วันจันทร์ที่ 27 กรกฎาคม พ.ศ. 2552

Treatment of Pictures and Picture Frames

Strive to have the subject of your pictures appropriate to the room in which they are to be hung.
The first thing should be considered in choosing pictures for a room is their decorative value. Decorative value is something about whether color is suitable and size is fit, and the subjects are decent and sympathetic.
If the paintings are not real objects of art, you should not use heavy gold frames for one gets far more distinction by using a narrow black moulding. When in doubt always err on the side of simplicity.
If your target is to use less money and make it simplicity, and at the same time you are just starting to design your house and have no pictures, we would advice good pictures which can make your furniture feel new. This method is called passepartout method.
If the the color of prints are old, they should use passepartout which is narrow and black, and if the prints are quaint, old black-and-white ,they should have broad passepartout which is in pink, blue or yellow to fit the primary tone in wall paper.
Never use white margins on any pictures unless your walls are white. The decorative value of any picture when hung, relys on its backdrop, the height at which it is hung, its position with regard to the light, its juxtaposition to other pictures, and the character of those other pictures--that is, their subjects, color and line.
If you are buying pictures to hang in a picture gallery, there is nothing to consider beyond the attraction of the individual picture in mind. But when you decide to buy a picture to put on the walls of a room which you are designing, you have to to consider it as pure decoration.At the same time, you have to think over the things such as color, period and subject which can carry out the idea of your room.
A modern picture is usually out of place in a room designed with antiques.At the same time, if a picture is old, putting it in a strictly modern room is not suitable, if toned by time.