Landscape Wall Tapestries - 5 Ways They Transform Your Home Decor

One of the greatest things about adding tapestries to your home, is that they take you to places like few other art forms can. Unlike paintings, tapestries have a presence about them due to the fact that they possess texture and depth, and because of the way they are woven.

This is especially so when it comes to landscape or scenery wall tapestries. For this reason, and several more, landscape tapestries have become and remained popular among art lovers and homemakers alike.

How do these tapestries transform a room or home when used as wall decor? Let's find out right now.

1 - Their ability to capture the attention

One of the great things about landscape tapestries as wall decor is that they capture the attention of visitors to your home. Paintings in homes and public places are quite common these days, and visitors often just tune them out.

But the final woven tapestry commands attention, not only for its subject matter but for its unique sense of 'presence'. The added depth and 'presence' that's only present in tapestries is impressive and can only be understood once you have experienced one before your eyes.

2 - The types of scenes they can portray

There are some amazing subject matter that you can have in your home portrayed through these tapestries. From beautiful landscapes and picturesque scenes to pristine lakes and stunning gardens, landscape tapestries transport you in time and space.

From the comfort of your own home you can be whisked away to a lakeside Italian scene, a fox hunt through the English countryside, or the lush gardens of the great castles in Versailles.

3 - A sense of perspective they give to your room or home

When you have a landscape scene adorning your wall, the entire room is transformed. This is because you and your visitor now see a scene which adds perspective to your room, and makes your entire room feel more expansive than it was before.

There is a sense of space created within the room itself, and the feeling this wall art gives is imparted to the entire room. If the piece is of a natural scene of a forest or lake for example, the feeling this gives is one of serenity.

4 - Their ability to suit any sized room

Whether you have a small room which needs some decorating or a large room which requires a large piece of art to fill a wall, then a landscape wall tapestry will fill this role nicely.

Wall tapestries come in a range of sizes to suit any area which needs to be decorated. So if you need a small scene of the forest woods or the large palatial grounds of Louis XIV, then there's a tapestry scene that will suit this role.

5 - They're affordable art

When you're in front of the tapestry, you'll see that the artistry of such greats as Francois Boucher and other great landscape painters, are captured elegantly in these woven works.

While the originals can be found in the finest museums in the world, faithful reproductions are very affordable. If you like wall art, then wall tapestry hangings are a superb way to show your sense of art and artistry as well.

So there you have it.

You now know the 5 reasons why so many people, from art lovers to homemakers, have used landscape tapestries to decorate a room, be it small or large. Wall art tapestries have unique properties which make them enduring classics in wall decor. You can use them as art forms to express your love of art, and to share your love of art with your guests as well.

Looking for wall decor? Then see this wide range of wall tapestry art that will transform any home. Tom Matherson writes for Worldwide Tapestries where you'll find a range of landscape wall tapestry art to suit any home.