The following offers some suggestions of what type art you may wish to place in each room of your home.

Basically, a work of art you choose is going to reflect upon your own spirit and how you may feel about the world around you. It is very personal. Each person has a preference for particular colors and subject matter. Certain colors, shapes and subject matter certainly play a powerful part in the choice of paintings and where we hang them.

Each of the rooms in your home serve a purpose. That being said, the art work you choose should be placed in its proper placement in a home. Sometimes we are unaware that the places we live and work in affects our moods and physical well being. The art work we hang and where we place it can do that as well.

The Bedroom:

Let's look first at the bedroom which may be considered the most important room in your home. A bedroom is a room of softness, serenity, a place to relax and sleep. There will be pleasing textures. It will be a room that separates you from the happenings of the outside world. A place to rest. A place of calmness.
It makes sense to have art work with calming colors of soft greens, blues, beiges, rose and peach tones, lilacs and even a soft tint of yellow. This is the room you do not want vibrant, overbearing bright colors. Although a touch of red could be helpful to intimacy. Bright colors usually interfere with getting a restful nights sleep. It is not a good idea to place those bright colors in children's bedrooms. Artwork in a child's bedroom or a teenager's bedroom, will of course be totally different than what will hang in an adults bedroom. Choose artwork for their bedrooms based on their personalities; and have them help with the choice of artwork.
What about subject matter in a bedroom?
Landscapes, florals, garden scenes, pastoral scenes are good subject matters in a bedroom; as long as the subject matter is peaceful, serene and appealing. Since the bedroom is a private room and far more personal than the rest of the home, a scene of a special place that means a lot to you would be appropriate.
Believe it or not, one should avoid placing portraits or pictures of other family members in the bedroom. This includes photos or paintings of your children or pets because your mind reacts and causes you to subconsciously think of things that may trouble you or remind you that there are obligations to be fulfilled.
The wall that you place art on in the bedroom is important also. Of course, a work of art should be placed in the area of the bedroom that you first see upon entering the room. That could be naturally, above the bed.
Then a second location would be once in the room and settled, where do your eyes wander to? And lastly, the area one sees upon leaving the room. Perhaps three paintings in the bedroom of different sizes. Frames do not have to be the same, just similar in color and style.

The Foyer:

The entrance to you home says a lot about who you are. There is no doubt that It creates the first impression. This is where the first piece of art in your home will be seen. An art work that would express definitely who you are and make one feel welcomed would be appropriate.
Something that will help take one away from the happenings of the outside world to bring them a bit inside your world. A warm, welcoming sense of homecoming. There are even paintings available with titles reflecting that sense of homecoming.
Of course there are more contemporary styles of homes and in a case such as that, one could easily use bold colors because it would reflect back upon who you are. Use colors that reflect a sense of welcome, hope and caring.

The Living Room:

This is the room you often use to entertain guests. It is the room to have a painting or paintings that express your interests and passions. Wall groupings of paintings are nice in this room also.
If you like gardening, perhaps a garden scene; even a painting of your own garden, or a still life painting of flowers. If you enjoy going to the mountains and being outdoors with nature, then have that scene of nature or something relating to nature; or if you enjoy sailing, the beach or have your own boat. As long as it is a painting that reflects what you enjoy doing or what you want to do. Something related to your hobbies would also work. If you have traveled to Europe or other places right here in the United States, this is the place for a painting showing that type of subject matter. If you enjoy city life and city scenes, this is the room for that type of painting.
A painting that shows action if one enjoys skiing, boating, fishing or horseback riding would be appropriate also in the living room. If one is into music, this is the place to hang a painting relating to music.
Actually there are many subjects that fit in the living room. If you like abstracts and bold colors, this would be appropriate.
But, do keep in mind, the living room should have a restful feel to it also. Not as much as the bedroom, but try to keep it balanced. It is a room for lively conversation, so there are many colors that can be used in this room, including the use of red. Balance is the keyword here.

The Dining Room:

The place to relax and eat. You may wish to hang a portrait painting in this room. It is the perfect place for a portrait because dining together brings people together and reminds one of family, our roots, our family trees, our family ties. This is the perfect room to hang paintings or photos of family members. Sometimes people paint their dining room walls in red due to the stimulation of conversation in a dining room.

The Kitchen:

The kitchen today is quite often a very busy room, which is why the decor and colors should be kept more on the simplistic side. Artwork that relates to the kitchen such as still life's of fruit, vegetables, food. Paintings of country scenes, sheep, cows. The art should be complimentary to the kitchen's function.
A large painting placed on a main wall would be wonderful in a kitchen. Another wall could have a small grouping.
The color yellow is often said to be a creative color, and cooking is creative. If yellow is used, balance it out.

The Study/Den, Office:

A place for a quiet, contemplative, "time to think" type of feeling. Try artwork with blues, greens, tans, browns, gold-yellows. A little bit of red can help stimulate those creative decisions. Landscapes of nature that have trees with water can help with reflection for giving birth to new ideas.

The Family Room:

This is certainly the family gathering room for fun, play and excitement. Fun artwork can easily hang in this room.
The room where you may have games to be played. A pool table, a card table, A bar.
Perhaps you have a definitive theme in decorating such as one relating to wildlife, old movies/screen stars, music. It is a room that works for many ideas.
This is the room for art that relates to those themes.
If you have a Family room that is decorated with a wildlife theme, wonderful paintings of wildlife are available.
If it is a fun room that you can also use those bright, colorful and exciting paintings as long as it is all balanced.
You can do some wall groupings.
This is also the room that you can purchase and hang some of those comical, fun type of paintings.

The Sunroom:

This is the bright, cheery room.
It is full of light depending upon the design and style of the room and number of windows, skylights or walls you have.
If there are many windows, then that may be a bit of a problem for hanging artwork without direct sunlight on the artwork.
If there are also walls in the room without windows, it may be easier to hang artwork in the room.
Should the artwork have glass, then go with glass that helps take away the glare. Obviously, paintings without glass will work out better in a sunroom that has lots of windows. However, you still must be careful of direct sunlight.
You may have a theme in your sunroom also, perhaps a tropical theme which of course, would be perfect for those tropical looking artworks.
You may have an old-fashioned more Victorian look in your sunroom with lots of tall plants, and old-fashioned wicker. How wonderful that would be to place that same type of Victorian, nostalgic artwork in the room. Perhaps you might like to hang a wall tapestry with tassels.
A beach/ocean theme is so obvious also as far as colors and subject matter goes.
You can always mix certain styles for an eclectic look in the room.
However, my main suggestion with a sunroom is to be careful of the bright sun in the room if it has lots of windows.

The Bathroom:

Hanging original artwork in a bathroom is not really advised. If you do so, it has to be placed in an area or wall of the bathroom that does not have moisture which can eventually ruin any type of artwork. Some people have very large bathrooms and separated areas in their bathrooms. You must be the judge as to what is best in those rooms.
Prints are better in a bathroom than original work, but even prints will collect moisture. A powder room is ok to hang artwork.

Finally, Wherever you hang your artwork, be it Realistic, Impressionistic, Traditional, Contemporary, Abstract, whatever your style, let it speak of who you are and reflect upon your world, your passions, your hopes and dreams, what you love.

Artfully yours,
Sandy