artwork are a great way to build on an existing collection or kickstart a gallery of images in your home. Sometimes its a good idea to think of your home as a gallery. Look at each wall and see what will suit it best!

Love this space with the large painting in the middle and the four square pieces around it!

Image via Houzz
I love the linear nature of this cluster. It really moves the eye along a space. This would be fantastic on a wall that moves from one room to another to join the two. I like lots of photos in hallways but you want to choose small images for hallways. As a rule of thumb you stand twice the distance of the diagonal of the image. So large pieces are harder to view at a distance in a narrow hallway.
This is how my plate wall will go, clustered around a window. Another great way to move the eye from one place to another. Connecting them with similar items works wonders! You don’t have to have huge images on your wall to fill up the space. Use larger mats for some frames and fill the frame with the images in others!
Image via BHG

Do you have spots in your home that you want to put clusters in? I’ve got a few and I’m still trying to decide on the perfect images!

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