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Five Landscape Prints That Always Look Good in Any Home
Some landscape prints work everywhere. Here are five types of landscape prints that always look good in any home, any style, any room—guaranteed to work.
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Start your art collection with three essential landscape prints that work in any modern home. Simple, versatile, and beautiful—the perfect foundation for any collection.
The Starter Collection: The Three Landscape Prints Every Modern Home Needs
Starting an art collection can feel overwhelming. Where do you begin? What do you need? How many pieces? Here's the simple answer: start with three landscape prints. These three essential pieces work in any modern home and create the perfect foundation for your collection.
This award-winning piece from South America demonstrates the perfect number—one of three essential prints that create complete coverage, visual balance, and cohesive collection.
Three prints offer:
The benefit: Enough to feel like a collection, not so many it's overwhelming.
This award-winning piece from Africa demonstrates the foundation—one of three prints that work in any modern home, complement each other, and create perfect starting point.
These three prints:
Start here: Build your collection from this foundation.
What it is: Ocean horizon, lake scene, or peaceful water landscape
Why it's essential:
Best placement:
Size: Medium to large (30-48 inches wide)
Colors: Blues, grays, soft tones
Style: Clean, simple composition with lots of negative space
What it is: Simple horizon line, expansive sky, clean composition
Why it's essential:
Best placement:
Size: Large horizontal (40-60 inches wide)
Colors: Monochrome or limited palette (black/white, or soft tones)
Style: Minimalist, graphic, clean lines
What it is: Misty mountains, foggy scene, or soft atmospheric landscape
Why it's essential:
Best placement:
Size: Medium to large (30-48 inches)
Colors: Grays, soft blues, muted tones
Style: Atmospheric, soft detail, ethereal
What unifies them:
The result: Three prints that feel like a collection, not random pieces.
Option 1: One Per Room
Option 2: Grouped Gallery
Option 3: Scattered Flow
This award-winning piece from Asia demonstrates why these three work—versatile, complementary pieces that create cohesive collection perfect for any modern home.
They work because:
Perfect for modern homes:
Work in any:
Start with three:
Then add:
Next additions might be:
The key: Build from your foundation, add what you love.
Print 1 (Water Scene): 30-48 inches wide
Print 2 (Horizon): 40-60 inches wide
Print 3 (Atmospheric): 30-48 inches wide
Keep them similar:
Options:
The key: Consistency creates cohesion. All three should have similar framing.
Modern choices:
Choose: One style for all three, creates unified collection.
Reasonable ranges:
Remember: Quality over quantity. Three good pieces beat many mediocre ones.
What you get:
Answer: Start with one if that's what you can do. Add the others as able. But all three create the best foundation.
Answer: Yes, but keep them relatively similar. Very different sizes can feel disconnected.
Answer: Don't include it. Choose three you love. This is your collection.
Answer: Absolutely. These three are your foundation. Build from here.
The three essential prints:
Why they work:
How to use them:
Remember: Every collection starts somewhere. These three landscape prints give you a complete, cohesive starter collection that works in any modern home. Start simple, build gradually, and create a collection that makes you happy.
Your collection, your pace, your style.
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