I realized I had been putting off hanging art in our living room for weeks and weeks because I wanted the gallery wall in there to be perfect. But this month, we’ve have a ton of house guests, so it pushed me to hang some art sooner. It never ceases to amaze me how hanging art makes a home feel personal and alive.
I like how the line of the staircase breaks up the arrangement. Those stairs are not cute to me (more on that later – ugh), so I feel like this is a making lemons out of lemonade sort of thing.
These are my favorites from
20×200 (who is offering up SIX gift certificates today!). I’ve got my eye on a few of these below. They are available in several different sizes, so I’m thinking about an over-sized print for another wall in the living room (which I think would help balance the gallery wall).
This one might be my favorite of the bunch
here.
I always liked
this book series, but I recently noticed one of the prints hanging in the 5th Ave. J. Crew, and the colors and the texture are unbelievable in person. Definitely on my wish list now.
I’m intrigued by everything Iceland has to offer.
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I’m picturing this blown up very large with a simple black or oxblood red frame.
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A little geometry helps to break up any gallery wall.
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Horses are such lovely, emotional creatures. Don’t you agree they make for amazing
art subjects?
I buy fabric on this street almost every week.
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I love how pretty these balloons look in the morning light, but also I feel like they probably saw some stuff go down the night before, yeah?
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This prettymap series is clever. Is your city available?
I like how this print is sweet, but the double image keeps it from going into precious territory.
I can’t put my finger on why this one is so arresting for me.
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This artist photographs images, prints them out and manipulates them to create a new image and photographs the result. So cool.
I grew up in a place where fog didn’t really happen, so every time I come across a mist in the morning, I can’t help but be fascinated. It’s so dreamlike.
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The
20×200 site is jam-packed full of lovely, thoughtfully curated art prints. With the holidays right around the corner, I know I’ll be doing a little shopping for friends and family. I love that I have so many price options since most of the 8×10 sized prints start around $20.
If you’d like a chance to win the $200 gift certificate or one of the five $20 gift certificates, please look a little around
their site, choose your favorites, and leave a comment with a links on this post.
Contest closes Friday, November 2 at midnight. The winners will be chosen randomly and emailed – so please be sure to sign in or leave your contact info in the comment. Good luck!
I love the horse print and the map site- for Pittsburgh. Great choices and opportunity Thanks!
Hi,
Beautiful choices! I love 20×200. I like this photo very much:
http://www.20×200.com/artworks/4055-yuji-hamada-edge
Paula.salles@globo.com
This has always been one of my all time favorite photographs – definitely my fave thing on 20×200.
http://www.20×200.com/artworks/3195-michael-light-golden-state-freewaysan-fernando-pass
cassidydawn(at)gmail(dot)com
I love your site. Always inspiring without being over the top. My favorite pics were 1) the model airplanes you posted. They made me think of my So who travels all the time. 2) my favorite rom the site was a drawing of Paris. Vue panoramique de l'Exposition Universelle, It was new and old at the same time. I liked the sense of it. Thanks!
I love your site. Always inspiring without being over the top. My favorite pics were 1) the model airplanes you posted. They made me think of my So who travels all the time. 2) my favorite rom the site was a drawing of Paris. Vue panoramique de l'Exposition Universelle, It was new and old at the same time. I liked the sense of it. Thanks! Julia – leladybug@hotmail.com
I love the text print We Are So Good Together. I would use that in my master bedroom.
I like the simplicity and colors of this one http://www.20×200.com/artworks/928-carrie-marill-newfoundland-1 for my new little daycare over here in Fort Greene! Thanks for the offer!
Erica
I love the Taca Zhijie Sui horse print. Thank you!
I love the bear cubs and Owl Number 1.
How could you ever choose? I'm really liking Jack Pierson's work.
I love 20×200. One of my current favorites is Jericho.
http://www.20×200.com/artworks/4035-philip-cheung-jericho-from-the-series-the
I love the DC/Baltimore map — it needs to be hanging in my living room: http://www.20×200.com/artworks/3827-aaron-straup-cope-prettymaps-dcbaltimore
I would love to win these:
http://www.20×200.com/artworks/1656-liz-kuball-untitled-santa-barbara-2009
http://www.20×200.com/artworks/3195-michael-light-golden-state-freewaysan-fernando-pass
http://www.20×200.com/artworks/3332-wendy-macnaughton-vegetables-from-the-series-meanwhile
Love the geometry and the colors!
http://www.20×200.com/artworks/1927-gary-petersen-mixup
I love this series: http://www.20×200.com/artworks/3793-austin-kleon-how-to-be-cool
and these make me laugh: http://www.20×200.com/artworks/2462-robert-garcia-we-are-who-we-are
http://www.20×200.com/artworks/312-fernanda-cohen-hot-dog-and-i
I love this series: http://www.20×200.com/artworks/3793-austin-kleon-how-to-be-cool
and these make me laugh: http://www.20×200.com/artworks/2462-robert-garcia-we-are-who-we-are
http://www.20×200.com/artworks/312-fernanda-cohen-hot-dog-and-i
I'm re-doing my daughters bedroom and this would look great in it!
http://www.20×200.com/artworks/2698-amy-jean-porter-rose-breasted-grosbeak
This is a great giveaway – so much to love! I love the Brooklyn Bridge photo, and many others under Architecture. If I won, it would be so had to choose, but I'd handle it. My daughter just moved to Brooklyn to work in Manhatten so that definitely calls to me.
Your picture wall is amazing! I've got to learn how to do that!
Hi Jenny!
You picked most of the prints I would want! I'm not copying you I swear! LOL!
My first pick is "after the rain" because it reminds me of summer twilight. . .while evoking a melancholy mood. I'd hang it in my bedroom over my nightstand to keep the space from being to pretty and fem. Size 16×20.
http://www.20×200.com/artworks/3546-chikara-umihara-after-the-rain
My second pick is prettymaps (dc/baltimore). I'm originally from California, but I've lived in DC for a few years now. The colorful map makes my new home come alive in a girly way. I'd hang it in my entry way kinda like a "you are here" map welcome to visitors. Size 11×14
http://www.20×200.com/artworks/3827-aaron-straup-cope-prettymaps-dcbaltimore
Fingers crossed I win because I REALLY want those prints. :-)
I love Lisa Congdon's one of vintage erasers and vintage airline tags.
This picture makes me smile. :)http://www.20×200.com/artworks/3175-laura-bell-ferry-from-ardrossan-harbor
I am in love with this waiting piece
http://www.20×200.com/artworks/4117-ian-baguskas-waiting
and the Chicago prettymap I must have!
http://www.20×200.com/artworks/3826-aaron-straup-cope-prettymaps-chicago
I am going to need it regardless, seeing as I just moved here and don't know my way around!
Thank you for the opportunity!
So many great pieces! I love this snow crystal http://www.20×200.com/artworks/2026-mike-doug-starn-alleverythingthatisyou-sno6_005
I like the Shades, Venice Beach – so cool!
So many great choices, but I think my favorite is this one: http://www.20×200.com/artworks/4153-sharon-montrose-flamingo-no-4 I kind of have a thing for flamingos right now and I love the simplicity of it. I also really like this one: http://www.20×200.com/artworks/4118-daniel-seung-lee-lake-michigan-chicago
This donkey or the bear for my son's room:
http://www.20×200.com/artworks/4112-sharon-montrose-baby-donkey
http://www.20×200.com/artworks/3722-sharon-montrose-bear-cub-no-3
And I know these two are super popular, but I still love them:
http://www.20×200.com/artworks/4117-ian-baguskas-waiting
http://www.20×200.com/artworks/2417-paul-octavious-kite-hill
I'm liking this one! http://www.20×200.com/artworks/4164-ryan-schneider-partners … great colors and a cute little cat.
Love the pine trees and rain. Great selection. I'm new to your blog – it's fun.
I love the Overheard on the Titanic print more than anything (my heart hurts when I see it) but it has been sold out for ages. So I like this one too: http://www.20×200.com/artworks/4124-david-armstrong-evening-nantucket and a bunch of his other stuff.
Currently obsessed with all things city, old and new. I love:
http://www.20×200.com/artworks/3476-tom-slaughter-new-york-valentine-1
http://www.20×200.com/artworks/4163-20×200-artist-fund-map-of-paris-1900
Such a fabulous site! A lovely selection of art!
ZigZag1 would be perfect for my bare dining room!
This one is my favorite!
http://www.20×200.com/artworks/3206-christian-chaize-praia-piquinia-280810-12h20
Hi. This is a great giveaway!! I already own several prints. I would love to add this one (http://www.20×200.com/artworks/4075-meike-nixdorf-el-teide-view-06).
Hi. This is a great giveaway!! I already own several prints. I would love to add this one (http://www.20×200.com/artworks/4075-meike-nixdorf-el-teide-view-06).
What a great give-away!
I'm redoing my bathroom and have had my eye on this print – I love the colors, architecture, and of course the lonely elephant.
http://www.20×200.com/artworks/4002-douglas-friedman-budapest-zoo
I need that balloon print that you posted in my life! I also love all of the beach prints…great art source, thanks!
I've had my eye on Animal Locomotion: Plate 626 (Galloping Horse) by Eadweard Muybridge for quite a while. I live in the Derby city and this would be fabulous on the wall in my new living room.
Contact: isabel0908@insightbb.com
Oh but of course I am one of the last… The challenges of being indecisive. And of course I ultimately chose the image that I have loved for a long time. I have recently relocated to a new home in a new city in a new state where I know absolutely nobody. Yes, loneliness is more common in my life than ever before, but there is a beauty to solitude that is better expressed by greater minds: "It remains true that loneliness often leads to hostile behavior and that solitude is the climate of hospitality." There is a power in solitude and the freedom from need for external fulfillment that accompanies it. This picture captures that sentiment perfectly for me. What a quiet, lonely, welcoming, magical place. If I can't be sitting atop this slide, I at least want to remind myself that it's there, it's alone, and it's wonderful.
http://www.20×200.com/artworks/3376-bob-oconnor-breidalsvik-iceland
Eek – I forgot to leave my contact information! I believe I was the last poster, regarding this print:
http://www.20×200.com/artworks/4040-dw-kellogg-co-a-map-of-the-open
Contact: Ldrexler219@gmail.com
Oh I'm a mess, this print:
http://www.20×200.com/artworks/3376-bob-oconnor-breidalsvik-iceland
Is it true that more art will calm my scattered brain!?
I'm all about the prettymaps Amsterdam! So pretty- my sister lives there!
Love this website!
This one is such a cheerful piece of art–> http://www.20×200.com/artworks/4132-tom-slaughter-peconic-bay
Cristina A
I love the two Chikara Umihara prints you chose, especially "After the Rain." It'd be so pretty to have a series of nature shots. Also love the Stamen Design watercolor map of Chicago.
http://www.20×200.com/artworks/4188-stamen-design-watercolor-chicago