Ancient Beauty on Modern Walls

For an ancient decor theme, try using an whole wall as a single decor element. Historically, Egyptian and Mezzo American hieroglyphic art, and Chinese Calligraphy and paintings, have been used to cover entire walls or pillars. It is advised that you do this with only one wall per room, or that each wall be a continuation of the same theme. Don’t over do it.

If you are hoping to create a hieroglyphic decor theme for a wall, it is best to use stamps or stencils directly on the wall, as these will keep the hieroglyphs uniform when they are repeated.  Hieroglyphs typically look best when you vary them in size. For instance, on the wall of a temple, you will usually find a major theme in large hieroglyphs in the center or to one side of the wall, and smaller hieroglyphs above, below and to the sides of the main figures, telling the story. Hieroglyphs also make pretty borders for where walls meet ceilings or floors. Be sure that you research the meaning of the hieroglyphs first, as many have spiritual meanings that may not be appropriate when used in your home decor.

Chinese calligraphy is typically done on scrolls, but some of the scrolls are so large or so long, that they can dominate a whole wall or pillar. The characters on huge scrolls can be very large and spaced accordingly, or the scroll can be filled with many lines of small characters. The effect of huge brush stroked …