A-Z Home Decor Trend 2014: Collages
Welcome Back to the A-Z Home Decor Trend Guide 2014.
Over the next 13 weeks, I will be revealing 26 of the hottest home decor trends currently heating up the market, design blogs, and the internet.Today's home decor trend starts with the letter C for...COLLAGES!
col·lage [kuh-lahzh, koh-]noun1. a technique of composing a work of art by pasting on a single surface various materials not normally associated with one another, as newspaper clippings, parts of photographs, theater tickets, and fragments of an envelope; an art form in which compositions are made out of pieces of paper, cloth, photographs, and other miscellaneous objects, juxtaposed and pasted on a dry ground.Despite the traditional definition, most collages used in home decorating revolve around a theme, i.e. family photos, travel photos, a collection of mirrors and the like. These groupings are a great way to personalize your home and is a creative way to display what you love. Particularly in today's more casual home environments, people want to be surrounded by momentos reflective of those who live there.There are many options to help you create the collage look.There are pre-made collage frames where multiple frames are attached as one unit - takes the guess work out of it. Just insert the photos and voila...instant collage!
You can mix and match different frames and if they have different finishes, they can be sprayed one color for uniformity.
My favorite look is using the same size frames for a nice clean contemporary look, especially when paired with black and white photos.
Here are more inspiration photos to illustrate the different types of collages that you can re-create in your own home.
Here are two photo collages I did for a client recently. They had a blank wall in their master bedroom sitting area that she wanted to display some family photos, so we took some of their favorites from their many travels and started a collage that can be added to over time.
And along the hall, we created another collage of art that they had collected on their various travels to Europe, Asia and beyond. This was a Christmas present to her husband who ended up loving it (phew!) and now they get a chance to appreciate the memories every day.
Do you have a collage wall in your home? If so, I'd love to see it. Post to my Facebook Page or Tag me on Twitter @alicetchan & Instagram @alicetamchan and use hashtag #2014homedecortrend You're also invited to follow my A-Z Home Decor Trends 2014 Pinterest Board where I'll be pinning inspiration pics of all the trends throughout the next 13 weeks...see you online!
