If you’re working on any art walls in your homes, here’s another idea for you: a wall by theme. How awesome is this wall of paint-by-numbers?! So kitschy and fun!

Here’s a cute one using all maps:

What an impressive wall of portraits:

If you’re into vintage floral paintings, there are a lot of them around so it would be easy to do something like this:

This is a nice collection of portraits (and just an all around lovely room):

And remember this one from good old Domino:

You could do the same with any topic that interests you. I guess this is sort of what I have going on in my kitchen office which has a travel theme:

This space looks a little different now than it did here. I guess it’s time for another update on that too!

So what do you think? Any other ideas for an art wall theme?

(Photos: 1-2.Country Living 3.Skona Hem 4.Better Homes & Gardens 5.via Decorati 6.Domino 7.FROM THE RIGHT BANK)

As you all know by now, my favorite type of art wall is usually the mixed frames/mixed media variety. But I do love a good monochromatic one every now and then. It actually makes a lot of sense considering how much I love  black and white photography.

This one has a tiny bit of color but let’s just overlook that for purposes of this post:

Do you have a favorite style of art wall?

You can find all of my prior art wall posts here.

(Photos: 1.New York Times 2.James Tse 3.Skona Hem 4.via Frankly Esoteric 5&6.via Decorati)

It’s that time again ….. today’s roundup of art walls is of the hodgepodge variety – a mix of media, styles, frames, everything. If I had to choose, I think this is my favorite type because even if they can get kind of chaotic, they are the most interesting.

Rita Koenig does this style better than anyone:

Yup, still not tired of looking at her apartment.

And last but not least:

I actually gasped when I turned to this page in Elle Decor a few months back. Did anyone else? I love how the art  covers the entire wall and follows the slope of the roof. That Jeré sculpture and the Barcelona chairs don’t hurt either!

You can find all of my prior art wall posts here.

(Photos: 1.Atelier Abigail Ahern 2.Hamilton Design Assoc. 3-4.Style at Home 5.Elle Decor)

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It’s time for another art wall roundup! This first one is definitely one of the most interesting so far. Look how it starts above the fireplace and is carried over to above the windows. A very clever use of that empty space, don’t you think?

If you missed any of my prior art wall posts, you can find them here.

(Photos: 1.via Tumblr (sorry I lost the exact source) 2.Elle Decor 3.Architectural Digest 4.Atlanta Home & Lifestyles 5.Skona Hem 6.Martha Stewart)

Today I have another art wall roundup but this one is a little different than all of my previous roundups. If you’re a regular reader, you know that I tend to favor art walls that mix different media, frames, sizes, colors …… but there’s no denying the impact of a wall made up of a singular type of art.

The one above really sends me into a tizzy because I collect landscape oils. Mine are all in gold gilt frames but I love, love, love the look of these unframed.

Black and white drawings in white frames, on white walls above and below. There’s no need to say more.

This approach works for monochromatic art:

as well as more colorful art:

How pretty are these paintings?

For all of my prior art wall posts, click here.

(Photos: 1.via French by Design 2.via Emmas Designblogg 3&4.via Remodelista 5.via the Diversion Project 6.Marie Claire)

Art walls have been on my mind even more than usual lately. I’m working with the coolest client right now putting an art wall together for her dining room. We’re doing it all by email – shopping for art, choosing frames, coming up with a layout – and I have to say it’s one of my favorite projects to date.

So here’s some recent inspiration. Each one is completely different in style and yet I love them all.

If you missed any prior art wall posts, you can see them all here.

Thanks for another fun week of blogging! Have a great weekend!

(Photos: 1.World of Interiors 2.via Down & Out Chic 3&4.NY Social Diary 5.Skona Hem)

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You know I love all kinds of art walls but if I had to choose a favorite today, I would choose one with plenty of monochromatic art and gold frames.

You just can’t go wrong with that combination. You can see the entire FTRB art wall collection here.

(Photos: 1.The Selby 2.via This is Glamorous 3.via Diversion Project 4.House & Home 5.via a Perfect Gray)

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Just when I think I’ve seen all the art walls out there, I find another slew of them. Here are some more to add to the FTRB collection of art walls, starting with the most unique one I’ve seen yet:

I would love to see all of these drawings up close!

If you see any great walls I haven’t posted yet, send them my way to be included in the next roundup!

(Photos: 1-3.via Desire to Inspire 4-6.via Nice Room 7.via Diversion Project)

We’re overdue for an art wall roundup and my files are bursting with them. Here are some that have caught my eye most recently.

If you missed any of the previous art wall posts, you can find them here.

(Photos: 1.Elle Decor 2.Lonny 3.via Roseland Greene 4.via My Home Ideas 5.Style at Home)

I don’t know about you but I’ve had an exhausting week! And I won’t be getting much rest this weekend either. I’m on an early flight this morning up to D.C. for the weekend. As the saying goes, I guess I’ll sleep when I’m dead. Before I go though I’d like to leave you with what else? Some more art walls. (I told you I was obsessed.)

Thank you to everyone who’s emailed me your favorites. Please keep them coming! I’ll be continuing to collect them for future posts. You can see my collection so far here.

Also before I go, a couple of housekeeping notes: you might have noticed that I’ve installed the LinkWithin widget to the bottom of my posts. I’ve read that it takes a while for them to start pulling up related posts so please bear with the redundancies for now. Also, I think I’ve sorted out my RSS feeds. If you are still having problems viewing them, please shoot me an email at rightbankgirl at gmail.com.  Thanks!

Have a wonderful weekend and I’ll see you all Monday!

(Photos: 1.via Everything LEB 2.via Design for Mankind 3.via Centsational Girl 4. via Plush Palate 5.via Desire to Inspire)

It’s official. My love of art walls is now a full blown obsession. If you missed any of my previous posts, you can find them here, here, here and here.

I absolutely love the unexpected arrangement, not to mention each of the paintings here:

More walls of black frames that just work:

And what may be one of my favorite Domino images ever:

Thankfully the issue that this was in is one of the few that I kept so I can drool over it in all its glossy glory.

If you know of more great looking art walls that I haven’t already posted, please send them my way: rightbankgirl at gmail.com for posting here in the future (with credit of course). With your help, I’d like to amass the world’s greatest collection.

Thanks for all of your comments and support this week. Have a great weekend and don’t forget about my India giveaway! See you Monday!

(Photos: 1.Ngoc Minh Ngo 2.Marie Claire Maison 3.via My Scandinavian Retreat 4.Houzz 5.Domino)

Hi, everyone, how was your weekend? My weekend in New York was great (as always) and it was just what I needed to get recharged and start tackling more boxes around here. Here’s my quick review:

Per Se – fantastic, stupendous, awesome, amazing, etc., etc., etc.
6 Columbus – meh.
In the Heights – great.
Rock of Ages – so-so.
The Drawings of Bronzino – totally inspiring.

If you want details, please feel free to ask but I’ll leave it at that so I can talk about my latest obsession. I think you all know I love a good art wall. I’ve always been partial to a mix of frames like the one I used to have in my old dining room:

But lately, I’m really drawn to walls of black frames.

I never liked black frames before because they reminded me of documents framed in generic offices.  But I just love the impact that these walls of bold black frames make.

I think it also has something to do with my renewed love of black and white.

This may be another project for when/if I ever finish unpacking(!)  What do you think of this look?

(Photos: 1.From the Right Bank 2.via Willow Decor 3.Skona Hem 4.via Houzz)

In our last house, I had no problem putting lots of nails in walls and trying out artwork in different places until it felt right.

But in the new house, because of all the millwork (I don’t want to start putting lots of holes in pretty wood) and because there are so many windows (meaning little blank wall space), I am waiting to hang art until everything is more or less in place. That, however, is going very slowly so it may be a while before I get to hang anything.

If I had the patience, I could draw up a plan like Nathan who went from this:

to this:

How awesome is that?

But more likely, I’ll just start pounding nails into walls nilly-willy and hope they turn out something like these.

What’s your approach?

(Photos: 1.Plastolux 2-3.via Desire to Inspire 4-5.Laurel Street 6.via Automatism 7.Apartment  Therapy)