Posters for making your mark on the walls

Featuring your favorite band, classic images from the world of art and culture, landscapes or purely decorative graphics – poster motifs come in lots of different styles and enable you to put your own personal stamp on your home or workplace. Whether displayed with or without frames, the most important considerations concern the right motif and the right wall. Here are a few other tips on buying posters:

Which kind of poster for which wall?

• Living room: In the living area, you should not only consider the style of decor and the texture of the wall, but also the room’s principle function. Whether in a common room of a shared apartment or a family living space, wall decorations should be in keeping with the tastes of all the inhabitants.
• Bedroom: The bedroom is a place to recharge your batteries and relax, so it should have an extremely pleasant, soothing atmosphere. When choosing wall decorations such as posters for the bedroom, you should therefore opt for discreet designs and motifs that focus on positive themes.
• Kitchen: This is somewhere you can really let off steam: virtually any poster is suitable for hanging on a kitchen wall.
• Working space: Feel free to lend a personal touch to your study or office by means of an interesting poster that will instantly create a pleasant working atmosphere. However as a general rule, it’s best not to overload your working space above all your desk, with too many personal things.
• Guest rooms: Overnight visitors don’t want to be confronted with your favorite themes 24 hours a day. For guest rooms, it’s better to go for neutral posters featuring attractive decorative objects.

What’s the best way to hang up posters?

• In a frame: High-quality picture frames made from metal or wood turn posters into wall art. Be sure to always mount them securely using dowels and to test whether the wall is strong enough beforehand.
• Directly on the wall: This option is only suitable for young or short-term furnishings and for walls that can’t take dowels. Pins and nails should be avoided, double-sided adhesive strips are more practical. The walls (and your landlord) will thank you for it!
• Frameless: For a creative look, posters can be mounted on a wall board or placed on the floor and casually propped up against the wall.

Trendy, cool, intellectual or romantic: posters come in all styles to suit all tastes. The important thing is to hang your poster in the right place and to secure it in the right way, depending on the type of wall.

Posters are a great way of dressing up bare walls.