Cheap Wall Art
Cheap wall art can be lots of fun. Remember Andy Warhol’s cans of soup and that black velvet painting of Elvis you bought when your family took that vacation south of the border?
Those cans of soup Andy introduced to the world aren’t quite so cheap anymore and, unfortunately, Elvis has left the building but wouldn’t it be kind of fun to still have that painting? Some people just like to have fun and their choice of cheap wall art reflects this playful attitude. Other people may prefer to present a more serious-minded persona but that funky fuschia-colored garage apartment on the beach or the little cabin way, way back off in the woods that you inherited from your fur-trapping grandfather just don’t present the appropriate venue for the stuffy, high-falutin’ stuff.
In settings such as these it’s perfectly OK to have fun and bring on the cheap wall art. Think cute, think kitsch, think camp. Explore grandma’s attic, become a regular at your local junkatorium, paint that stuffed blue marlin to match the chintz slipcovers.
Got a few artistic friends or even friends who’d just like to try to be artistic? Invite them to create something totally special and unique to commemorate your friendship and decorate your new digs. You may be surprised how fast you fall in love with that portrait of you dearly departed dog named Delilah or that brassy metal sculpture of the angry young savage adorned with a feather headdress and wielding a tomahawk the size of a sledgehammer.
Cheap wall art can take the form of the vast collection of salt-and-pepper shakers your mom gave you when you first moved away from home or it can be a collection of the bronzed baby booties worn by each of your siblings and all your collective offspring. That macrame wall hanging your college roommate made for you back in your tie-dyed hippie days just might come in handy to hide a less-than-perfect view or reserve a spot on the wall until you find the ideal objet d’art to go there at a later date. Movie buffs usually cannot resist the temptation to display enough movie posters to make you feel like you spent the afternoon at the Bijou and who, honestly now, hasn’t decorated an entire wall with the album cover of every record Led Zeppelin ever recorded?
What’s perhaps the most beautiful aspect of cheap wall art? It’s cheap! You can replace it as often as you want. So go ahead – lighten up and have some fun. You’re home now.