subject: Suggestions For Using Fleur-de-lis Wall Art In The Dining Room [print this page] The fleur-de-lis is an architectural rendering of an iris or lily and has long been recognized as a symbol of royalty, elegance and sophistication. The following are creative suggestions for implementing fleur-de-lis wall art in the dining room to impart an ambience of refinement and grace. You can find a huge selection of fleur-de-lis wall art when shopping at online home decor retailers; every finish, size and style imaginable is available.
Create Interest on a Bare Wall
Choose an oversized piece of metal fleur-de-lis wall art for more spacious dining rooms and then place it in the center on your wall. Add candle sconces on either side of the wall art in a finish and style that coordinates with the fleur-de-lis art. Lighting the candles will reveal color and details in the metal wall art that go unnoticed without candlelight. Use this presentation to introduce the use of candlelight throughout the dining room, from an elegant cluster of candlesticks on the table to pillar and votive candles in complementary holders on a console or buffet.
Inspired Accents add Architectural Style
Use fleur-de-lis medallions to add architectural style to a dining room space, much as turnbuckles are used on the exterior of homes in the historic French Quarter of New Orleans. Bring a transformation to the look of ordinary windows and French doors by mounting the same fleur-de-lis wall accents on either side of the window or door to add structural elegance and consistency. If desired, identical medallions can be added at regular intervals throughout the dining room space at the same height to create a visual break in the wall. When the wall color is very close to the color of the medallion it will appear that the fleur-de-lis accents are relief or embossed embellishments on the wall.
Create an Elegant Grouping
Start with a beautiful beveled glass or leaded glass framed wall mirror of a generous size in an oval or stylized curved shape that is appropriate for the size of your wall. Center and mount the mirror on the wall by the attached hanger then add a small fleur-de-lis medallion about ten inches above the center of the mirror; run a length of luxurious ribbon from the medallion in an inverted V and attach it to the back of the mirror, giving the romantic impression that the mirror is hung from the ribbon. Add two pairs of matching fleur-de-lis wall accents, and then install one pair on each side of the mirror along with a sophisticated candle wall sconce centered in the middle of the two accents on each side. The combination of candlelight, mirror and fleur-de-lis accents will add dramatic ambiance and sophistication to the dining room.
Other Combinations and Going beyond Walls
Fleur-de-lis wall art easily combines with other wall art that has an air of regality. Consider using a castle door iron wall plaque in a dining room decorated in fleur-de-lis style. This type of plaque looks like an expertly crafted door from a royal castle. It could be used instead of the mirror in the above example, or used on the back of a dining room door, giving it unparalleled architectural interest; or use it between two windows to create a relief on the wall. An appropriately sized castle wall plaque could also be used to give a royal presentation to plain wood doors on an armoire or other dining room furniture. Or bring together fleur-de-lis wall art on the wall of your patio with wall tapestries or large outdoor wall clocks to impart a feeling of the French Quarter.
If the dining room is open to the kitchen and the plain backs of upper cabinets face the dining space, turn this eyesore into eye appeal. Use fleur-de-lis wall hangings to create false doors on the cabinet backs, giving them a rich and finished appearance.
