It’s time. Today’s the day you’re finally gonna fill that boring blank wall space!
Be honest, you’ve been dying to fill that big blank wall space for a while now. You’re just not 100% sure what to do with it. From framing colourful artwork to printing treasured photos on canvas, there are all kinds of creative, unique and unusual wall art design ideas that could be perfect for your home.
Since there are so many possibilities, we’ve picked out some of our favourite wall art decor ideas to give you a little inspiration. You’ll transform your home’s boring blank walls in absolutely no time.
1. Create a focal point with larger wall art
Nothing grabs attention quite like an oversized piece of wall art. We’re talking large canvas prints, posters and framed artwork that completely dominates your wall space and sets the tone for the entire room.
Whether you’re hanging colourful, vibrant artwork or minimalist black & white photos, a single large piece of wall art will always act as a focal point. Just make sure your large wall art isn’t wider than the furniture it’s displayed behind, as this is a common wall art design mistake!
2. Curate a mismatched gallery wall
Bring some personality to your walls with a creative gallery wall display. Although you might prefer to keep things more organised and uniform, mixing up wall art sizes, styles and colours gives you a more creative salon-style display that’s always bags of fun.
Our favourite gallery walls combine ornate frame styles, clashing colours and inventive layouts that reach right to the ceiling (this will make your wall look bigger). Since you’ll really need to get creative with this wall art idea, read our complete guide on how to create a photo gallery wall at home!
3. Make your display a little greener
Plants are always a bright, colourful way of filling empty spaces and complementing your framed photos. Instead of just leaving them sitting on a window sill, you could try wall-mounting potted plants or even dress up a bookcase with dangling, cascading greenery that really draws the eye.
Alongside your photos or artwork, a little greenery goes a long way towards freshening up your display with a more natural feel. To make sure your display looks great all year round, you could always use fake plants - so you’ll never have to worry about watering them!
4. Arrange clever canvas triptychs
Making your own canvas triptychs is really easy, and they never fail to brighten your wall space. Put simply, a triptych can either be a selection of three images that follow the same theme, or one single image that’s then split into three separate canvas prints.
Either way, the idea is to hang all three images close together so that they look like one fantastic piece of art. Since triptychs are often wider than they are tall, landscape images work much better than portrait, especially if you’re splitting a single image across three canvases.
5. Go a little crazy with photo prints
No wallpaper? No problem. Instead of sticking with traditional wallpaper patterns, you could completely cover smaller walls with quality photo prints instead. You’ve got loads of amazing photos saved on your phone, computer and memory cards, so it’s simply a case of printing your favourites and sticking them all over your wall!
Since you\'ve got so many great photos, check out all of our favourite photo display ideas to find new ways to show them off!
6. Brighten corners with statement pieces
Hanging photos on large blank walls is all well and good, but you can also hang them on two intersecting walls to craft a cuter and cosier display. We love corner displays that hang a large single piece of wall art on each wall - they could either follow the same colour and theme or feature completely different styles!
7. Shrink things down with a minature display
Nope, you don’t always have to go big and bold. Small photo prints are too cute to stay stashed in a draw forever, so stick them in teeny-tiny frames and create an adorable miniature display of all your favourites!