Unusual Locations To Place Art in Your Home

I bet you’ve got that one girlfriend who has covered every square inch of her staircase wall with family photos. She displays floor-to-ceiling framed pressed flowers in every room of the house.

I have to say, y’all, I admire that kind of spunky commitment to home décor, but I also find it kind of overwhelming. Like most moms, I’ve got trunks (well, cardboard boxes) full of kids’ artworks from over the years that I just couldn’t bring myself to throw away.

I‘ve also got quite a few framed thrift store and garage sale finds stowed away in the attic. I just couldn’t figure out where or how to display them other than above the living room sofa. There’s got to be a more creative way!

So, I poked around online a bit and came up with some unusual locations to place art in your home that you may want to try.

Place Prints Inside Glass-Front Cabinet or Along Open Shelving

Next time you’re unloading the dishwasher, wouldn’t it be nice to place your stemware on a cabinet shelf that’s backed with a pretty painting? Tuck a little framed print in the back of a shelf in your glass-front cabinets to create an interesting aesthetic surprise in your kitchen.

This trick works on open kitchen shelving too. You can place glasses in front of the picture and still see and enjoy it, and you don’t risk breaking anything because the frame is all the way at the back of the shelf.

In Front of a Window

Screen out nosy neighbors or a less-than-ideal view by hanging artwork in front of a window. This is an effective technique for high-rise dwellers who want the light but not the gaze of the guy with the telescope in the building across the street.

Inside or in Front of a Bookcase

Y’all, I haven’t done a book purge in a month of Sundays! But I could rearrange a few to create some space for artwork inside a bookshelf.

Some folks even hang art on the front of their bookshelves. You can reach around to get the book you need without too much trouble. The piece of art creates a startlingly refreshing focal point for an area of the room we often take for granted.

Outside

You can get decorative flags designed by artists that are printed on durable, weather-resistant material to place in your garden. Or consider resin figurines that shelter near your favorite flowering shrubs.

The neat thing about outdoor art is that you can change it seasonally without too much trouble. The flags hang on frames or posts anchored in the ground, and you can just switch them out as the spirit moves you. Same thing for some outdoor mats that fit inside rubber frames.

I hope I’ll get around to trying some of these ideas for unusual locations to place art in your home. It won’t cost much (I’ve already got the pictures), and it might make a refreshing change in my décor. Maybe it will even be refreshing enough to spur me to declutter a bit and display some creativity where it’s unexpected! Hope these suggestions work for you too!