Flowing lines and curves dominate art nouveau decor.
The art nouveau style means "new art" in French. This style emerged in the 1880s and lasted through about 1910. Art nouveau focuses on the flowing lines found in feminine forms, flowers and stems. Other objects often depicted in nouveau art include birds, insects, curving lines and right angles. Decorating your home with eclectic art nouveau gives it interesting and unusual appeal. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Paint your walls in a solid color instead of using wallpaper that detracts from the form and shapes in the art. Try to find a color that is present in all your art nouveau objects, such as taupe, beige, off-white or another neutral shade. Painting the walls in this common shade helps provide balance and unity to the ragtag assortment of art.
2. Search for furnishings and accessories with flowing lines and curves. Wrought iron chairs, tables and wall art often are crafted in the art nouveau style. Bold carvings in wood also reflect this style.
3. Purchase posters or other artwork that depict femme fatales with flowing gowns, bouquets of flowers or whimsical birds and insects. One section of a painting or other form of art often seems to glide into another with curving stems, flowers and other objects creating visual flow.
4. Buy the art nouveau objects that appeal to you, not those that necessarily match or coordinate. If the art speaks to you, generally it is significant to others as well. A magpie collection of art is charming in its simplicity and diversity.
5. Pick solid-colored fabrics for your upholstery and drapery. Too many patterns in the room detract from the appeal of the art nouveau objects.
6. Purchase lampshades, rugs, sculptures and other accessories with flowing lines that reflect the fluidity in art nouveau. The plain walls and furniture provide a neutral backdrop for the art that makes it seem to pop in the room.
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