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  1. Safe methods for hanging heavy sculptural piecesHeavy sculpture changes the question from where an artwork will look best to what can safely carry it. A substantial bronze, resin or mixed-media piece may…
  2. How to Use Art to Make a High Ceiling Feel IntimateA high ceiling can make a beautiful room feel oddly remote. Generous volume sends the eye upward towards lights, vents and blank plaster, while the seating…
  3. Why Patience Builds a More Resilient Art CollectionPatience in collecting is often mistaken for delay. It is an active discipline: observing how a room changes with a work, learning which artists hold your…
  4. How to style a console table with art instead of a mirrorAn entry console does more than provide somewhere to leave keys and a bag. It sits within one of the first sightlines of a home, so its styling can set the…
  5. Texas-rooted artists bring place into Australian interiorsArt often gives an interior a sense of place that furniture alone cannot supply. A painting can record a landscape, a community, a particular light or an…
  6. How to commission a landscape that feels site-specificA landscape commissioned for a particular place should begin with the place, not with a ready-made picture of somewhere else. It might record the scrub beyond…
  7. What to do when artwork is too small for the wallArtwork that is too small for the wall does not need to be banished to storage. The issue may be physical scale, but it can also involve the distance between…
  8. Creating a Strong Art Focal Point in a Windowless RoomA room without windows can feel enclosed, flat or visually disconnected from the rest of a home. Yet the absence of natural light also creates an opportunity:…
  9. The Art of Collecting: When to Buy What You Love vs. What MatchesCollecting art begins with attention. A work may hold your gaze, alter the atmosphere of a room, or become an emotional landmark you recognise every day.…
  10. Single large work or diptych: How to chooseThe question of how to decide between a single large work or a diptych is rarely about which option looks more expensive. It is about architecture, movement,…