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Who says you need a big bank balance to have a cool art collection?\u00a0 There are literally zillions of creative wall decoration ideas\u00a0that take hardly any time and what\u2019s more can ring in at less than \u00a3100!\u00a0 The trick is to make your art look and feel like it\u2019s fit for one of those fancy Mayfair galleries \u2013 oh and get ready for all those,\u00a0 \u2018Where did you buy that art?\u201d sort of questions that are certain to come your way after you implement some of these ideas.<\/p>\n

Creative wall decoration ideas<\/h2>\n

Think differently about books<\/h3>\n

While wandering around some flea markets over the weekend, I got inspired to look at art in a completely different way. I came across the most magical end papers in a great big heap that regrettably I didn\u2019t have the time to wade through but thought would make the most amazing collection of wall art. It got me thinking about how you can instantly turn books into the coolest kind of wall art<\/a>. You could frame illustrations or sketches from inside for example, or frame some cool fonts, even the cover of a book.<\/p>\n

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Hunt out cool album covers<\/h3>\n

Vintage record stores, charity shops and flea markets all have lots and lots of LP covers which make the most amazing artwork when framed and mounted up. Who cares if you\u2019ve not heard of the rock bands – the more obscure the better I say!<\/p>\n

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Embrace the Waterlogue app<\/h3>\n

Have you heard of the app Waterlogue? You take an image on your phone, pass it through the app and it turns your photo into a super passable watercolour! All you then have to do is print it out and frame it, as I\u2019m about to do with this image of my two dogs Mungy and Maud.<\/p>\n

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Get creative<\/h3>\n

Kate Moss has an old oil painting of a landscape which Banksy has scrawled across so why not take inspiration from that and do something similar? It suddenly turns quite trad conventional, cheap as chips, flea market art into something super gallery-esque. You don\u2019t need to stop with art, check out what Jimmie Martin has done to chairs, furniture, wallpaper\u2026 you name it!<\/p>\n

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Image Source: Pinterest<\/a><\/p>\n

Mix it up<\/h3>\n

One trick I do time and time again with my homemade art is to mix them into the company of some more authentic pieces or pieces that look like they\u2019ve cost the earth. I remember Andy Spade (who has the most amazing collection of art) saying in his Manhattan apartment that no one can tell what\u2019s cost zillions, what\u2019s a school project or picked up from a flea and I love that. When you put cheaper or lesser looking pieces in the company of the big boys it immediately ups their status and it\u2019s such an easy trick to do.<\/p>\n

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Do it yourself<\/h3>\n

You don\u2019t need to be an artist to create a work of beauty. In the past for clients with limited funds, we’ve gotten all creative and painted a huge canvas out in a single hue, nothing more than that, and simply suspended it on a wall. Powerful and distinctive with a nod to Mondrian<\/a> or Rothko.<\/p>\n

Happy Crafting!<\/p>\n

Ready to makeover your walls? Get expert advice from one of our qualified and approved painters and decorators<\/a> to give your home a new lease of life.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Who says you need a big bank balance to have a cool art collection?\u00a0 There are literally zillions of creative wall decoration ideas\u00a0that take hardly any time and what\u2019s more can ring in at less than \u00a3100!\u00a0 The trick is to make your art look and feel like it\u2019s fit for one of those fancy …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":20606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3049,3040,3042],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advice","category-interior-design","category-painting-and-decorating"],"yoast_head":"\nCreative Wall Decoration Ideas | Rated People Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Be inspired by our creative wall decoration ideas to take your home's interior from drab to fab without breaking the bank!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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