Decorating with canvas pictures

Showcase your style with canvas pictures

Canvas pictures are excellent to add even more emphasis to your individual style. We will let you into the secret of the impact canvas pictures can have in the right place and how they can add variety to your home. Very simple, great value and a good match for the wallpaper and the rest of the interior design.

Which wall is suitable for a canvas picture?

In principle, all walls are suitable for a canvas picture. But that’s only in principle. There are a few things to keep in mind to ensure that canvas pictures look their best. The most important criteria are as follows:

  • the size of the wall
  • the pattern and texture of the wall
  • other objects on the wall

Canvas pictures on large and small walls

Canvas pictures need space to look their best and display their full splendour. If there is only a little space to the left and right to the nearest walls, even the most beautiful works of art on canvas look squashed and squeezed.

This is the case in a small hallway, for example. A large canvas print would probably look out of place here. The wall height also plays a role. In a room with low ceilings, large pictures on stretcher frames do not always achieve the desired effect.

Important: The opposite wall should be at the appropriate distance so that you can enjoy the canvas prints without having to put your reading glasses on. In a narrow hallway, it’s not quite that simple.

Canvas pictures vs patterns and texture

As a general rule: The more neutral a wall is, the easier it is to put a canvas picture on it. White plaster or woodchip wallpaper? There’s no question that this will work. However, when used with single-colour wallpapers, the colours featured in the stretcher frame picture should fit with the wallpaper.
It becomes more difficult with patterned wallpapers. Here, an additional frame with a passe-partout will help to emphasise the canvas picture sufficiently. But it will be tricky if the patterns are very busy or dominant.

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TIP 1: If possible, hang a matching canvas picture on the adjoining or opposite wall of such patterned wallpapered walls. This will allow you to create an interesting dialogue between the wallpaper and the picture. Incidentally, the same also applies to strongly object-based walls, for example, brick or natural stone.

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TIP 2: Don’t hang them, simply lean them against the wall, for example, on the floor or on a sideboard. This will give the canvas picture an object-like character so that it does not look like it works against the pattern of the wallpaper. Carefully selected art prints on canvas can harmonise well with the wall when carefully selected and matched.

Canvas pictures vs other objects on the wall

This includes the furniture, for one thing. For example, in the living room: If there is a tall cupboard to the right and left, a canvas picture in the living room will lose its impressive effect. There is rarely any problem with positioning canvas pictures above the sofa. The same goes for above the bed in the bedroom.

Canvas pictures vs photo wallpapers

Photo wallpapers and canvas pictures?

Photo wallpapers and canvas pictures? That sounds like competition. After all, a photo wallpaper is a picture that takes up the entire wall. And why would you hang a picture on top of a picture?

Correct. But on the one hand, not every photo wallpaper looks like a picture. And for those that do look like a picture, you don’t need to hang the stretcher frame pictures on the photo wallpaper itself. How can we make canvas pictures harmonise with a photo wallpaper?

Which photo wallpapers can be paired with a canvas picture?

As a general rule: The less representational and the more uniform the motif of the photo wallpaper, the easier it will be to successfully pair it with a canvas picture.
Example 1: A suitable canvas print will be very welcome on a concrete-look photo wallpaper.
Example 2: On a stylish and light marble wallpaper with a discreet structure, a canvas picture with a rose motif can look really fantastic.

Canvas pictures and photo wallpaper with strong motifs

But what if you have chosen a photo wallpaper with a very realistic motif? For example, a beach? Here you have two options for using canvas pictures.

Option 1: The dialogue of the room

Look for a different wall in the room for a canvas picture, either an adjacent wall or the opposite wall. Select a suitable motif, either another beach image or an art print on canvas, with a maritime motif. Decorate the room with other accessories from the same theme, for example, with matching decorative cushions. And with just a few items, you’ve created a perfectly harmonious atmosphere in the room.
Style tip: We have designed identical canvas prints for a few of our most popular wallpapers. For example, for our marble motifs or the opulent rose motifs. When positioned on the wall opposite the photo wallpaper, they reflect the motif, intensifying the effect. A very popular look!

Option 2: Emphasise the character of the canvas print as an object

Do you hang a picture? You don’t have to. Simply place it somewhere. In this way, the canvas picture looks like an object and stands out clearly from the motif on the wall. Both should naturally harmonise, either in unison or as an interesting contrast.

For example, you could lean the canvas print on the floor against the wall or place it on the sideboard. Or you could position it a little way in front of the wall, for example, leaning on a box or on an old chair.

Practical: Stretcher frame pictures can simply be stood up. Thanks to the solid stretcher frame, it is stable enough not to be blown over by a gust of wind. And even if it does fall over, no harm will usually be done. There is no glass to break.

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How do I decorate a sofa with a canvas picture and cushions?

Canvas pictures for the living room are classics. No wonder. On the one hand, it’s your room where you can switch off with some music, television or a good book. A beautiful image of nature or a canvas art print creates the right atmosphere.

On the other hand, the living room is generally speaking the room in your flat or house that represents you the most. Your guests should feel a sense of well-being in this room – and also admire you a little for your interior design and decorating skills. Here, we can reveal to you how to achieve this with canvas prints and decorative cushions with great ease.

Canvas picture above the sofa

The wall above the sofa is the ideal spot for large pictures in the living room. The simple reason is that the wall is usually empty there. Other walls are often occupied with cupboards, large windows, or they aren’t available at all because the living room and dining room are one room. And the wall with the television? No way! Canvas pictures in the living room don’t look right when positioned next to flickering sources of competition.

Bring sofas and canvas pictures into harmony

The sofa is, therefore, the number one criterion when selecting the right canvas print. First of all, the format: landscape format, the same as the sofa. The image should at least harmonise with the colour of the sofa and preferably also with the texture of the fabric.

If you have a very special sofa, very special canvas pictures will be the right fit. An Italian designer sofa will look good with very modern living room pictures. An old English-style sofa will probably work best with a more romantic look, for example floral canvas pictures.

Naturally, you can also intentionally break up the cosy harmony. Granny’s sofa with an octopus or a love heart – why not? Art prints on canvas don’t cost the earth and are quick to replace. Just in case Granny doesn’t like love hearts.

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Sofas, sofa cushions and canvas pictures

Yet another reason why canvas pictures for the living room belong above the sofa: Decorative cushions. With the help of decorative cushions, you can emphasise the impact of your images even further. For example, you can pick up the colours in the cushions with a stretcher frame picture. Alternatively, you can reflect the motif in the picture with the cushions, for example, a graphic plant motif with a matching cushion featuring a plant motif.
Of course, the decorative cushions also need to match the sofa. And the canvas pictures for the living room should also harmonise in colour, texture and style.

Which motif is suitable for a canvas picture?

Fundamentally, all motifs are suitable for canvas pictures. The main thing is that you like it. But as soon as you need to make a specific choice, it looks different. That’s because when you ask ‘where’, you also have to ask ‘what’ again.
Ultimately the place has a significant influence on what we think is suitable and what we don’t. A canvas print of a pickled gherkin might fit in the kitchen, but not above your bed. But let’s stick with the living room and dining room now.

Canvas pictures for the living room and dining room

Like the living room, the dining room is one of the rooms that represents you. Here, you will meet with your friends and chat with your relatives over coffee and cake. That’s a good enough reason to create a happy environment for both yourself and your loved ones with beautiful canvas pictures – and to impress them too.

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Canvas prints above the dining table

Here, anything with the slightest link to food and table decoration will work. Splendid motifs that recall the still life paintings of old Dutch masters are very popular above the dining table. For example, these canvas art prints featuring orchids, roses and hortensias.
You can also choose canvas prints that suit your table crockery, tablecloth and napkins. For example, this art print is suitable for the popular classic porcelain series featuring bird motifs.

Canvas pictures in the living room

The living room is the place where your personal tastes are most strongly represented. In other words: Show what makes you different and what interests you. Are you a car freak? Then stretcher frame pictures with cars are your thing. Do you love music? Then let it show with a suitable art print on canvas.

Not everyone wants to see their hobbies displayed on the wall. Anyone who is looking for pictures for a modern living room should also think about abstract paintings. The pared-back, non-object based design language fits very well with the clear shapes and straight lines of modern living room furniture.

People who love nature will probably be looking out for nature-related pictures. If you have turned your living room into a mini jungle with scheffleras, yukkas, orchids and other plants, you can emphasise this with corresponding canvas pictures with nature motifs.

Whichever motif you choose: always ensure that the colours of your canvas picture harmonise with the colours of your furniture, walls, floors and curtains.

Do canvas prints work well in the kitchen?

Canvas pictures and kitchens, are they a good fit? We will reply with a clear ‘Yes, but..’. Of course, the days in which mothers worked hard in the kitchen, all alone and unseen, are luckily long gone. The kitchen is now a social place and has been for some time. We cook together as a couple in our kitchen or with our dear friends, and every party starts and finishes there.
You’ll probably also like to show your kitchen off if you’ve done it up with a great design and equipment. You should have at least one stretcher frame picture in there, shouldn’t you? Nonetheless, there are a few things to consider.