Your walls deserve you

Written By Laure Brost

Laure Brost Halliday, Birds at the Museum, oil on canvas, 2024

Why original art matters in your space.


Your walls deserve better, and so do you.

You’re not beige.

You’re not a developer’s “Whisper of Egg” paint swatch.

You’ve lived. You’ve loved. You’ve eaten lovely street food in Lisbon, teared up in front of a Bonnard, closed your eyes in a museum courtyard, sighed, and dreamed.

So why would your walls be blank?

Art isn’t decoration, it’s declaration.

A bold painting can turn a room into a world. It doesn’t whisper politely. It hums, sighs, stirs. It reflects the parts of you that are too vivid to fit on a throw pillow.

When I paint, I’m not thinking, “Oh, this will match the drapes?” I’m thinking:

Does this lemon yellow feel like the tarte au citron my mother used to make, so sour my pink lips puckered in pure delight? Will this patch of Cerulean blue tug at someone else’s memory too? Will theirs be very different from mine, lost in the salty allure of a mythical Adriatic Coast, half-remembered?

Laure reading an art book with her dascshund on the sofa,

Art personalizes a space the way a scent personalizes a scarf. It says:

“A curious human lives here. A human with depth, delight, and possibly an opinionated dachshund.”

And no, you don’t need to know anything about art to love it. You just have to feel that zing. That little jolt when a piece catches your eye and doesn’t let go.

Hmm? What’s that? Oh yes, that’s your wall, saying thank-you for adding some life, your life, taste, and delight.

Hang something that sings to you. Not just because it matches. But because it moves.


PS: want to see some zing-worthy paintings?

Laure Brost
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