Arty home

Between the collection of gallery owner Nino Mier and his wife and Barbara Gladstone Gallery partner Caroline Luce, there are over 300 works of art.

When you think of styling art in your home, it’s easy to get stuck in the conventional gallery wall mindset. Don’t get me wrong: A gallery wall never goes out of style, and when done right, they truly reflect the personality their owners. Other configurations and places to style wall art around your home exist though, and even better, some of them don’t even require walls (!) and are extremely renter-friendly.

Designer Rebecca Summer and her husband, Sam, have lived in this 1930s building on Lake Merritt in Oakland for 10 years. "I was drawn to this building for all its architectural and ornate details like the arched doorways, 10-foot-high ceilings, and original crystal chandeliers," she writes.

When a climate-change scientist renovated her London kitchen, she and her designer didn't dare rip out the textured magenta cabinets.

As an artist, Jessica has transformed her apartment into a colorful paradise. She fills the walls with her own art and works by other artists to make her home into a bright, DIYed space.

With her innate sense of proportion and symmetry, interior designer Pallas Kalamotusis has capitalised on the lofty dimensions of a hotchpotch mansion flat in west London to create a harmonious home