Styling: How to Incorporate a Piano Into Your Room Scheme
Make your piano part of the décor with these styling ideas
Making music is one of life’s pleasures. If you’re lucky enough to have a piano in your home, make it work in the space you have by styling it to your personality and taste. Then all you’ll need to focus on is which tune to play.
Pick up the style of the room
Adorning your piano with pieces in keeping with the room’s style will help it to fit in. In this traditional space, decorative frames, which echo the overmantels (not seen) and the mirror in the stairwell, and a brass lamp, which picks up on other warm metals throughout the scheme, help the glossy black piano slot right in.
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Adorning your piano with pieces in keeping with the room’s style will help it to fit in. In this traditional space, decorative frames, which echo the overmantels (not seen) and the mirror in the stairwell, and a brass lamp, which picks up on other warm metals throughout the scheme, help the glossy black piano slot right in.
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Blend it in
You almost have to look twice to see this piano and stool, so if blending your instrument into your scheme appeals, this is the route for you. This blue is a pretty bold choice, allowing quirky ornaments and artwork to stand out, but it is a trick that would work equally with a neutral tones piano and wall colour.
You almost have to look twice to see this piano and stool, so if blending your instrument into your scheme appeals, this is the route for you. This blue is a pretty bold choice, allowing quirky ornaments and artwork to stand out, but it is a trick that would work equally with a neutral tones piano and wall colour.
Bring out the beauty
The owners of this room have played up the rich, polished wood of the piano by setting it on pale wooden parquet and teaming it with wooden furniture. The floral curtains form a pretty backdrop that lifts the timber just the right amount.
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The owners of this room have played up the rich, polished wood of the piano by setting it on pale wooden parquet and teaming it with wooden furniture. The floral curtains form a pretty backdrop that lifts the timber just the right amount.
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Tuck into an alcove
Eschew the usual fitted cupboard or shelves in an alcove and tuck in a traditional piano instead. This simple model feels like part of the family, a sentiment echoed by the Homestead artwork above, and fits unobtrusively into this spot, especially as the wood blends so beautifully with the floor.
Eschew the usual fitted cupboard or shelves in an alcove and tuck in a traditional piano instead. This simple model feels like part of the family, a sentiment echoed by the Homestead artwork above, and fits unobtrusively into this spot, especially as the wood blends so beautifully with the floor.
Ramp up the glamour
This sleek white baby grand piano is pretty glamorous all by itself. But the look is enhanced with a vase of fresh white roses and a softly gathered standard lamp. Touches of pale gold, in the fabrics and artworks, complete the sophisticated look.
This sleek white baby grand piano is pretty glamorous all by itself. But the look is enhanced with a vase of fresh white roses and a softly gathered standard lamp. Touches of pale gold, in the fabrics and artworks, complete the sophisticated look.
Big it up
Your piano doesn’t need to be a full-on grand to make an impact. Setting this modest upright at an angle across the corner of the room and backing it with a trompe l’oeil wall of books ups the grand factor. A lamp on top pools light on the keyboard to complete the mood.
Take time to put your records on with these great ideas
Your piano doesn’t need to be a full-on grand to make an impact. Setting this modest upright at an angle across the corner of the room and backing it with a trompe l’oeil wall of books ups the grand factor. A lamp on top pools light on the keyboard to complete the mood.
Take time to put your records on with these great ideas
Build it into a study space
Fitting a piano into a kids’ study area makes practise super-easy. This model is tucked between two work desks bordered by double-sided shelf units, creating a dedicated area. The bold blue is eye-catching and perfect for tempting youngsters to run through their scales.
Fitting a piano into a kids’ study area makes practise super-easy. This model is tucked between two work desks bordered by double-sided shelf units, creating a dedicated area. The bold blue is eye-catching and perfect for tempting youngsters to run through their scales.
Choose a bold colour
Give your piano bags of character by picking one in a bold colour. This blue wash suggests the changing shades of the ocean – a mood enhanced by the globes and map above.
Do you have a piano at home? How have you blended it into your scheme?
Give your piano bags of character by picking one in a bold colour. This blue wash suggests the changing shades of the ocean – a mood enhanced by the globes and map above.
Do you have a piano at home? How have you blended it into your scheme?
This black piano stands out beautifully against the white wall, and the look is given extra punch with a candyfloss-pink chair. The key here is picking strong colours for bold contrast, then reflecting them throughout the room to anchor the scheme. So the pink is picked up in the wallpaper and bench, while black features in the artwork.
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