When furnishing a new apartment or upgrading your current, all of us are burdened with the silent knowledge that without the right wall decor, all of our efforts to build the ideal abode will either be hit or miss. It's true. Try to take a short cut and use posters, your apartment will be turned into a college dorm. Thrift store it for already framed and abandoned art, could lead to an eclectic chic, but more than likely, you'll have a highway motel room on your hands.
-But art is oh so expensive! And unless you're lucky enough to inherit some pieces from your collector uncle, most "high art" and gallery pieces will burn a hole in your pocket. So where to find chic, substantial art that won't send you to the soup kitchen? They may not be Pollocks, but these pieces / venues may be able to help you out.
1)Etsy:
Good for everything. Seriously. When I first began selling on Etsy, I was amazed by how quickly I became converted to the Etsy market place as my one-stop-shop for just about everything. Planters, wedding bands, wall art, bedding, you name it. -And for good reason! There are some terrific artists working on Etsy selling their prints and originals for more than manageable prices. -Not to mention the collection of vintage art and artifacts that can be found in the many shops.
Notably: Little Print Press, and United Thread. I had about 20 items from these two shops on my wedding registry. Little Print Press features handmade, original, and abstract pieces of art that, as an Art Theory MA, I can tell you - are fit for the art-walks in the most swanky corners of your town. Likewise, United Thread offers beautiful prints as well as original illustrations for prices that won't break the bank.
If you haven't already heard of it, you've been ignore a lot of the hips art collectives online for some time. While you will have to wade through a massive amount of overly hipster and occasionally cliche' designs, Society 6 is a great way to support up-and-coming illustrators as they sell framed prints (and tote bags and t-shirts and iphone cases,) of their original artwork. If you take the time to wade around, you'll more than certainly find at least one or two pieces that reflects your inner you.
3) DIY Typographic Wall Art:
One of my new found, favorite things: fonts. It's no wonder my computer runs at the speed of a winded kayaker upstream on a molasses river. I've downloaded thousands. Not only because I use them for work, but because I love to make invites and stationary with them, tack my own creations onto the wall, and horde them in general. :) Shopping for fonts is titillating, often free, and can regularly lead to 10 when you were on the hunt for one. The possibilities are endless. Open photoshop and slap your favorite phrase over some of your favorite images, take your thumb drive to Kinko's, and voila, custom artwork that's mod, chic, and no one else's but yours. This article from apartment therapy has some great tips as well as locations to pick up some cool fonts. -And of course, if your not totally tantalized by DIY, Etsy is like a breeding ground of typographical art :)
Have fun! ;)
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