A guide on using sculptures to upgrade your home

If you doubt, read on and find out how!

What is a sculpture

A sculpture is a three dimensional artistic piece made from clay, wood, plastic, stone, metal, and so on. Sculptures are not only aesthetically pleasing, but are also of great communicative capacities. With sculptures, you are able to enhance the mood, tone and feel of your home.

How to use sculptures decoratively in your home

Place them against plain backgrounds

On their own, sculptures make enough statements, and call for attention. When you place them against too busy backgrounds, there will be too much going on in that area which could be a turn off. Consider placing them against simple backgrounds and see the magic they perform.

Place them in low traffic areas

You don’t want to compete with pieces of artworks for space in your own house. So, make sure to place them in decongested areas of your home. That way, you would neither have to worry about bumping into one, nor would you have to consciously keep your hands firm to prevent them from swinging as they normally would. Do not let the sculptures take up walking spaces. Remember! You can’t tell them to excuse you, and they can’t give way for you.

Keep them lit up

A spark of light on sculptures will spice things up. You don’t have to limit yourself to the conventional white or near white light. You can go for blue, red, green, purple, or any other colour according to your preference. Better still, you could have a splash of your favourite complementary colours lit on a central sculpture.

Make them compliment other decorative pieces

Before using sculptures, consider other decorative pieces in your home. How well will they fit in with other decorative pieces in your home? Pair sculptures with other elements according to their complementariness. For instance, a sculpture will work well with a beautiful flowering plant; a sculpture will also do well beside a decorative mirror. Also, before choosing colours for your sculptures, consider the colour scheme of your home’s fixings and fittings to determine the colours you would use.

Avoid cluttering

If you don’t want your use of sculptures to backfire, do not clutter. To avoid cluttering, firstly, do not place them in areas where there are many elements already. Secondly, do not place too many sculptures at a particular area. You are not trying to make your home into a mini art gallery. Use sculptures in free corners or other strategic points in your home. Be deliberate about your placement!

Use them in your exterior

Imagine how beautiful and welcoming your space will look if they were two or three sculptures at particular points in your exterior. Placing sculptures at your home’s exterior will not only make your visitors feel more welcome, but will also give you something to look forward to when you are out, especially if it is a sculpture you adore so much. Don’t worry, you can’t get so used to it that it wouldn’t matter again. Trust yourself to know a piece you will adore forever, and trust Daibau to make you that piece!

Consider the size of your space

Sculptures are not only ideal for homes with large spaces. They come in different sizes, shapes and forms. All you have to do is go for the one that is proportional to the space you want it to occupy. While large sculptures will do well at focal points, small sculptures will do well in shelves, or on side tables, dining tables, and other surfaces.

Use a pedestal

A pedestal is simply a base where sculptures can be placed. Placing your sculptures on pedestals will elevate the sculpture, and therefore call more attention to it. Pedestals not only make your sculptures to stand out, but they also make them viewable from appropriate angles. To make the best of pedestals, make sure they suit the particular sculpture you are using them for.

Now that you know that sculptures can be used decoratively in the home, and you also know how to use it decoratively in your home, what you need to do is..

Take that step!

It is one thing to know how to use sculptures decoratively. It is another thing to actually use them decoratively to upgrade your home. So the question is, “what will you use the knowledge you just gained for?” If by now you don’t know what the answer to that question, well, this is it – take that step. Contact us today at Daibau, and we will link you to the best sculptor out there that can make your wish come alive.