When Spring rolls around, so many wonderful little things happen.
In my house, one sweet thing is that I can display my cello out of its case again. The humidity that returns with Spring is actually very good for the wood. And the beautiful sound coming from my cello has more to do with the atmosphere than this cello player! (Also, I’m more likely to practice if my instrument is at an easy reach.)
I love my cello. It was a rental many years ago. But I eventually made enough payments to call it my own. It’s battered and worn and repaired in places. But it’s beautifully vintage looking, and in my mind, a real work of art.
Displaying it again made me think about other instruments as works of art in the home. So I started poking around to see what some people do with their musical items on the floor or walls. I found out that there’s a lot of creativity in this department!
I’m not a huge fan of pulling musical instruments apart and torturing them into art pieces. But I am intrigued by an occasional repurposed instrument. Just one caveat here. Please don’t put a series of black metal notes on the wall to accompany these unique pieces. The 70s took care of that for us!
Here’s a little parade of wonderful decorating with musical instruments – might inspire you to dig out that old violin in the attic, or call the piano tuner and move the piano into the middle of family activity again.
My client asked me to decorate her office around her drum and exotic musical instruments collection – such a happy room!
And if you don’t have space for that baby grand, how about creating the virtual piano room?
Here are a few more creative interiors that honor the joy of making music.
I just received a goat-skin drum for my birthday and was displaying it in my favorite room with the rest of my African artifacts. However, it seems that it’s a little too interesting to my dog, Billy. This will definitely have to be a wall piece.
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