What to Do With a Large, Blank Living Room Wall
Go big or go home. Adapt this sentiment to a large, blank, living room wall. Use this opportunity to make a grand statement rather than cluttering the wall with lots of small objects or shelves. Go big with your design, and draw all eyes to the wall. Soon this focus wall will become your favorite design addition to your home.
Wall Treatment
An ocean theme painted on the wall depicts the movements under the sea. Large coral pieces, clam shells with pearls and schools of angel fish combine with a mermaid while a sailing ship rests on a calm sea above. Frame an English garden as you paint bright red and soft pink roses accented by forest green leaves. A white gazebo in the garden brings in the white trim frame and the beauty of vine covered flowers. A stencil or mural artist may assist those artistically challenged, or purchase a wall mural wallpaper for application.
Antique Movie Posters
A matinee movie poster gains new life when you hang it on your wall. These extremely large, colorful and graphic items not only have huge impact but also reflect the stars of a bygone era from old movie classics, such as Richard Burturn and Liz Taylor in Les Comediennes or Marilyn Monroe in the classic pose of the white dress blowing up in the air found in the movie poster, The Seven Year Itch. Sci-Fi fans may appreciate a colorful poster of War of the Worlds or Queen of Outer Space with Zsa Zsa Gabor.
Gallery Wall
Borrow an idea from the art gallery as you line the wall with large-scale artwork. Original framed art pieces form a line down the wall with a light shining on them from above. The pieces come from different time periods and medias, all pieces that speak to you. Some pieces may include an oil painting depicting a Paris jazz club in 1920, a 1970 water-color pop-art design, a signed lithograph of a sea scape or a framed cover of a graphic novel.
Memory Wall
A memory wall contains photographs from different activities of the family. Paint the area to contain the photographs a different color than the rest of the wall, and frame it with wood trim that matches the crown molding and baseboards. Arrange the pictures to form one large linear design on the wall, such as a large rectangle or square. Pictures of annual holidays, when grouped together by year, show the age and style progression of the children as do group shots of the family.