Framed

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sometimes art doesn't need a frame. One way to make an interior more modern and less formal is to take a painting out of its frame and just hang the canvas on the wall, as in the room pictured below. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkNraNvn8vZpZCiDbhU0J-nMQqeqyIRIPqKgo1Ue_Wng_L1ONUCbQ0AZ6KoO5na3lk849Iu7IfHbnUsgyDMXExbfrteOaBWHq14UITCXX2zMLWUjpqoLUJZSbO0MXDS6zJYfZko6pc-kM/s1600/BlogFramedVerandaSeptOct2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkNraNvn8vZpZCiDbhU0J-nMQqeqyIRIPqKgo1Ue_Wng_L1ONUCbQ0AZ6KoO5na3lk849Iu7IfHbnUsgyDMXExbfrteOaBWHq14UITCXX2zMLWUjpqoLUJZSbO0MXDS6zJYfZko6pc-kM/s640/BlogFramedVerandaSeptOct2012.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A new home in Buckhead (Atlanta, Georgia).</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.jamesmichaelhoward.com/" target="_blank">James Michael Howard</a>.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Architecture by William T. Baker.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Max Kim-Bee.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Veranda (September - October 2012).</span></div><div align="center"> </div></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-C-FJsiAGXR07JpYpY-QBo6W4MXnFGDm_L7AB6I5LNJzq-waY3Qq_k-J3VleCMFwi_tzEeiDOBiVaj-k1eM_uVF4LKUWCXLvFMq7xMqK5xBVQQlppPVxa7VyGWTfBt3OGC9WWEaH5-mc/s1600/BlogFramedVerandaSeptOct2012crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-C-FJsiAGXR07JpYpY-QBo6W4MXnFGDm_L7AB6I5LNJzq-waY3Qq_k-J3VleCMFwi_tzEeiDOBiVaj-k1eM_uVF4LKUWCXLvFMq7xMqK5xBVQQlppPVxa7VyGWTfBt3OGC9WWEaH5-mc/s640/BlogFramedVerandaSeptOct2012crop.jpg" width="606" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A closer look . . . </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A new home in Buckhead (Atlanta, Georgia).</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.jamesmichaelhoward.com/" target="_blank">James Michael Howard</a>.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Architecture by William T. Baker.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Max Kim-Bee.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Veranda (September - October 2012)</span></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkNraNvn8vZpZCiDbhU0J-nMQqeqyIRIPqKgo1Ue_Wng_L1ONUCbQ0AZ6KoO5na3lk849Iu7IfHbnUsgyDMXExbfrteOaBWHq14UITCXX2zMLWUjpqoLUJZSbO0MXDS6zJYfZko6pc-kM/s1600/BlogFramedVerandaSeptOct2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sometimes the frame itself is the work of art.</span></div><span id="goog_1795509304"></span><span id="goog_1795509305"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPPsGhfeOJFOyRh0uz9w-zDHB5mkFPKH5DLw6dpwQ-G_27H0EmmUth1WRCf6xE_EZlTNWGhRoEm36djnvS0o16O1Cd6qef0uVdK77M_XtFQW6OfL5Jwuu2pZmndVl36cecKqTIq934WQ/s1600/BlogFramedSept2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPPsGhfeOJFOyRh0uz9w-zDHB5mkFPKH5DLw6dpwQ-G_27H0EmmUth1WRCf6xE_EZlTNWGhRoEm36djnvS0o16O1Cd6qef0uVdK77M_XtFQW6OfL5Jwuu2pZmndVl36cecKqTIq934WQ/s640/BlogFramedSept2011.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A collection of frames on exhibit at the Stefano Bardini Museum [in Florence, Italy]; the blue walls were copied by Isabella Stewart Gardner for her own Boston museum."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Annie Schlechter.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Produced and written by Mario Lopez-Cordero.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Veranda (September 2011).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix9zbsirKTWrchp50y5eQax4F2AlWg1WTWf0Alq6MJd-LbzgGOrmz2yyJ2czip6FY743wTsKO-bTEdAVF-UdzjTI3pZhV8-GzL5HOcNis_XFUxUyUjK1Xayr1mHCUanQPO8-1RH6POwRE/s1600/BlogFramedHBNov2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix9zbsirKTWrchp50y5eQax4F2AlWg1WTWf0Alq6MJd-LbzgGOrmz2yyJ2czip6FY743wTsKO-bTEdAVF-UdzjTI3pZhV8-GzL5HOcNis_XFUxUyUjK1Xayr1mHCUanQPO8-1RH6POwRE/s640/BlogFramedHBNov2011.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Look behind the bottles to see a gold frame leaning against the wall.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Vintage wallpaper from Second Hand Rose.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Dining room in Bernard, Vermont cottage of Deirdre Heekin and Caleb Barker.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interior design by Deirdre Heekin and Caleb Barker.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Ditte Isager.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">House Beautiful (November 2011).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOsH5lFbQRhMUD6_ocQGi5IwF93J7qV1-mstZmA8YvSPc-_UiTqQ9q-tM4eNYHVZKdvI6Nz7XLJMJdMOoA0O47E92LXn3iS_SfA0wm0uR4I9Mfe2QeUY-3A9bH2J2K5i60mFUfJqaVaKo/s1600/BlogFramedHBMay2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOsH5lFbQRhMUD6_ocQGi5IwF93J7qV1-mstZmA8YvSPc-_UiTqQ9q-tM4eNYHVZKdvI6Nz7XLJMJdMOoA0O47E92LXn3iS_SfA0wm0uR4I9Mfe2QeUY-3A9bH2J2K5i60mFUfJqaVaKo/s640/BlogFramedHBMay2012.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The mantel shelf holds one of the designer's hallmark 'extreme juxtapositions': a massive empty picture frame, propped against the mirror, alongside antlers her children collected on hikes. Glass domes shelter antique taxidermy."</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Jacksonville, Illinois home of Annie Brahler, owner of <a href="http://euro-trash.us/" target="_blank">Euro Trash</a>, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">an interior design and styling company.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interior design by Annie Brahler.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interview by Douglas Brenner.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Bjorn Wallander.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">House Beautiful (May 2012).</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">And sometimes frames provide a setting for plates, cups or a surreal eye . . . </span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd4KsC0YSKcXxTRqRaqfYd5N4MQyjK9ZS2nQzNHnQlE75U_O-R4QEa6IlYUv6QFj19E80_AxlRxcvqNcDDPoL6wFUpxuhvV9sFCFH-pWBy8LcX5MXOz9iPzeYY5Hz6PDYcnMmPbPrgS68/s1600/BlogFramedVerandaJanFeb2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd4KsC0YSKcXxTRqRaqfYd5N4MQyjK9ZS2nQzNHnQlE75U_O-R4QEa6IlYUv6QFj19E80_AxlRxcvqNcDDPoL6wFUpxuhvV9sFCFH-pWBy8LcX5MXOz9iPzeYY5Hz6PDYcnMmPbPrgS68/s640/BlogFramedVerandaJanFeb2012.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A slightly surreal vignette with an eye inside Louis XIII frames.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manoir de Berthouville, the Normandy, France home of Boston designer <a href="http://www.charlesspada.com/" target="_blank">Charles Spada</a>. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The home was "built in 1652 as a <em>relais de chasse</em>, or hunting lodge." </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation, interior design and text by Charles Spada.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Alexandre Bailhache.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Veranda (January - February 2012).</span></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpinFgKMeGHm3IEgh-db63UjieItnMhxF9PGvEg9tvsUpGnbCIW3pej61GlU0pxLihXSs7bOx7TJ0r-UURQQEfGVhg-L1OXW0R5hwONw0-JoR8pZW3a_s_I7k3bUNrYf_Hmv7cHHCPmn0/s1600/BlogFramedVerandaJanFeb2012Three.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpinFgKMeGHm3IEgh-db63UjieItnMhxF9PGvEg9tvsUpGnbCIW3pej61GlU0pxLihXSs7bOx7TJ0r-UURQQEfGVhg-L1OXW0R5hwONw0-JoR8pZW3a_s_I7k3bUNrYf_Hmv7cHHCPmn0/s640/BlogFramedVerandaJanFeb2012Three.jpg" width="292" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another view of the Louis XIII frames, which are above a mantel in the master suite.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manoir de Berthouville, the Normandy, France home of Boston designer <a href="http://www.charlesspada.com/" target="_blank">Charles Spada</a>. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The home was "built in 1652 as a <em>relais de chasse</em>, or hunting lodge." </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation, interior design and text by Charles Spada.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Alexandre Bailhache.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Veranda (January - February 2012).</span></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIhcfeeGvdQXYBg4WwSDy6JvtDbL4fCLy2Cw-pOLqzlL45Ljmz4DrNdNE44jnSdtyzqoK17CfyaE6_fsZiKCLNCNX7fe5z8fT8osB3bkDDxi8I_jO-d-_HCd4tM0qWyUgT6X40xnXX8JM/s1600/BlogFramedVerandaJanFeb2012Two.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIhcfeeGvdQXYBg4WwSDy6JvtDbL4fCLy2Cw-pOLqzlL45Ljmz4DrNdNE44jnSdtyzqoK17CfyaE6_fsZiKCLNCNX7fe5z8fT8osB3bkDDxi8I_jO-d-_HCd4tM0qWyUgT6X40xnXX8JM/s640/BlogFramedVerandaJanFeb2012Two.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another view of the master suite. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Notice the portrait and the round frame propped against the bookshelves.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manoir de Berthouville, the Normandy, France home of Boston designer <a href="http://www.charlesspada.com/" target="_blank">Charles Spada</a>. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The home was "built in 1652 as a <em>relais de chasse</em>, or hunting lodge." </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation, interior design and text by Charles Spada.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Alexandre Bailhache.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Veranda (January - February 2012).</span></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgDE2nNTs5olpLXnVP79HNWH43GxwWLJmjuXgimcoMJLQzFnvk9ZOptbJML9yJQYuOJfZvFWJq3RN3pqMkoM2wHM2r5-UDqT9ah4UQlchM32FnyOCFMHJqKXNgZGR9Mfl80V7sAKGVki8/s1600/BlogClocksJanFeb2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgDE2nNTs5olpLXnVP79HNWH43GxwWLJmjuXgimcoMJLQzFnvk9ZOptbJML9yJQYuOJfZvFWJq3RN3pqMkoM2wHM2r5-UDqT9ah4UQlchM32FnyOCFMHJqKXNgZGR9Mfl80V7sAKGVki8/s640/BlogClocksJanFeb2012.jpg" width="546" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Creil dinnerware mounted in and around a frame.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manoir de Berthouville, the Normandy, France home of Boston designer <a href="http://www.charlesspada.com/" target="_blank">Charles Spada</a>. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The home was "built in 1652 as a <em>relais de chasse</em>, or hunting lodge." </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation, interior design and text by Charles Spada.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Alexandre Bailhache.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Veranda (January - February 2012).</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span>  </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8dXKMsWPE-V8gHybeMNVlKHUWlxzlZJG73G0DohJ0iMVQ0KqUOY-JFw_pk1G0yRKtTMRkh5APLpZytW97jXz813fb6pDsLRBGib8cRlu0qIBR9Z12Ux_bH1iab22TP_YhU4lggm5lUBU/s1600/Christopher-knight-ed12-2011-08-lgn%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8dXKMsWPE-V8gHybeMNVlKHUWlxzlZJG73G0DohJ0iMVQ0KqUOY-JFw_pk1G0yRKtTMRkh5APLpZytW97jXz813fb6pDsLRBGib8cRlu0qIBR9Z12Ux_bH1iab22TP_YhU4lggm5lUBU/s640/Christopher-knight-ed12-2011-08-lgn%5B1%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><span id="goog_81487666"></span><span id="goog_81487667" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"An Etruscan cup is centered in a gilt frame."</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">1865 brownstone of Christopher Knight, director of the gallery Maison Gerard, </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">and Carlos Aponte, an artist and illustrator, in Jersey City, New Jersey. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Interior design by Christopher Knight.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Text by Peter Terzian.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Styled by JC Garcia-Lavin.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elle Decor (December 2011).</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br /><span id="goog_83855148"></span><span id="goog_83855149"></span><br /><span id="goog_580340093"></span><span id="goog_580340094"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />

Framed

Sometimes art doesn't need a frame. One way to make an interior more modern and less formal is to take a painting out of its frame and j...

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