Lovers of art and photography always find a way to decorate every corner of their home with their favorite pieces. But you don't need to consider yourself a lover or connoisseur to recognize the decorative power of some paintings on the sofa or on the console of the hall.
Tables are a great alternative to give life to those empty walls of our home. They are also a great resource for draw attention to a certain place of the room. That is why it is common to find compositions of paintings above the sofa. Do you also want to decorate this wall with paintings but you don't know how to do it? In Decoora Today we show you different ideas to create your own compositions.
Creating compositions of paintings above the sofa is not complicated but there are factors you should consider before you start putting pictures on the wall like loc @. Because you may not be able to place all those paintings that you have at home and it is more than likely that the first composition that you have created in your head will not work. So before you get frustrated, take note of these factors and ask yourself these questions:
- Space. How much space do I have on the sofa and how do I want to use it? How is it decorated? What style does it respond to?
- Colors. What colors dominate the living room? What color is the sofa? What colors go well with this one?
- Consistency. To ensure the success of the composition, it will be necessary to take some element that serves as a link between all the chosen paintings; It can be a color, type of framing, a style ...
Not all types of compositions will work in your living room and these questions will be important to quickly rule out some of them. A symmetric composition does not convey the same as asymmetric. Not a collection that bets on color, graphic design, artistic photography or abstract forms, than another made up of sepia photographs or oil paintings.
Where and how to place your paintings
Now that you have a few notions about how to start creating your compositions, you must decide where and how you want to place your paintings. There are two options for creating picture compositions above the sofa and there is no better than the other.
- Fixed to the wall. Fixing the paintings to the wall has been the traditional way of creating compositions like the ones we propose today. It has many advantages: it allows you to create sets with a greater number of squares and it gives you more freedom when it comes to playing with asymmetry. Today the pictures can also be hung with adhesive strips so it will not be necessary to drill holes in the wall. That you can use stickers, however, does not mean that you can change the position of the boxes every day.
- On shelves. Placing a shelf on the sofa and supporting a composition of pictures on it is a simple alternative that gives you a lot of freedom. Freedom to change the paintings every day and include other decorative objects or plants in the composition.
The two alternatives have advantages and disadvantages. That is why there are those who decide to combine both, to have the best of each of them. Although it is not usual, it is possible to find some examples such as those illustrated in the image above.
Types of compositions
The compositions of paintings are today our protagonists, but as these can dress the wall a large format painting. It is a simple way to decorate the wall, although it is not always easy to find a painting of that size that we like and fits well in the space. But if you do, you will attract all eyes.
Do you still prefer a composition of paintings? If so, you will have to make another decision before choosing the paintings: What type of composition are you going to create, symmetrical or asymmetrical? If you already have paintings that you want to take advantage of, on the other hand, the answer will be given by these and you will rarely have the opportunity to choose.
Symmetrical compositions
Symmetrical compositions provide greater harmony to the room. If your goal is to create a space with these characteristics that also transmits serenity, symmetry will become your best ally. We mistakenly think, sometimes, that symmetrical compositions always imply a number of elements, however, this does not have to be the case. In fact, today, placing three pictures of the same series in parallel is the most popular alternative.
Asymmetrical compositions
Playing with asymmetry is more complicated but also more fun. A trick to visualize the set before you start to make holes in the wall is to recreate the same set being faithful to the measurements of the wall on the floor. You can also use washi tape to draw the outlines of the pictures on the wall so that you can make modifications before hanging them.
The asymmetrical compositions of pictures above the sofa they give dynamism to the space. It is a less rigid and more relaxed way of presenting paintings and these same characteristics are what such a composition transmits to the living room. So that it does not seem very crazy, yes, you will have to take care that the tables keep a certain coherence as we have emphasized at the beginning of this article.
Do you like these ideas to create compositions of paintings above the sofa?