5 Hanging and Framing Art Trends to Try Now | Architectural Digest

Designer Shannon Claire Smith reworked a dated wanting mirror wall with a little bit of millwork and, in fact, a bit of artwork. “The wall was ground to ceiling mirror—it felt virtually such as you have been in a exercise studio or a membership that I’m certain somebody thought was very groovy again within the day,” Smith says of her former Washington, DC, house. In an effort to make the house seem extra subtle, Smith added paneling straight on prime of the mirror utilizing building adhesive. The adhesive additionally got here in useful when it was time to put in the paintings. “I couldn’t use a nail or something that might break the mirror,” Smith says. 

3. Connect artwork to a folding door

“I’ve all the time liked hanging artwork in sudden locations: In entrance of bookshelves, on doorways, et cetera,” Washington, DC, artist Josh Younger says. Upon sourcing a big, classic folding display screen, which sits beside his front room couch, Younger sought to interrupt up the piece’s linear high quality. “I hung a easy, understated piece of artwork in entrance of it to assist layer and add an curiosity level to the general vignette,” Younger explains. All he wanted to take action was image wire and hooks. “It feels sudden, which catches your eye, however it’s intentional on the similar time, which I like,” Younger says.

4. Show a gallery within the toilet