Decorating with art

Decorating a home is not a trivial matter. Depending on how it is done, we will create a different atmosphere, which can have very beneficial effects on our wellbeing. Decorating with art is possible, and, as we will see today, also with works of art which, as well as giving character to our home, will give it distinction and exclusivity.

Before we dive into today’s topic, it is important to clarify the difference between interior design and decoration. They tend to be confused given their extraordinary complementarity, but while design deals more with spaces and their configuration, decoration seeks to aesthetically transform an already defined space. If, as in the case of Blues Simon Group, design and decoration go hand in hand in fluid communication with the client, the results can be unbeatable.

Expression of our style

Decoration transcends aesthetics, it goes far beyond the mere choice of elements, the combination of colours and textures or the greater or lesser knowledge of trends. A good decoration has to transmit our lifestyle, to be a sort of extension of our way of living day by day.

For the reasons given above, the main ingredient for good decoration is to listen to those who are going to enjoy it, to those who live in the home; otherwise we would obtain spaces without personality, without character, flat. Depending on their needs, tastes, concerns and desires, the result will be different.

It goes without saying, moreover, that decoration is not something static, but absolutely dynamic because, being a reflection of ourselves, it asks to change as we change over time.

Playing with sculptures

Art is a unique element that we can play with when decorating our home. Whether we are talking about sculptures or paintings, the flexibility is absolute: we can make the entire decoration of a room revolve around that work of art, giving it total prominence or, on the contrary, we can make it take on a secondary but no less important role, integrating it with other elements in the room.

In other words, the choice of location of the work of art is important and, if we look at sculptures, for example, we tend to avoid placing more than two in the same room if it is not very large, as they would steal the limelight from each other. All in all, sculptures are very playful and can be a magnificent expression of our refined taste.

Variety to suit all tastes

One of the great advantages of sculpture – as with other art – is that the variety is so great that it covers all tastes. We can resort to a wide range of styles, from the most classical or Renaissance, to contemporary, where the variety of sub-styles and materials is impressive, to abstract, which has gained a lot of weight in recent years due to its impressive expressive capacity. Each style provokes a different emotion and so does each subject, whether it is a human, animal, object or abstract representation.

With all these possibilities, we can use the decorative power of sculptures in all rooms, even in the corridor, where it will acquire an exhibition role, and we can apply directional light on it to enhance it. The meaning in each room will be very different, because while in the dining room or living room it competes in relevance with the rest of the decorative elements -including the furniture-, in the bedroom it acquires its maximum expression and in the hall or entrance it acts as a calling card of the elegance and good taste that will accompany the visitor throughout the rest of the house.