An entryway is the shortest wall in most homes and the one people judge fastest. It also has the worst lighting, the least floor space, and often a door that swings into it. Choosing large wall art for one is mostly a question of proportion. How large is large enough? Aim for a piece roughly two-thirds to three-quarters the width of the wall or the furniture beneath it — a console, a bench, a shoe cabinet. On a 120 cm wide wall, a 61×91 cm or a wide horizontal print...
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Wabi-sabi is the habit of leaving things alone. A line that wobbles stays wobbled. An empty corner stays empty. In a room, it is the opposite of a statement piece shouting for attention: it is the thing you notice only after you have been sitting there a while. What makes wall art wabi-sabi? Not a colour and not a subject. It is a way of deciding when to stop. Fewer elements, visible hand-drawn marks, paper-white space that is allowed to be empty, and materials that look like themselves — wood,...
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