Home Decor Idea: affordable art

Everyone knows that designing a house and making it feel like a home takes many long and exhausting months, if not years. So when I realized that I would only have two months to plan, design, execute, anticipate the smallest details and to think about what we might be needing in the future, I know that in order to not go insanely crazy, I had to rely on things that were not too expensive and too valuable but still good looking. I don't know much about Sao Paulo yet, but I know that things tend to cost three times more. So where did I go to for basic things? right! Ikea. I was planning to buy things such as a mattress for our little one, a foot step for his sink and so on. Imagine my surprise when walking around I found very good looking prints! God, was I glad, there are an awful lot of empty walls in this house that will need to be filled. We got the top one by Deborah Azzopardi for Lucas's room, of which I will only tell you that it will have a bunch of stripes. Yeah!

The top is a motif by Amelia Lancaster. Bellow, Ikea's selection of Matisse motifs. We also got one or two of those.

Alan Taylor Jeffries

I've been looking for big art to embellish the walls of our new home in Sao Paulo. Since it's going to be a rental there's not much permanent architectural changes we'll be able to do so, on art we'll rely. Not that that's a headache to anyone, I suppose. One of my favorite genre is abstract expressionism maybe because the stokes are so intense and powerful that there is little they need around them to complement. Another reason is that expressionism goes with almost every kind of decor.

I was lucky and happy to come across U Gallery. A gallery that sells great original and professional art for ridiculous prices. They also have a seven day in home trail. You'll really know if it works in your environment. I have found fantastic art that is very similar to well recognized and expensive artists. I personally think it's sad and unfair how many painters become sought-after and famous after they die, that's why I like to support live artists.