Thursday, 14 October 2010

My walls are still bare

Proof of what an amazing procrastinator I am, is the fact the walls in our house are still bare after two years of living here. I originally was thinking of putting up some of the nice big black and white prints I have kept from the time I took part in photography exhibitions in university. But then I thought it might be a bit austere. Then we bought some small cheap art nouveau-ish posters that we thought we might frame, but they are rather small and muted and we'd rather something bigger and brighter.

I must have mentioned that last Christmas when we went to Vienna, my sister bought a Klimt oil-painting (not an original obviously, a copy, but an oil-painting none the less). She finally framed it and is now considering hanging it in her bedroom, because it's the wrong shape and size for the living-room.

And so I remember how impressed I was by the Hundertwasser museum, the Kunst Haus Wien in Vienna. (I made a specific pilgrimage to the museum and the block of flats in Vienna he designed, because I love his art and architecture.) Looking at Hundertwasser's art, I decided I'd love something like that on my bedroom wall. Unfortunately the museum shop didn't have any posters I liked so that idea took a rain check. (By the way, you should really look up Hundertwasser, he's awesome!)

Now so many months later I'm thinking of copying myself a Hundertwasser painting to put on my wall. And maybe copying another for the living room. As usual I am making big plans that I will never get round to realising. So let me share some ideas for my walls.

For my bedroom







For the livingroom





Any preferences?

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