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Free PDF: 75 Wall Art Composition Ideas

Download this free PDF packed with design examples for hanging paintings, mirrors, and other decorative elements on your walls

Hanging art and other decorative elements on your walls is a stylish way to add your personal touch to your home. But arranging these pieces can sometimes feel like putting a puzzle together. To create a striking wall art display, it’s important to consider factors like color harmony and distribution—or we run the risk of overloading the spaces or leaving them too bare.

Estela Martín (@estelamaca), is a decorator and social media content creator. Known for her farmhouse style, she prioritizes simple, natural, and authentic antique aesthetics. To inspire your next wall art gallery, below she shares a PDF featuring illustrated composition examples and ideas for decorating a wall.

Decoration projects by Estelamaca.
Decoration projects by Estelamaca.

Decorating like a professional

Interior design is about creating environments with personality through the mindful placement of furniture, ornaments, objects, and choice of elements such as paint and lighting. Many of us do this intuitively; we put together everything that pleases us and find harmony in those objects.

But, sometimes our compositions don't turn out as we expect them to, so avoid unbalanced or over-the-top arrangements (and buying unnecessary items) it's best to start by planning out your layout. Find a concept, a color palette, and then capture your idea in a rough sketch or mood board.

A Nordic design picture gallery. Unsplash.
A Nordic design picture gallery. Unsplash.

How do you learn how to decorate?

Decorating can be learned in many ways. Some people have an innate talent for creating beautiful spaces and can learn the techniques independently by researching references in the outside world. Other people, on the other hand, need a little practice to train their eyes.

Most people can improve their style by consulting books and magazines and taking online courses. The latter, once only available to professionals, can focus on very specific tips, such as furniture restoration courses.

Create compositions with multiple elements, like a professional. Unsplash.
Create compositions with multiple elements, like a professional. Unsplash.

Download free wall composition ideas and examples

In this PDF, you'll find seventy-find inspirational examples for how to arrange pictures, mirrors, photos, or any element you like in an organic and harmonious style on your walls. Some forms are very simple with just two or three pictures included, while others are much more complex, in typical Nordic style.

Three of the five Nordic design wall compositions as found in the download.
Three of the five Nordic design wall compositions as found in the download.

After clicking on the download below, you will find a seven-page file in .pdf format in the Downloads folder on your computer titled, Free Wall Art Composition Ideas, by Estela Martín.

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If you want to learn more, you can sign up for Estelamaca's course Decoration of Farmhouse-Style Interiors. In the course, she teaches valuable tools and keys to achieve the cozy, bright, and elegant spaces evoked by this decoration style.

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