(NAPSA)—Selecting a decorating motif that works throughout your home can be simple with a concept that is, quite literally, picture perfect: Give your home an art makeover. It’s easy to express your per- sonal style by decking your walls with artwork, world-renowned photographs and other high-quality pictures. An art makeoveris an effective and affordable way to improve the look inside your home, without a complete interior redesign. When beginning your art makeover, it’s important to remem- ber a few rules. First, make sure the artwork’s color scheme matches the wall behind it. Black-and-white images allow for moreflexibility, but may have too muchcontrastfor a brightly colored background.Also, when choosing several pieces for a single room,try to stick to a theme. This will help the interior flow through use of style, content or artist. Finally, pieces should generally be hung at eye level. If you really want different heights, use eye level as a center point. An easy way to ensure unity and style in your homeisto select from special collections. For instance, Corbis (www.corbis.com / shopping), offers The Living Lens, a limitededition collection of 75 great photographic prints made from handpicked, restored negatives from the world-renowned Bettmann Collection. The museum-quality prints in the collection are artistic blackand-white photos dating from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s featuring cultural icons and anonymous men and womenat work andplay. For example, someone with a taste for Americana might select the following images from The Corbis/Bettman @ Historic photographs can be used to make a special statement. Shown hereis, “Winter Break” from The Living Lens Collection. Living Lens collection: “Night Rider,” which captures a motorcycle rider gliding through the mists and filtered light of a London fog in the mid-20th century; “Game One, 1939 World Series,” showing the excitement in the crowded stadium and onthefield of play; and “Franklin and Eleanor,” a warm image that captures a private laugh the Roosevelt’s shared one day while out in the public eye. Another decorating theme might include images by fine artists, or photographsof peaceful natural settings. At Corbis, you can also find an extensive collection of fine art reprints by Monet, Cezanne, Renoir, Rembrandt, Van Gogh and others, 24 different works by photographic legend Ansel Adams and manyothers. Corbis is the leading provider of digital images, and uses extensive Internet technology to makeit easy for you to quickly and conveniently access and purchase images. For more information on decorating tips, the above-mentioned offerings and more, visit the Web site at www.corbis.com / shopping.
