How To Decorate A Large Vaulted Wall

Stumped on how to decorate a large wall? Instead of looking at it as a vast, bare area that has to be covered, think of it as a blank canvas. An opportunity. Today, I'grand sharing 10 wall decor ideas and examples of each across our home, along with a few tips and considerations as yous start your projects!

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Wall Decor Tips

Before you start filling a wall with *all the things*, in that location are a few things to keep in listen.

Scale: Go big. If it'south a big wall, you demand something that won't disappear into the wall. We've all seen big walls with tiny-by-comparing-art — if information technology isn't the correct scale, it can look cluttered, disappear, or may fifty-fifty look like an unintentional blemish of an reconsideration.
Expense: Simply if information technology'due south bigger, won't it be more expensive? Larger art and wall decor tin get pricey but it doesn't have to be. If there's a piece you lot love, save for information technology and buy it in the correct calibration. But, I'm sharing some budget-friendly alternatives throughout the post!
Continuity: Plan your walls to compliment your decor and surroundings — even from room to room if you accept an open up floor plan.
Repetition: While you may have a favorite go-to for bare walls (for me, it's mirrors), you don't want to use the same "play a joke on" over and over; keep your solutions diverse.
Meaning: I am not the "special significant" police. If I see a sail that I retrieve is pretty at HomeGoods, I'll totally purchase it! I dearest when we are able to incorporate pieces or works that take special significant or remind the states of a special time, merely liking it, in itself, is reason enough for me! Merely don't feel like you take to "settle" with a bunch of stuff from one trip out that you don't actually like but retrieve it "may go".

Now that we've covered the bases and what I try to keep in mind when I'm planning wall decor, permit's get into 10 different means to decorate a large wall!

1. Gallery Wall

If you lot're trying to avoid dropping a lot of money on a huge piece, you tin create a wall of art that can serve every bit one large slice for a fraction of the price past hanging a gallery wall. There are tons of approaches and tons of options to make these totally y'all. You lot can opt for a collected, diverse assortment or go the more uniform route. In the breakfast nook, I used the aforementioned Ikea frames to showcase iPhone photos of some of our travels.

Breakfast Nook with Beaded Chandelier and Edgecomb Gray Pain

Each photo is a different state and is a landmark/landscape snap I grabbed on my phone. Memorable and special and while information technology captures memories from 12 different trips, it acts as i, monochromatic piece of art. Notice information technology also takes up most of that wall, too 😉 Go larger than yous think you demand to when you're framing photos.

Greenery in the kitchen

Another simple "gallery" of sorts that acts as one piece are the wall baskets on our screened in porch. They are nevertheless only three dissimilar sizes. I just chop-chop positioned them in an organic shape and called it "skilful!"

Make Your Outdoor Living Space Cozy on a Budget

All porch sources can be found in the porch reveal Hither.

The sunburst gallery wall in our front end room admittedly doesn't period with the residue of our home these days and will exist seeing a revamp soon. But, it's a peachy example of sticking to 1 them while using eclectic pieces and mixing metals.

Starburst and Sunburst Gallery Wall of Mirrors

Sources: Ottoman

My office has an art arrangement that I'k calling a "gallery wall" — I positioned the large piece, along with three identical foil prints that I but rotated as I hung, into 1 big square. While the pieces are different, they do have the aforementioned frame.

In that location are some gorgeous galleries mixing blackness and white with color photos, same frames and mats in different sizes, and even all unlike frames, mediums, etc. If you're looking for easy and for something that's a little more calm, become more cohesive. If you're adventurous and looking to brand an artful statement, mix information technology up.

iv. Set of Art

I love pairing art together as a prepare, especially when I merely want something hung on the uppermost portion of the wall. It will also save some $$$ as two smaller framed pieces are usually less than 1 big one. This framed pairing of song lyrics above Eliza'due south crib ended up existence the all-time "second option" — I'chiliad so glad the wall basket I was waiting on originally never arrived ;). — a total happy accident. I become tons of questions about these; the bodily Etsy store who printed these lyrics closed shop shortly after the reveal just you lot can observe a similar selection Hither. The frames I chose are in the 16″x20″ selection, merely that's actually the size of the photo within the mat. The actual frame sizes are 23″x28″.

Framed song lyrics above the nursery crib

I likewise like to search for art series and choose 2 favorites to configure together as a set. These were sometime lily pad art pieces from ZGallerie, about half dozen years ago. Here's a pro tip — I dearest browsing Minted for fine art. While information technology isn't easy to "spot" a ready, they typically number their prints inside a series with Roman numerals. In the search bar, I will search "II", indicating a "2". When the results are run, I bank check "fine art" in the filters and so it just gives me art (instead of cards, stationery, etc.) Nigh everything that filters from in that location is role II of an art series. If you find a slice yous like, tap on the artist's name and you lot tin browse their other work. Nine times out of x, if they had something labeled with a II, there is also a I (sometimes a III and IV).

Sources: Chandelier | Dining Chairs (similar)

five. Wall Treatment/Moulding

A more than involved (only statement maker, for sure!) way to "decorate" large walls is to brand your walls fine art, themselves. Calculation trim and moulding is something we accept washed to customize several spaces throughout our house and while you could add art on top, they tin totally stand on their ain without any extra embellishments. In Eliza'south plant nursery, we added v unmarried boxes of picture frame moulding, but in our bedroom, we added two rows of boxes around the entire room. We even added a trim particular effectually the vaulted ceiling. I had a contractor practice all the work just using shoe moulding and sticking to simple boxes directly on drywall and topping with paint kept expenses downwards on projects that could add up quickly.

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In the living room, I accept a huge wall where the kitchen cutout looked pretty naked. I had a simulated half-column added to lucifer the columns on the other side of the living room…

Open concept living room with blue and white decor

and added this detail which wrapped nether the bar, around the corner to come across the new cavalcade. Functionally, it's also helped with existence able to clean scuff marks where anxiety tend to kick that wall; before, the apartment paint would but finish up looking bad. The semi-gloss finish of the wall detail is style more scrubbable!

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Sources: Bar Stools | Pendant Lights | Chiffonier Pulls

While I've stuck to more than picture frame moulding in my rooms, there are tons of pretty options if yous explore board & batten or horizontal/vertical shiplap, too.

6. Wallpaper

I only tiptoed into the world of wallpaper earlier this year and… I'm totally obsessed. I started with our small pulverization room where information technology's style easier to be more bold and adventurous and I think the risk totally paid off. I also stuck to only wallpapering the upper 1/3 while I went with a moulding on the bottom two/iii. I don't have a single piece of additional art and I'm now trying to decide what infinite I can wallpaper next!

Powder Room Design Ideas in this Makeover Reveal, featuring picture frame moulding and blue palm wallpaper

If y'all don't want to commit, in that location are as well a lot of pretty peel and stick options that are fairly like shooting fish in a barrel to employ. I actually practical a fake brick in our master bathroom'south toilet room a few years back!

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See all the details of this makeover HERE.

9. Curtain Panels

In the downstairs guest bedroom, the layout is a piffling tricky. There's one blank wall, one wall with both a closet and bathroom door, ane wall with a huge window, and one wall with French doors. For both functionality (and to address what could be kind of awkward blank walls), I added huge drape panels on long rods to create walls of curtains. If you order custom, you can specify how wide you want your curtain panels; each of these panels are the total width of the openings they are intended to cover. (You can run into all the details of this space HERE).

Privacy with Wall of Windows and Curtains in the Bedroom

x. Built-In Shelving

We take built-ins that frame the fireplace and idiot box in our living room only the space we added them in later we were living in our domicile was in the function. This is more than of an investment project, also, but down to the filing cabinets under the window sill to the roll-out printer drawer, it'due south ane of my favorite additions we've fabricated. If you lot don't want to become the built-in route, you can get two units to flank your window — or even hang rows of symmetrical floating shelves.

Home Office Spring Decor

The bottom line — don't overthink it, mix it up, and remember… calibration matters! It doesn't have to be expensive to be fabulous but by the same token, if there's a statement you're dying to make, save and practice what you really want. A powerful wall argument tin can make or interruption a room — I know from trial and fault and from plenty of my own hindsight mistakes 😉 For upcoming posts, infinite reveals and tips, exist sure to subscribe to my emails Here.