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[quote=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.[/quote]

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