I want to do a gallery wall in my bathroom ...
Having recently added gallery walls to our powder bath and loving the outcome, I've now decided that I want to surround myself with art in our master bath. (OK, "my" master bath, as DH's bathroom is upstairs.) I love looking at these pieces while showering in the morning, as they recall happy times and fun places I've experienced. When we first moved in, I had only a couple of things on the walls in this space, but now I long for more of an exuberant expression, I guess you'd say. Problem is, I'm having trouble with this wall where the towel bar is. I don't want to move the towel bar (really need it to stay where it is), but something just feels a bit "off" here, and I can't quite put my finger on it. I'm pretty happy with the other walls in this room; it's just the wall behind the tub with the towel bar that keeps me confounded.
This picture (with very strange coloring - don't know why) shows the adjacent walls surrounding the tub:
Here's the opposite window wall:
And here's the Confounding Wall. The "adobe village" piece up top was just recently hung there, and I like it more than I thought I would. It's an unframed canvas, and I should probably at least paint the sides of the canvas if I don't end up framing it. The wall ends just to the left of the three pieces hung one above the other on the left. There are wall outlets for a TV/cable at the top of this wall, which I don't intend to ever use and can cover; however, it's not easy to access the high reaches of this space.
Last night I tried the framed mountain scene above the window where the canvas adobe village is (and vice versa). Didn't look right to me.
Any ideas on how to better arrange this?
ETA: Maybe my mistake is in trying to keep the framed landscape (one of my most treasured pieces, by the way) centered above the towel bar. There's no magic to centering a piece there, right?
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Jilly
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoWell, I think it looks awesome as is — you are so talented at gallery walls/hanging artwork!
Your bathroom looks amazing, I love the colors. And love how it all has meaning to you. :)
Knowing your artistic sensibilities, I‘m guessing that, yes, things are looking too lined up in your eyes.
Space:
I wonder about playing with the placements of the basket and top canvas just a bit?
Or adding another small piece? Or, as you said, moving the oil painting a bit? It’s hard to say for sure not standing there in person, but I know you! You’ll tweak it perfectly. :)ETA: Post this on the other side, tag the DD board, and see how long it takes to hear from a pro that you need to change all your bulbs to 4000 LEDs and rugs are nothing but trip hazards in bathrooms. I predict less than 1.5 minutes. 😄😂
IdaClaire
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoThank you, Jinx! I think you nailed it ... it's a bit too linear or something. Like I've tried to align the pieces but they aren't quite cooperating. I'll continue to play around with it, and might pilfer some art from other parts of the house.
As an aside, I just won the bids on these two pieces at a charity auction. I don't yet have them in my possession, and I kinda have them earmarked for upstairs, but I'm also not totally ruling them out for wherever they'll work best. The clouds painting, at 41" square, is probably too large for the bathroom though.
The frame on this one has a bit of damage, but I'm confident I can fix that.
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3 years agoI found a small floral painting and another basket upstairs. I kinda like them filling in. I think I'll paint the sides of the adobe village canvas tonight and see if that helps any. I do use the towel, and folded it so that it doesn't hang down quite so far. Good idea.
I'll keep looking around to see if anything else might fit here.
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoHow about something textile like an old indian knife sheath? I don’t have this lined up right but you get the idea.
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoWell, I went ahead and bought new towels. I had been trying to match towels in various shades of pinks and greens and blues and corals in this room for so long, and finally decided to stop fighting to incorporate those specific colors and just go with a simple sand color instead. It works! Now the towels don't fight the artwork and vice versa, but sort of blend in better.
I bought this painting from a Mercari seller today and will probably find a spot for it in this room. It's not very big, so should be easy to place.
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