THE WALL STREET JOURNAL 2022

LAUREN MCGRATH has spent the last decade fine-tuning her hunt for statement-making art that won’t break the bank. “Beautiful rugs and sofas are great, but if you don’t have anything on the walls, it doesn’t look complete,” said the Greenwich, Conn., interior designer. Many clients don’t think about art until the budget is tapped out.

Finding reasonably priced large-scale artwork to fill those gaping voids over beds and sofas is particularly tough. But if blue-chip paintings are beyond your reach, you aren’t doomed to hanging museum posters. Here, the newest ways design pros are filling big blank walls when cash is tight. Click here to view the full article.

THAT’S A WRAP Pierre Frey’s Yunnan wallpaper mural cloaks a Bethesda, Md., dining room by local designer Erica Burns.PHOTO: JENNIFER HUGHES