Buying Art at Ikea
This is always a constantly changing display of not only posters and picture frames but also of strong and vibrant pictures which complement the room setting you have just wandered through.
We all remember iconic pictures like a child blowing away a dandelion or that slightly naughty picture of the Tennis girl scratching her bottom and it is images like those that stick in ones mind.
A nice addition is the multiple pictures in a single frame whoch are always along a similar theme.
We are besieged daily with offers of art – either as Canvas Prints from our own photos or paintings, our Children or Pictures of exotic Dream Beaches or Far Eastern Cities and even of our pets.
Art is now much less expensive than it was formerly and we al take advantage of it.
There are even slightly naughty erotic posters and paintings widely available to adorn our bedrooms or harems.
It is far too easy to fall into what I call the Home Doctor Trap – where everything is beige and inoffensive.
Try to imagine the picture in a specific place in your home (take a digital photo of the spot you are looking to decorate)
You are after all going to view that picture every day for a number of years.
Consider how you are going to light it – a picture in a dark corner just fades away and becomes a part of the background.
Ignore the advice of the experts on V – they are attempting a specific effect and pictures are just a by-product for them.
Buy what YOU really like – not what an expert tells you to – if a picture of a fluffy kitten or a cute puppy cheers up your day then that is a really good thing to do !
Do keep within your budget though – there are so many lovely pictures that it is really hard to do.
If you would like to support a local artist then by all means do so – who knows you could end up with a treasure of the future.