Sourcing Fine Art for Your Home

Everyone knows that when you looking for fine art for your home that you go down to the Can’t Afford it District and spend an arm and a leg as well as five hours of your busy day in Costington’s or Snooty’s or even in the Overpriced Knockoff Emporium. These may be fictional names but it’s a safe bet that everyone of you came up with a name of a real store, shop or boutique that would fill the bill. Finding fine art can be a chore and a real drudgery but the alternative of either letting your walls stay bare of letting hubby finally tack up all his football posters and pub signs is even worse than that to bear.

So, just like with any major purchase we start our search with two sets of numbers written on a slip of paper: our overall budget for our fine art purchases and the size and dimensions that will fit best in the space that we are looking at filling. The size of the art work as well as the size of the budget may determine where you start your search and what kind of art you might be looking for. Look, you are never going to get a Renoir on a poster budget, that is a given, but if you are smart, you may find perfectly beautiful alternatives to the classic Masters.

The work of some new, up and coming artists might be exactly what you are looking for and in most cases, their prices will be fairly reasonable. Don’t buy an artist’s work from a gallery however who may be setting higher prices to get a little cut of the profits as well. Wait until he has a showing in his studio or if you know the artist at all, just ask what there is to buy right now. An advantage to knowing an artist is obvious, you may be able to commission a piece that will be the exact size and style that you want without having to spend the family fortune to get it. Imagine having your own original piece of artwork hanging in your home!

For those of you who are hung up on names, there is an alternative that can satisfy your taste for those as well as staying within budget: reproductions of the most famous works of art. You can also buy poster sized (and priced) versions of these and have them framed. Beautiful, functional and most importantly, very cost effective - what a smart and stylish person you are!