Wall art [http://www.therealartco.com/content/who-we-are/] can be equally effective transforming when it is simply left on the floor and propped against the wall. Whether the walls of a room are not suitable to hang art - too many windows for example - or you just want to try something a little different; artwork on the floor can make a real impact with your room design.

Floor art, so to speak, was first made popular by the early 20th- century modernist galleries who exhibited Cubist and Post-Impressionist paintings propped against the wall. They wanted to signify this new art movements separation from the past. Traditionally paintings were hung on walls at eye height, and still are, this new wave of artists displayed their artwork on the floor, below the traditional paintings.

You may not need to make a political statement like these galleries. However you can make a strong design statement by following their lead. Here are a few tips on how create a successful 'floor art' look in your home.

Firstly you need to choose the location for the floor art within your home. Be brave with this choice as a display of floor art will look best when you allow the artwork space to speak out on its own. Allow the artwork to show off, don't crowd the display by squeezing it between items of furniture.

Once you have selected the location you can start arranging your display of artwork. Generally floor art looks best as a group so try to place a number of artworks together for greater impact. Once again be brave with this grouping by including a wide variety of sizes, formats and frames. An eclectic grouping ensures that the sum is very much greater than the parts.

With the location and artwork chosen, now it is time for you to make your floor art display work as one. To do this, overlap the artwork slightly so that they appear as a coherent whole. Experiment with the ordering and the prominence of pieces until you find the layout that works as a coherent whole.

With your floor art now complete, you may not be a pioneering gallery from the twentieth century, but you should have a much better looking home and given new life to artwork that you may have ad for years.