Am I "over decorating" my rooms?

scrapperluv

Am I "over decorating my rooms"?

I just bought a house that has great potential! All the walls are varying colors of neutrals and it looks like it's out of a magazine. I'm so nervous about where and how to hang framed prints. I have TONS of framed art I've been playing with (botanicals, antique maps,etc.). I'm getting really into the textured fabrics and burlap.
Here's my question:
I'm wondering if there is a formula or rule of thumb for how many photo sets should be in one room. For instance should all 4 walls have framed pics on them??? Seems a little overkill to me. Or should I have one wall that's a focal point and really arranged with framed prints and decorative items that accent it THEN have the other 3 walls more sparse?

I have a big framed piece over the mantle with lots of decor and books placed on the mantel. It looks great! But now what do I do to the other walls? I'd like to hang a series of 3 vintage butterfly artwork in this same room. Then a large Cassat print on another wall. For the 4th wall should I hang something other than a framed print? I love lots of art on walls but I still want it to all tie in well together. One cluttered wall looks great, but what to do with the rest of the room to balance it out.

Also, the hallway leading off this room has an eclectic picture wall gallery.. Am I just cramming too much in one house?

Two Knots

Welcome, first it's hard to tell without pic's.
how about posting some? It's really a matter of
what you like, a lot of stuff or a little bit of stuff.
I happen to like a lot stuff. But, as far as overkill,
I think it depends on how big the rooms are; if the
rooms are spacious enough then it can handle more
artwork.

Joshua Conix

My suggestion is do not put too many frames in one place because it will only make the room crowded. Instead put them to a place that looks boring to you. You can put 1 or 4 frames in one wall - 1 if it's really big. The rest scatter them around your house (same rule 1 if its really big them up to 4 frames if small).

yummy mummy

I actually think that you can incorporate a lot of pictures on walls, provided that they have some relationship to each other.

You can have a gallery wall where you can put pics from top to bottom. I have seen it done and looks great.

They can have all the same shade of frame to them to bring them all together.

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DIY-Her

I agree, as long as the pictures have some type of relationship to each other, it would be considered a grouping and not really individual pictures.

I have some people who have purchased up to 7 of my photos and have an area of their house with a long hallway, where they hang all of them. I've been to a couple of those clients, and the way they lay them out and chose scenes that flow together, it seemed to work out well. They also chose all the same style frame when hanging them all on one wall.

I remember years ago on a talk show, it might have been Oprah
where they were talking about decorating. They showed how you can have a wall filled with family photos with all different color frames. They then showed the same photos hung on the same wall with all the same style frames of the same color, as in all the same wood tones, all brass, all pewter.. whatever you choose, as long as they were the same, the pictures then became the focal point, and not a wall filled with all colors of frames. It looked a lot nicer than the first scenario.

henrylarry6

Do not put frames everywhere but where it actually needed especially on the blank and bright wall. Keep your decor simple and sober with little bit trendy look.