When you're decorating your home, you have endless options. You could stick to one style like boho, modern, or rustic, or go for an eclectic mix. The design process can get overwhelming, but regardless of the style you go with, the thing that brings your home together is the extra personal touches.
The best kind of decor is meaningful and tells a story about you and your family. It should remind you of a memory and invoke feeling every time you see it. What better way to accomplish that than with custom canvas prints?
From a beautiful gallery wall of family photos to a striking piece of custom artwork, custom canvas prints can set the foundation for your signature home decor style.
They are several types of canvas prints and they could not be easier to have made when you use a professional printer. Here are some of our favorite ways to use them to add charm to your home.
1. Over the Master Bed
The awkward space between your headboard and the ceiling can be confusing to fill. We recommend hanging one or two canvas prints above the headboard to keep it simple and beautiful. If you're married, this is a great place to display black and white wedding photos or prints of your vows.
Whatever you choose to display, consider your bedding and the rest of the look in the master bedroom. Black and white prints are an easy choice because they will match with everything, so you can change out your bedding as much as you want.
2. Statement Art For the Living Room
If you have a large mantel or wall space that needs to be filled in your living room, a large custom art print can make a striking statement. Abstract art is trendier than ever and compliments several different styles, or you can make it the focal point and design the rest of the room around it. Either way, it will start conversations!
To have a custom art print made, making sure you have a high-quality image of the artwork that you want to blow up. Many artists now sell digital versions of their art online that you can download straight to your computer and have made into a large canvas.
3. Create a Gallery Wall
Gallery walls are a great way to showcase art and personal photos. You can keep it simple with a row of three canvas prints, or expand it across an entire wall or staircase.
Gallery walls made with canvas wall art provides a clean look instead of looking cluttered with mismatched frames. But that's doesn't mean that you can't get creative. Canvas prints can add a great pop of color to a bare wall, and they're a great way to display your favorite memories.
4. Create a Custom Canvas Photo Collage
With custom canvas prints, you have lots of options and flexibility. Use multiple images on one print to create a canvas photo collage that you only have to hang once. You can make a beautiful collage of newborn photos for the nursery, or make a collage of photos from your last family vacation.
5. Use Floating Shelves
Instead of hanging all of your art flush against the wall, add some dimension with floating shelves. This also gives you flexibility since you can easily change out the art on the shelves at any time.
Mix match sizes on the shelf to make it look more interesting, or pair it with other items like a stack of books, candlesticks, or plants for a pulled-together look. The options are endless, but you want your shelf to stand out and look cohesive, so follow these shelf styling tips.
6. Create a Split Print
Split prints are extremely trendy in home decor right now and for good reason. They add a level of sophistication to your home and are sure to impress.
To accomplish a split print, choose a simple image like a scenic landscape to split over three canvas prints of the same size. Landscapes are the easiest to splits, but if you do choose a photo with people or animals, just make sure that the split isn't over any faces or limbs. Make sure you have a high-quality photo for a stunning outcome.
7. Mix and Match
If you want to get more creative than a minimalist canvas gallery wall, you can add some framed photos to the mix for more depth. Along with frames, hang other decor items with different shapes, like a round clock, with different sized canvasses to mix up the look. Display the entire gallery in an asymmetrical configuration to make it look more interesting.
8. Add Floating Frames
Canvasses don't technically need frames, but there are a couple of great framing options that add creativity. One is a floating frame, which gives a polished and gallery-like look. The frame simply sits over the canvas, so it needs to be a bigger size than your print to make it look like the print is floating.
9. Make It Vintage
With a couple of crafty tricks, you can make your canvas look like a vintage piece of art. And no, we aren't talking about adding a sepia tone to your photo. You can easily make your own vintage masterpiece out of your canvas prints.
10. Hang a Panoramic Photo
It can be hard to find the right frame size for a panoramic photo, but it's easy to get them printed onto custom canvas wall art. Panoramic art is a great option to hang over the couch in the living room or anywhere with a lot of space where it will get noticed. These pieces are perfect for landscape photos or city skylines.
Why You Should Hang Custom Canvas Prints
A house finally feels like a home when you put your unique design thumbprint on it. It can be tempting to run to the closest big box store and buy a bunch of generic home decor and call it a day, but then your home won't be special. It will look like every other home in the neighborhood and the decor won't have much meaning to you.
With custom prints, everything has a special meaning. Whether it's a family photo, a photo of your favorite beach, something artsy and abstract, or even your dog, every piece has a story to tell.
Custom canvas prints can also change as your family changes. Since they're easy and inexpensive to have made, you get can new ones every few years to show your family's growth over time.
Custom prints are also a great way to show off art that's meaningful to you. Many artists now sell their art as digital downloads that you can then have printed on a canvas to display.
If you want to break up photos with some text, getting them printed on canvas is another great option. You can get a print made of a family saying, your favorite quote, or special song lyrics to mix into your gallery walls.
The options with custom canvas prints are endless, and they always add a unique touch and charm to your decor.
Other Ways To Customize Your Home Design
At Rapid Metal Art, we think everything in your home should have a meaning. That's why we offer special items that can be customized so it fits your space and design style perfectly.
Start at your front door with a customized entry rug. Keep it simple with a monogram or choose text to greet your visitors with at your doorway.
Speaking of monograms, a customized metal monogram is the perfect statement piece for your home. It's perfect over your mantel, in your entryway, or in another prominent spot.
Lastly, we can customize any metal wall art to say whatever you would like. Display your last name or a word with meaning like hope and faith. We offer a variety of color options, so it's sure to work with your home's decor style and color scheme.
Decorating With Canvas Photos
If you're overwhelmed by the design process, start with custom canvas prints. The special meaning behind them will make them some of your most prized possessions, and they can help guide the rest of your design choices.
Decorating with custom canvas wall art gives you complete creative control, so you can ensure that your home looks unique and feels like you. You will love displaying some of your favorite memories and meaningful artwork. They'll start conversations and become pieces that you enjoy for years.
If you want to get started with custom canvas prints or any of our other personalized products, check out the offerings on our website.