Artist, Fine Art Specialist, busy mom and home decorating diva Kim Counts drops by once a week to share art facts, decor tips and more.
This week, an ArtTherapy San Francisco article posed one of the age-old home decorating dilemmas to readers: should you hang art in your bathroom?
It's a long-standing debate, and there are certainly pros and cons. On the one hand, you want every room in your home to look beautiful and reflect your signature style -- but on the other hand, art tends to warp in bathrooms due to temperature fluctuations and steam from the shower. Nonetheless, according to the ArtTherapy survey, most home decorators are going for it anyway!
Reading over the poll results, the general consensus was that it was ok to display art in the bathroom so long as you don't overly invest in it. Framed snapshots were popular, as were smaller-sized art prints, art found on sale, and non-warping art items like mirrors and sculpture.
One thing that struck me was how many readers said they used the bathroom as a place to hang art that was more kitschy, fun or risque than art they'd display elsewhere in the home. Vintage art posters, nudes, and other kinds of cheeky or intimate images came up as examples. When you think about it, it makes sense. After all, for a lot of women, the bathroom is a bit of a boudoir -- a place to put on make up, light candles and take long baths. A beautiful nude, for instance, is evocative of the sensual nature of the boudoir.
What about you? What do you hang in your loo? Send me your comments, and see you next week!
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