This is the framing trick to make wall art look expensive

Having art hung up on your walls instantly elevates a space and makes it feel more personable, cosy and stylish. But while choosing the artworks, prints and posters to hang on the walls can be daunting at first, not many people talk about the trials and tribulations of framing the wall art in question. But my editor’s framing trick to make any wall art look expensive is so simple yet genius.

Whether you’re looking for ways to elevate your living room walls or for bedroom wall decor ideas, this trick, courtesy of Heather Young, Ideal Home’s Editor-in-Chief, will work a charm.

The secret is going a few sizes up with your frame and mount – or you can just use your existing frame and add a new oversized mount like this one from Etsy. The beauty of this trick is that it gives the piece you’re framing space to breathe and make it look all the more important, even if they’re just postcards, which is what Heather has done in her guest bedroom below.

‘This is the only place I’ve only really done it so far, but it worked really well so I would do it again,’ Heather says. And with her stairway gallery wall due an update, she is soon going to – and so am I because I’m hooked!

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