Decorating with Paper
Paper is a fantastic medium and decorating tool. Just look at the colossal papier mache ostrich and other animalia currently in anthropologie stores. Paper is wonderful because
a. it provides less expensive detailing
b. and less permanent detailing
c. allows for design malleability--changing your mind
d. can offer memorable and unique details
e. becomes not just decor, but art
f. forces personalizing your space more
g. is just plain fun
Paper usage in a dwelling can range from simple children's art displayed in a grid over the couch, to, well, an elaborate ostrich sculpture. Here is some wonderful inspiration to get you on your way to your own mache.
a. it provides less expensive detailing
b. and less permanent detailing
c. allows for design malleability--changing your mind
d. can offer memorable and unique details
e. becomes not just decor, but art
f. forces personalizing your space more
g. is just plain fun
Paper usage in a dwelling can range from simple children's art displayed in a grid over the couch, to, well, an elaborate ostrich sculpture. Here is some wonderful inspiration to get you on your way to your own mache.
Let paper line your shelves. Discreet and tucked away, yes; but for those drawers that you get into a million times a day, you'll appreciate the pattern as much as art hung over your mantle. Use beautiful contact paper, wallpaper scraps, or create your own look by drawing on custom-cut art paper and layering it with velum.
Instead of outfitting your living room with wallpaper and a subtle piece of furniture, turn the aesthetic upside down by keeping the overall palate calm and papering a piece of furniture for outstanding effect.
An example with these light fixtures of how paper creates art out of the ordinary.
Use inspiration from your own life for your art. You can have your photographs blown up into large poster sizes, cut them, and display them either close together in a frame like this, or slightly space and individually tacked without a frame. You can also create an entire black and white photo gallery by having photos blown up and placed as a kind of exhibit in your living room...