Makeover a Room With a Tapestry

Adding a wall tapestry is great way to add wall decoration and a focal point to almost any room. A great tapestry can pull a room together. Fabric wall hangings such as tapestries automatically make a room feel warmer. They are also a great conversation piece.

Their intricately woven patterns alone make them worthy of comment. If the tapestry also reflects a personal interest, it lends to even more conversation. So how do you go about doing this? Let's find out.

Consider using a large wall tapestry to design an entire room around. Let the tapestry act as a backdrop to the rest of your design features. For instance, a classic red, white, and blue nautical tapestry along one wall begs for outdoor furniture, like a wicker sofa with blue and white striped cushions with a red Adirondack chair and a sisal rug against white floors and sky blue walls.

You can also add a tapestry to pull together a room of collectibles. If you collect medieval weapons, a tapestry of a medieval battle or a castle can highlight your collection. If you are an avid fisherman, a tapestry depicting the small port of a fishing village might be a good choice.

If you enjoy traveling, a world map tapestry would be a good focal point in a room with your collected mementos from around the world. With all of the custom tapestry choices available, you can have your pick of designs, or design your own, that will perfectly fit your space and your style.

A landscape tapestry in your dining room can tie in beautifully with your floral tapestry dining room chair seats and have your guests gawking at how perfectly the room comes together. A secluded garden tapestry can add a touch of romance in your bedroom without taking up precious floor space. Back-to-back tapestries can even act as a beautiful, free-hanging divider in a loft or large room.

When considering revamping your home's decor, consider what a well-placed tapestry can do to enrich your home. Tapestries offer the wall coverage of a mural, but you can take the tapestry down and re-hang it. A tapestry offers the warmth of fabric without the expense of fabric wallpaper and, once again, you can take your tapestry with you.

While you may be of the mindset that tapestries are massive pieces of art that can only go on a large wall, you may be surprised to learn the truth. Many tapestry companies offer the options of resizing and changing colors of their tapestry designs to fit any size wall or color scheme you may have.

Some tapestry companies offer complete custom tapestries that you provide the design for. You can have them match a picture exactly or ask them to design a tapestry to fit your decor by using pictures from your house. The limits to the possibilities of tapestries is only left to the limits of your imagination.

So there you go.

Bring the rich colors and textures of tapestries into your home. A well-placed tapestry is an eye-catching, conversation-starting, work of art.

Tom Matherson writes for Worldwide Tapestries which has a wide range of tapestry wall hangings to enhance any home. Browse a wide collection of the latest wall art tapestry designs in a variety of categories including large wall tapestries.