How to Choose Art for a New Apartment or First Home

A blank wall is not just empty — it’s a promise.
A new apartment, a first home — these spaces hold possibility. And the art you choose will shape not just the walls, but the feeling of every room.

Here’s how to begin your first art collection — and how to choose pieces that will grow with you.

🖤 1. Start with One Piece That Speaks to You

When you move into a new space, it can feel tempting to fill every wall immediately. Don’t.

Instead, start with one piece that feels like you. That’s the piece you’ll carry into every future home. A work like The Last Bloom or Soft Collapse can set the tone — and grow into the collection you’ll build over time.

✨ 2. Choose Art That Feels, Not Just Matches

Skip the “will it match my couch?” question. Instead, ask “how do I want this room to feel?”

Do you want serenity? Mourning Bloom.
Do you want energy? Fury in Bloom.
When the feeling is right, the room will follow.

🌿 3. Invest in Quality You Can Keep Forever

Your first home deserves more than temporary décor. Posters fade, mass-market prints warp — but museum-quality prints last decades.

Every piece in the Orin Kade collection is printed on archival paper with pigment inks, designed to stay as vivid as the day you hang it.

🌑 4. Play with Scale — Large or Small

A single 20” x 30” statement piece can define a living room.
A cluster of smaller prints can make a hallway into a gallery.

Pieces like Whisperform and Quiet Light are available in multiple sizes — so your art can evolve with your space.

🎴 5. Let Your Collection Grow Slowly

The best art collections aren’t built in a weekend. Buy pieces that matter to you — one at a time. Build a wall, not just a decoration.

✨ Explore the Orin Kade shop here — and start with a single piece that feels like the beginning of your new chapter.