Robert Stilin and Shawn Henderson (friends and office neighbors with studios down the hall from one another) duke it out on how to live with the art they love—layered, salon-style gallery walls or singular statement pieces.
Stilin
Robert Stilin, LLC
Salon-style artwork allows you to show the breadth of a collection—it creates warmth and comfort for me in my own home, and my clients are drawn to that, too. Layering, when it is edited and organized, brings soul to a space. Practically speaking, if you want to do a salon-style wall, it takes 15 to 35 pieces of art, so you have to make choices and be decisive. Just start hanging things! You can’t overthink it and analyze every single piece. (And it doesn’t all have to be fine art. Buy a vintage wool 48-star American flag and get that framed!) I know a lot of art collectors who only have statement pieces, but I find that their places tend to be more museum-like. Shawn likes it more minimal, too—not conservative, exactly, just less stuff around. But then when he comes to my office, which is 45 times a day, he always wants to take everything home. He just can’t make a decision—that’s the real truth!
Henderson
Shawn Henderson Interior Design
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