You don’t necessarily have to fill three walls. Can you post a photo of your room? And the art you already have?

I downloaded from the Internet an antique map of a place that has meaning to me, had it printed at Staples as a huge engineering print and put it on a custom sized plywood board that I got at Home Depot.

Makes me smile every day.

Your bedroom and the art in it seem very nice to me. You might want to put another piece on the right side of the large painting over the chest to balance the three on the left. Your kitty is the best decoration, of course.

Carrie, I don't think I've ever seen upstairs in your house before. It's a beautiful bedroom!

Thank you everyone. I will post pictures tomorrow. I'm exhausted I had a long day starting at quarter to 6 a.m..

Just to clarify I know I don't need to fill 3 walls but I really want to :-). I haven't had very much art in my own home and am enjoying finding pieces that I simply like. I am not too concerned as to whether there will paintings or prints.

Will answer more tomorrow but just wanted to thank everybody and Carrie thank you so much for showing your lovely MB. Now that's the kind of inspiration I'm talking about!

Right now we have a lot of furniture living in our bedroom that doesn’t actually belong there, because we are having our living room, dining room, and den painted & carpeted at the end of the month, so we are in the process of emptying everything out for the workers.

I'm sorry for the confusion, but I took Carrie's bedroom to be the poster's. That's why I didn't see the problem and thought it already looked so great. Here's my bedroom, where the art is not completely what I would like, but more like the leftovers after the other rooms were done. Lois, I admire your bedroom, especially how the dresser's appearance goes so well with your Japanese prints, and the simple and effective decoration of the beautiful bowl on it. Would love to see more of your home when the renovations have been completed.

The art in my bedroom is all over the map. It's where I put my art that doesn't work well elsewhere in my house, which means it is a bit of a motley crew. Even given that, it's not displayed to its best advantage.

Textile piece over the bed (because I live in earthquake country and if something is going to fall on my head, I want it to be soft and light). This was a gift I received in the context of my work from some Chinese visitors.

This one and the one on the left in the photo below are by a friend of mine. The orange and purple one was the first original art I ever purchased, right out of college.

The two on the right I purchased at the annual open house for Creative Growth Art Center, which serves artists with developmental, mental and physical disabilities. The duck (or grebe) is a wood-black print and I love the color of the forest.

These last to are also from Creative growth.

This is by far my most controversial piece of art, which I've shared before. The consensus seems to be "I couldn't have that in MY bedroom." To which I can only say, then it's a good thing it is in my room instead.

Lars, I love the 2nd piece by your brother. It seems to me a tiny bit "Munchian" balanced by an optimistic sky. Great for contemplation. Did he title it?

Thanks, Lisaam! That painting is titled "Morning Light" and is an abstraction of one of his Abyssinian cats, which he used to raise. It's fairly large at 48"W x 64"H. The painting looks even better in person because of the heavy texture. I've had it in my bedroom for a very long time because I also think it is very good for contemplation. I used to have it facing my bed (in my previous house), but now it is beside my bed. Unfortunately now my bed faces closet doors.

Gorgeous everyone and interesting too. :-). It seems that I can go in any direction that I like. :-). Even maybe keep my giraffes:-). Love the batik. I too like soft elements over my head:-).

Cawaps do you mind telling me what the art piece that's controversial is about? I'm not very good at figuring these things out and usually need some kind of a map.

Love the giraffes, though I can't tell how big it is.

The controversial art piece is a murder scene, with a man lying on the ground in a pool of blood with a woman standing with a bouquet of flowers, which appears to be the murder weapon, dripping with blood. There's a cabin in the background with smoke coming out of the chimney. I just like how the colors in the forest canopy light up in the right lighting.