Paintings Standing On Floor

Came from their cousins, mirrors on floors!

Next question!

Rich

Interior decorators always got to shake it up with a new slant :-)

I have a grouping of several original framed paintings on the fireplace mantle in the master bedroom that just lean against the wall and each other. I love the look. I'd be paranoid about having art on the floor though, I'm not nearly Martha Stewart enuf for that. It's bad enough that you spend an hour cleaning and then six months later you have to do it all over again.

what is that picture and what are we talking about?

art on the floor is fine if you want your deposit back.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

Several of my paintings are on show on the floor. Nothing wrong with it

as long as they buy them... i don't care where they put them.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

Abbie - are your painting half hidden like the example is? - I think they're worried about putting a nail in the wall !

"when people enter a setting the focal 'Artwork' should start the conversation"

I think they're just trying to "balance" the room with the large dresser on the opposite side. Take the painting away and it looks a bit lopsided.

Hiya Robert,

Heck, I have so many paintings in my home, on walls, on the floor, in flat files and so many in my studios that I have no more room but the floors to stack them. I wonder, does that mean that I'm trendy?😏

It's beautiful to me.

@Harold, You are a real artist. That is what it means.

Interior design magazines show artwork leaning against the floor for at least the past 30 years from what I can remember.

Most interior home shots are staged by the magazine in the first place. They take away all your stuff and unload a truck of designer stuff.

Interior designers are not designing for the art they are adding art to match the decor. The art is a decorative, secondary to the room design.

I believe they should start with the art. There are few designers who would agree with that however. The art is not an so much an afterthought but strictly decorative and of little import generally beyond matching/complimenting the color of the room. In the real world a piece of framed wallpaper is just as valid as any other art. If you see striking art I imagine that would be seen as a design flaw by most designers as it draws too much attention away from the general overall coloring.

It is a design trend that has been going on for quite a while, as are paintings and mirrors leaning against a fireplace mantel. I've always thought it was done to show a more modern and casual design aesthetic, as opposed to an old-fashioned "studied" look of having the work hanging on the wall. Just my opinion based on years of studying trends in interior decoration. I've never actually heard anyone say "this is why," so I could be wrong about that. I used to subscribe to every single design publication out there. A lot of them went under but I still keep up with the ones left.  

On a mantle it is fine and also around eye level. On the floor to me it has a message of being perceived of as having little value or regard by the owner. Partially hidden by a nightstand gives it a temporary look as far as placement. Too easily damaged on the floor.

When the NASA shuttles were active, each time the shuttle broke the sound barrier before landing, all my hanging items shifted (sometimes substantially), even though my house is on a concrete foundation with all exterior concrete walls!! If I put art work on the floor and leaned them against the wall... well, I have a male shih tzu who is housebroken when he is not upset about something!

I not only have my images on the floor in my house, but under the beds and in closets!

Rich

First I'd like to clear up a couple of incorrect presuppositions and then add a couple of presuppositions myself. ,
1.)yes I was aware when I wrote this comment that this is been going on for decades like Edward and Patricia said. 2.)I was aware that interior designers are doing what their title says.
3.)yes I was aware that they don't want to put any art in their settings that would draw attention away from their sales points(selling of the interior design) like David said.
4.) I'm also aware that Mike likes to state the obvious and I agree with him.
5.) This may be a profound revelation to some, but I was aware that Harold is a (real, whatever that means) artist - just like everybody else in this Association or they wouldn't be here (dah) that's what that means.
After reading some of the comments I was wondering if it was something that I said that made people believe that I wasn't aware of those things that were pointed out.
my own presuppositions was that everyone assuming that that was the case if giving the benefit of the doubt.
Now that I've cleared that up - I would love to give credit to those who felt the same way I do about this topic - Loretta Luglio - hit the nail on the head, and Sharon Norman telling it like it is, along with Carlin Blahnik, and thanks Rich Franco, for the classic line 'Came from their cousins, mirrors on floors! -Because there isn't much more useless than a mirror at shin level! And also the other classic line from Mike (besides stating the obvious - oh that's right I had already mentioned that ) ' art on the floor is fine if you want your deposit back' - two point , that's a good one!
Perhaps next time I make a comment I'll describe everything in as much detail as this description here so no one will misunderstand my point - yes, no, maybe?
Robert

The paintings I have on the floor are not hidden, no....although one in the bedroom is but that just coz I have nowhere to put it lol

Abbie, I can relate to that, I'm the same way - although the comment I was making initially was how artists and their work were treated in interior design setting!
Robert

it may not be a painting, it could be a small door.


---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

Robert - I often look at real estate sites to peruse the interiors of multi-million dollar homes. For two reasons: Decorating trends and to see what's on the wall. There are many, of course, that are staged. However, I am continually amazed that the majority of art on the walls is behind glass. I often wonder if expensive original oil paintings are removed for security purposes.

The designers see it as arty..... I saw this in a Manchester furniture 'boutique'. It's artsy.

Sarah, I do that also, when I'm at my dad's near Palm Beach Florida - but they're mostly traditional setting and artwork - mine won't fit in - but if you can picture your art in that situation ( behind glass) then you have made it, big time!
Robert

My husband has a fit about nails in the wall, so I have a lot of paintings standing on the floor.

Mike, neat idea, that's where imaginations live - like Alice in Wonderland, no?

Rich Franco - you can't very well sell those pieces when you have them there - I used to tell myself - nobody's going to want these - but somehow when customers come over to my gallery/studio they love to go digging and sometimes buy something that's hidden!
Robert

If people buy my work I don't care if they stick in a drawer or closet, as long as they appreciated it enough to purchase it.... How they choose to display it is their choice

Brian - don't you believe in 'word-of-mouth' - it's probably 60% of my business - I love that when I get a phone call ' Hello Robert, I saw your work at . . . So and so's place - I say to myself - Bingo!
Robert

wild, I wouldn't want mine on the floor but if they do it's up to them just don't show me :)

I think they don't know where to put it.