Neutral Art

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Allowing Other Design Elements to Lead

While bold statement wall art can be fun, it doesn’t work for every room. This doesn’t mean neutral colors are boring. Neutral wall art leaves room for other design elements to stand out. Think of your room as an orchestra with each part coming together to create the overall feel. Your neutral wall art can act as a reprieve from the “louder” parts of the room. If you’re considering featuring neutral wall art in your home, you’ll want to consider how it will pair with these other design elements:

• Furniture: The color, materials, and size of furniture will influence the kinds of neutral wall art you choose. Depending on the type of room you’re decorating you’ll want to look at your couches, chairs, tables, bookcases, dressers, or other furniture items.
• Flooring: Whether the floors in this room are hardwood or covered in a complex rug, you’ll want to see how your flooring will work with your neutral wall art.
• Paint color: The color of your walls will have a big influence on the wall art you choose. Look for neutral hues in your artwork that compliment your wall color.
• Other accents: Do you have throws, blankets, sculpture, or existing art work in your home? Pair your wall art with these items.

Keeping it Neutral Allows for Mobility

We often think of rooms as static spaces that will stay the same forever. But like all elements of our lives they’re subject to change and improvement. What if you viewed your home as a living, breathing space that you could update whenever you felt inspired. This will keep things fresh. Choosing a series of neutral wall art pieces allow you to do this with little work and disruption. These pieces become interchangeable and can move freely throughout your space.

Spice Neutrals Up

Neutral wall art is fun too! Just because you’ve opted for neutral colors in the artwork itself, doesn’t mean you can’t spice up your room. Here are a few ideas for how to do that:

• Use bright colors in the rest of your room. Choosing neutral pieces leaves lots of flexibility for using bright colors on your walls and other decor.
• Choose bold frames. Neutral prints can be spiced up with colorful or intricate frames.
• Have a focal point. If you’re creating a gallery wall you can have one colorful piece be the center and neutrals surrounding it for a unique look. The neutral prints can play an important stabilizing backup role to that eye-catching focal point.

Neutral Wall Art Style Options

Neutral wall art comes in so many styles and mediums. For style, you’ll want to consider if you’re going for a more chic and modern look versus a more traditional or understated look. Consider paintings, graphics, and photography that feature abstract neutral colors and shapes, minimalist, and geometric designs. You can also choose wall art that is inspired by realism with clear forms and figures. You can filter by Bohemian, Vintage, Modern, Minimal, and Traditional.

Next you’ll want to consider medium. Filter for types such as Drawing, Mixed Media, Photography, Graphic, and Painting. You’ll also want to consider size. Large neutral wall art works best in big blank spaces. Smaller neutral wall art can work well in small spaces, as a part of a triptych, or on a gallery wall.

Framing & Mounting

Minted offers the highest quality framing and mounting for your limited edition wall art. Whether you’re looking for a bold contrast frame or something to quietly compliment your neutral wall art, you’re sure to find what you’re looking for. When choosing your frame, you’ll want to consider the following:

• Material: If you have a nature scene, this pairs well with a textured wood frame. A modern abstract design might go better with something metallic.
• Color: Maybe you’d like to bring out a color that is in your painting. Or perhaps a contrast is more what you’re going for. Both are options to consider!
• Glass: Consider what type of glass you’ll need based off of the light source in that room. If you have a strong natural light source, you’ll want a non-glare glass.
• Mounting: We offer float mounted, matted, full bleed, and white border. Not sure which of these options is best for you? Please see our framing and mounting guide.
• Canvas framing: For your neutral canvas wall art, we now offer premium wood canvas framing.

Minted’s Free Art Styling

Choosing the right neutral wall art for your space can be really challenging. Every room has its own unique design elements. The good news is, you don’t have to go it alone. Minted offers customers the opportunity to work directly with an experienced stylist to meet your particular design needs. You can do this in a few easy steps. Text us a photo of your wall and we’ll text you back with suggestions for your particular space. Choose your favorite, and it will be waiting in your Minted cart. Here are a few things together when working with a stylist to find the neutral wall art that’s best for you:

• Photograph the space head on, capturing as much of the wall as possible.
• Include furniture and other design elements for scale. This will also help your stylist understand what the neutral wall art needs to compliment.
• Include a screenshot of your favorite neutral wall art to give them a sense of your personal style.

No two rooms are alike and putting our heads together can get the job done. Best of all, it’s free! Our stylists are a dedicated team of design experts who don’t work on commission. This means they’re here to help you find the best look for your home or office—not to sell you stuff. Want to learn more about our stylists? Meet them for yourself!

Build a Gallery Wall

A gallery wall is a really dynamic way to weave various beloved art pieces together. Rather than having a single focal point, create a wall of unique artwork. Watch our Founder & CEO Mariam Naficy show how you can mix Minted fine art pieces with your personal photos, mementos, and heirloom treasures to create a gorgeous gallery wall. You can do this in a few easy steps:

• Step 1: Measure your space.
• Step 2: You’ll want to start with the items that mean the most to you, such an heirloom or a child’s drawing. Select accompanying wall art that supports those pieces. Neutral wall art can be particularly good in this role because it doesn’t detract from your most treasured items. Measure these pieces.
• Step 3: We recommend cutting and taping newspaper or kraft paper to the wall based on the size of each piece. This will give you a sense of proportion and spacing between works of art.
• Hang and enjoy!

In the end, the whole thing comes together for a striking complete look. If you need help thinking of ideas, get inspired by our featured gallery walls. You can also check out our art styling tips for more ideas for gallery walls.

See it in Your Home First

It can feel daunting to buy art online, even if it’s neutral and easy to match with the furniture and artwork you already have. You want to get a sense of the “big picture.” So skip the guesswork! Check out our augmented reality art tool that allows you to view the art in your home. It’s just a few easy steps that can all be done from your phone.

OUR DESIGNS AND ARTISTS

All of our artwork comes from our community of independent artists and designers from around the world and all of our designs are unique. Each fine art print comes with a certificate of authenticity that details the limited release of your selection. You’ll also get a printed note from the artist. We work hard to find artists and designers with unique styles. This means you’ll never find works that look mass produced. And our fine art offerings are constantly refreshed, so there’s always something new. Learn more about their styles and inspiration.

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