| Stick 'em up! I smile every time I see these shirts reaching for the sky. The niches make it very clear that you are looking at art and not laundry that got too much starch. Private Comment
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| I like the grid of small sculptures mounted on a wall here. They make a big impact floating together just a few inches from the wall. The long arms stretched out on the coffee table are unusual too. Private Comment
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| Another sculpture seems so much more interesting and whimsical perched on the wall instead of on a pedestal. For a minute it makes you wonder if gravity has shifted. Private Comment
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| The wall art here is a little out of the norm because it is painted right on the wall. I also like that they placed it all to one side instead of centering it above the bed. Private Comment
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| This painting is an unusual diptych slashed diagonally to separate the pieces. Private Comment
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| This grid of tiny prints with large white matting is made more interesting by the unexpected inclusion of two pictures with black backgrounds. Private Comment
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| I usually tell people not to hang their art too high. It's one of the most common mistakes people make when hanging art. But here, with a second floor loft open to the lower room, the extra-high placement of the art allows it to be appreciated from both levels. Private Comment
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| These two pieces of wall art are placed above the bedside tables. Although they have lamps in front of them, I suspect that when you sit in the bed and look to the side, you can see the art just fine. Definitely an unusual placement. Private Comment
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| Instead of pedestals on the floor, or a table holding all of these sculptures, this collection is mounted on pedestals that project from the wall at varying heights. It's a very interesting way to display them and to fill the wall even though none of the sculptures are very big. Private Comment
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| This sculpture of an elephant is as big as .... um, an elephant. Well, a baby one anyway. I definitely wasn't expecting to see him in this elegant entryway, but he sure is fun. Private Comment
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| If you wondered what I meant by not taking decor and art so seriously all of the time, this is my best example. This portrait I shot of my husband making one of his legendary funny faces hangs in a place of honor in our entryway. I wish I had video footage of the looks on people's faces when they first step into our home. Jaws drop and there's dead silence for a beat before they burst out laughing. It amuses the living daylights out of us and sets the tone for a fun visit.
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