6 Tips for Buying Art for Your Home
1. Frame your artwork. In most cases, a newly purchased artwork will need a frame. A well-chosen frame completes the piece and helps it fit naturally into the interior. Graphic works are usually best framed with a passe-partout.
2. Buy what you genuinely like. An artwork hanging on your wall may stay there for a long time – perhaps twenty years or more. Especially when choosing art for your home, it is worth buying the piece that truly speaks to you.
3. Look at different artworks and search for inspiration. Buying art for your home requires a certain mindset – visit galleries and exhibitions, browse interior magazines and explore different styles. This will help you understand what your home needs and what would suit it best.
4. Question the artwork – and yourself. Ask yourself whether the subject or the artwork itself reminds you of something. Do you understand the emotion it conveys? Do you like its mood? If you can identify the real reason why you like an artwork, there is a greater chance that you will continue enjoying it for years to come.
5. Think about colour. Although colour is not the most important consideration when buying art for your home, colours play an important role in determining how well an artwork fits into an interior. Try to find a balance between the colours, tones and forms of the artwork and those of your home.
6. Choose a theme. It could be a particular technique, genre, works by emerging artists or even a dominant colour palette. A collection built around a theme can become both more meaningful and more valuable as a whole.
At the Paveikslai.lt painting and graphic art gallery, you will find works by several hundred Lithuanian painters and graphic artists. The artworks are organised by technique (oil paintings, acrylic paintings, graphic artworks for sale, and more) as well as by numerous genres, including landscapes, still lifes and abstract art. You can also explore our curated collections, art for the home, popular artworks and information about how to care for paintings.
Read our article about what art can bring to your home HERE.
We all want our homes to feel cosy, peaceful and inspiring – places that invite us to relax. Few things create atmosphere as effectively as an original artwork chosen personally by you and reflecting the taste of the people who live there.
Paveikslai.lt art gallery offers a wide selection of works by Lithuanian artists, with the option to purchase paintings conveniently and securely online without leaving your home. You can also visit our art gallery in Kaunas (Vytauto pr. 60) or our art gallery in Vilnius (Polocko g. 1).
We understand that choosing a painting for your home is not always easy. Once you start thinking about art for your interior, there are several questions that can help narrow down the search considerably.
First, how much space do you have for the artwork? If you have a large living-room wall, a larger-format painting may be the better choice. If you live in a rented property where drilling into walls is not possible, a smaller artwork that can be placed on a shelf and easily moved from one location to another may be more suitable.
The size of an artwork often, although not always, influences the technique. A large painting will usually be an oil or acrylic work on canvas, wood panel or board. Smaller works may also be painted in watercolour or pastel. When choosing a smaller artwork, graphic works are also worth considering – they are often highly detailed, carefully executed and subtle.
It is also important to consider where the artwork will hang and what kind of atmosphere you want to create. If you are looking for a painting for the kitchen, a still life with fruit could work well. For a home office, where concentration and inspiration are important, an abstract painting open to interpretation can be an excellent choice. For a child's room, we recommend imaginative artworks that transport the viewer into another world. For a bedroom, landscapes in soft colours, floral paintings or abstract works are often a good match.
You should also think about how much you plan to spend on the artwork. Setting a budget will help narrow down your search. For your convenience, the Paveikslai.lt online gallery offers filters by genre, size and price, making it easier and faster to find suitable works.
If you visit our gallery in Kaunas or Vilnius, you can also speak directly with our experienced gallery coordinators. If you still find it difficult to imagine how a particular painting would look in your home, we offer a home artwork viewing service. We can bring the artwork to your home free of charge.
At Paveikslai.lt you will find works by established Lithuanian artists such as Modestas Malinauskas, Miglė Kosinskaitė, Konstantinas Žardalevičius, Milda Jonušauskienė and Oleg Riabčuk, as well as works by emerging artists who are still building their careers. Paintings by young and talented artists are particularly interesting for those looking for something new or considering investing in art.
If you live abroad and find the perfect artwork for your home in our gallery, we can deliver it almost anywhere in the world. We have been shipping artworks internationally for many years, so you can be confident that your artwork will be carefully packed and safely dispatched.
If you are looking for an artwork as a gift, we also offer gallery gift vouchers. A gift voucher can be issued for any amount you choose and is valid for one year from the date of purchase. If the recipient chooses a more expensive artwork, they can simply pay the difference.
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