Is it tacky to hang prints (instead of original art) in our home?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe not tacky but a bit immature and less intentional?

Weird response

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe not tacky but a bit immature and less intentional?

How did you arrive at 'a bit immature and less intentional'?

I am an NP and I think I know what PP means. I think the anxiety over whether it's ok to hang something you like that you bought from a big company speaks to a couple of things - not yet feeling confident in your own taste (it's just stuff - get what you like!); not really knowing where to buy art (anywhere you find it!); etc. I think PP means that there's a kind of lowest common denominator quality to buying framed prints from Crate and Barrel or whatever - but you know what? Who cares. It's your house - and you can always change it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe not tacky but a bit immature and less intentional?

How did you arrive at 'a bit immature and less intentional'?

I am an NP and I think I know what PP means. I think the anxiety over whether it's ok to hang something you like that you bought from a big company speaks to a couple of things - not yet feeling confident in your own taste (it's just stuff - get what you like!); not really knowing where to buy art (anywhere you find it!); etc. I think PP means that there's a kind of lowest common denominator quality to buying framed prints from Crate and Barrel or whatever - but you know what? Who cares. It's your house - and you can always change it.

DP.. 99% of us can't afford original prints, but MC/UMC can afford crate&barrell framed prints.

I have pictures of places I want to go to up because I like how it looks. I'm also not artistic, in any way, shape or form, so I can't create my own original. That would turn out horrible, though maybe some art iffecianado would think it's a masterpiece if I say it was done by a 5 yr old.

So, maybe the "immature" PP is a 1%er, in which case, you are kind of clueless.

[Anonymous]

Like anything else it depends! If it's the print of the butler holding the umbrella on the beach popped into a store-bought frame or off the rack printed canvas from Home Goods, you're probably not going to have an intentional, well-curated look. However, even a quick glance at legit interior design IG account would support that you do not need original art or a huge budget to have well-decorated walls.

Frame things that are beautiful and meaningful to you in high-quality frames! Don't limit yourself to 2D art. We have matchbooks, vintage postcards, kids' silhouettes, part of my grandmother's wedding veil in a tiny frame. Consider if something could be float framed or matted to best highlight the item. Hang items appropriately and group them in interesting, intentional, and appealing ways. There's a lot of inspiration and education out there for this! I like to search for prints and vintage paintings on Etsy, favorite them, or save images to pinterest, then see what else is suggested to me to find more sources. I group similar types of items together - for example in my entry way I have a group of small vintage floral paintings that were all less than $20/each. They are bright and cheerful and a nice contrast to the otherwise modern elements in that space. In our dining room I have three prints by the same artist that were relatively inexpensive, found on Etsy, giclee print on heavy textured paper, framed by Framebridge and hung triptych style. Definitely more expensive but original art to cover the same space would have been thousands of dollars.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe not tacky but a bit immature and less intentional?

Ok will attempt to clarify. I’m an art lover with a smallish budget. I don’t use art just as decor, l take it more seriously. I go to a lot of museums and galleries and researching art that speaks to me is a hobby. So when l add a piece to my collection it’s been thought about a lot…that’s what l mean by intentional. I do try to hang my art in aesthetically pleasing groupings, but the art itself is more important than how it goes with a color pallet for the room.

Just to give an idea of original art (or limited edition prints) I’ve purchased in about the last 4 years, to show it’s not all breaking the bank

1 original collage $50
I original painting $650
2 signed prints small edition (5 to 20) about $150 each
1 well known DC artist, print from small edition (5), $1500

I wish l had a bigger budget as l love art and supporting artists. But still I’m very happy with my small and slowly growing collection

[Anonymous]

Yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe not tacky but a bit immature and less intentional?

How did you arrive at 'a bit immature and less intentional'?

I am an NP and I think I know what PP means. I think the anxiety over whether it's ok to hang something you like that you bought from a big company speaks to a couple of things - not yet feeling confident in your own taste (it's just stuff - get what you like!); not really knowing where to buy art (anywhere you find it!); etc. I think PP means that there's a kind of lowest common denominator quality to buying framed prints from Crate and Barrel or whatever - but you know what? Who cares. It's your house - and you can always change it.

I buy most of my prints from places like Society6 and then mat and frame them. They are all intentional and chosen because we like the prints and they fit the space. Meanwhile, if we were buying originals we would end up hanging what we could afford which would likely be landscape painting of monuments from galleries targeting tourists

[Anonymous]

If it's well framed it's fine. Good framing is not cheap and really makes an image. I have lots of prints on my walls that I have collected over years of travel. They are all significant to me. I don't care what anyone thinks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe not tacky but a bit immature and less intentional?

Ok will attempt to clarify. I’m an art lover with a smallish budget. I don’t use art just as decor, l take it more seriously. I go to a lot of museums and galleries and researching art that speaks to me is a hobby. So when l add a piece to my collection it’s been thought about a lot…that’s what l mean by intentional. I do try to hang my art in aesthetically pleasing groupings, but the art itself is more important than how it goes with a color pallet for the room.

Just to give an idea of original art (or limited edition prints) I’ve purchased in about the last 4 years, to show it’s not all breaking the bank

1 original collage $50
I original painting $650
2 signed prints small edition (5 to 20) about $150 each
1 well known DC artist, print from small edition (5), $1500

I wish l had a bigger budget as l love art and supporting artists. But still I’m very happy with my small and slowly growing collection

If you like art so much you should learn the difference between pallet/palate/palette.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe not tacky but a bit immature and less intentional?

Ok will attempt to clarify. I’m an art lover with a smallish budget. I don’t use art just as decor, l take it more seriously. I go to a lot of museums and galleries and researching art that speaks to me is a hobby. So when l add a piece to my collection it’s been thought about a lot…that’s what l mean by intentional. I do try to hang my art in aesthetically pleasing groupings, but the art itself is more important than how it goes with a color pallet for the room.

Just to give an idea of original art (or limited edition prints) I’ve purchased in about the last 4 years, to show it’s not all breaking the bank

1 original collage $50
I original painting $650
2 signed prints small edition (5 to 20) about $150 each
1 well known DC artist, print from small edition (5), $1500

I wish l had a bigger budget as l love art and supporting artists. But still I’m very happy with my small and slowly growing collection

I see what you’re getting at in terms of intentionality but not maturity, unless you’re equating maturity with money earned over time.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I hate prints

[Anonymous]

Only hang prints in your furnished rental

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only hang prints in your furnished rental[/quote
or do what makes you happy, but if you are the type who is concerned about what others think, then please do listen to random posters on dcum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I hate prints

I bet your kitchen is gray/white with shaker cabinets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe not tacky but a bit immature and less intentional?

Ok will attempt to clarify. I’m an art lover with a smallish budget. I don’t use art just as decor, l take it more seriously. I go to a lot of museums and galleries and researching art that speaks to me is a hobby. So when l add a piece to my collection it’s been thought about a lot…that’s what l mean by intentional. I do try to hang my art in aesthetically pleasing groupings, but the art itself is more important than how it goes with a color pallet for the room.

Just to give an idea of original art (or limited edition prints) I’ve purchased in about the last 4 years, to show it’s not all breaking the bank

1 original collage $50
I original painting $650
2 signed prints small edition (5 to 20) about $150 each
1 well known DC artist, print from small edition (5), $1500

I wish l had a bigger budget as l love art and supporting artists. But still I’m very happy with my small and slowly growing collection

I see what you’re getting at in terms of intentionality but not maturity, unless you’re equating maturity with money earned over time.

Right? It’s nice that PP is following his or her own taste, but it’s pretty immature to believe that your personal taste is more mature than other people’s. Maturity means accepting that other people aren’t just like you, and that the way you are is not necessarily the highest evolution of being.