It's a maxim among creative types and a bit of an insult: Don't match the art to the couch.
Evidently, if you do, you've made a low-brow choice.
But, interesting. You might notice that in every photo of great art on a great wall, everything seems to fit. Dare we say everything, including the couch, matches?
Yes it does, and it's a strategy.
In fact, art usually matches the couch and great paintings are actually not thrown haphazardly onto a wall in utter disregard for their surroundings
Art and design expert Kristie Barnett incorporates psychology and decor into her spaces and she writes in her blog, the Decorologist, that it is an insult to the art and the room not to consider size, shape, and colors.
But the key is that one may inspire the other. If you find a deeply moving painting, that can inspire the decor of the whole room. So you are really matching the couch to the art, which may be give some people comfort.
Or, if you love a color and you find that color in a painting that makes you happy, it may well match the walls — or the couch — because what you like is how you live. So be inspired!
