Living Spaces Wall Art: Furniture Store Decor Reviews

Okay so I just spent like three weeks rotating through different Living Spaces wall art pieces in a client’s downtown loft and lemme tell you, their furniture is usually pretty solid but the wall art situation is…complicated.

What You’re Actually Getting Quality-Wise

Right so first thing, Living Spaces does this thing where they mix actual decent canvas prints with what I can only describe as glorified poster board that’ll look sad in like six months. The canvas stuff—when it’s actual canvas—holds up pretty well. I’ve got a geometric piece from them that’s been in my staging inventory for almost two years and it still looks fine. But you gotta check the product descriptions because they’re sneaky about it.

The framed prints are usually printed on paper or some kind of composite material, and the frames…okay the frames are gonna be your main issue. They use this lightweight wood composite that looks fine in photos but feels hollow when you pick it up. Not terrible for a bedroom or office, but if you’re putting it somewhere with any humidity like near a kitchen or bathroom, just don’t.

Price Points vs What You Could Get Elsewhere

Here’s where it gets interesting. A 40×60 canvas at Living Spaces runs about $150-$300 depending on sales, which honestly isn’t bad? But—and this is gonna sound weird but—I’ve found nearly identical prints on Wayfair for like $80 less. Same deal with their abstract collection, which I’m 90% sure comes from the same wholesale suppliers as HomeGoods.

The triptych sets though, those are actually decently priced. I bought the three-panel ocean series for a client’s master bedroom at $279 for all three pieces during one of their Memorial Day sales. Trying to source three coordinating pieces separately would’ve cost more and taken forever.

When Living Spaces Wall Art Actually Makes Sense

• You need something immediately and their warehouse has it in stock
• You’re furnishing a whole room and can bundle the delivery
• You found something on clearance because they rotate inventory constantly
• You need large-scale pieces over 50 inches because their sizing is pretty good

The Styles They Actually Do Well

Their modern minimal stuff is fine, nothing groundbreaking but it works. Lots of neutral abstracts, line drawings, botanical prints—the safe stuff that every furniture store carries now. I used their black and white photography series in a Scandinavian-style apartment and it looked exactly how you’d expect. Not exciting but not offensive.

Where they kinda fail is anything that’s supposed to look vintage or have texture. They had this “reclaimed wood” frame series that just looked plastic-y in person. My dog literally knocked one off the wall—long story, involve a squirrel outside the window—and the corner just crumbled. Regular wood would’ve gotten dinged, this just…disintegrated.

Oh and another thing, their oversized statement pieces are actually where I think they shine a bit. They stock these 60×80 abstracts that would cost absolutely insane amounts at actual galleries. Are they fine art? No. Will they fill a massive blank wall over your sectional? Yes. I styled a great room last month with their “Desert Minimalism” piece and it looked really good, especially for $350.

Installation Reality Check

Most of their canvas pieces come with those sawtooth hangers already attached which is…fine for lighter pieces but sketchy for anything over 30 pounds. I always replace them with proper D-rings and wire. Takes an extra fifteen minutes but I’ve had too many 2am calls about art crashing down.

The floating frame pieces sometimes come with a weird bracket system that only works on drywall. If you’ve got plaster walls or brick, you’re gonna need to figure out your own hanging situation. Wish they’d mention that in the product details but whatever.

Stuff That’s Actually Worth Buying There

1. Multi-panel sets when they’re on sale
2. Oversized canvas pieces over 48 inches
3. Metal wall sculptures—actually pretty decent quality and unique
4. Gallery wall pre-curated sets if you have zero eye for composition

What to Avoid Completely

Anything with the words “wood plank art” in the description. It’s printed on MDF with a coating that’s supposed to look like wood grain and it just doesn’t. Tried one in a farmhouse-style dining room and returned it within a week. Also their “textured” pieces that claim to have dimensional paint or whatever—it’s usually just printed texture. You can’t feel anything when you run your hand over it.

The mirrors with decorative frames are also pretty disappointing. The actual mirror quality is fine but those ornate gold frames? So lightweight they flex when you carry them. Spent an entire afternoon trying to make one work in a client’s entryway before I gave up and went to HomeGoods.

Actually Helpful Shopping Strategy

Go to the physical store if you can because the lighting in there is completely different than your house obviously, but at least you can see the actual texture and quality. I ordered this beautiful sage green abstract online that looked completely different when it arrived—way more blue-toned than the photos showed. Had to return it which was annoying.

Wait I forgot to mention their return policy is actually decent? 30 days and they’ll pick up large items for free which is clutch because who wants to repack a 5-foot canvas.

Check their clearance section in-store constantly. They markdown discontinued styles pretty aggressively and I’ve found some genuinely good deals. Got a $400 metal botanical piece for $140 because it had a tiny scratch on the frame that I couldn’t even see unless I was looking for it.

Comparing to Other Furniture Store Art

Okay so compared to West Elm, Living Spaces is cheaper but also feels cheaper. West Elm’s canvas quality is noticeably better and their prints are more curated. But you’re paying sometimes double for that.

Against Crate & Barrel—similar situation. C&B has better framing quality but way higher prices. Living Spaces sits in this middle zone where it’s better than Target or IKEA but not as nice as the higher-end furniture stores.

Ashley Furniture’s wall art is honestly comparable in quality, maybe slightly worse on the frames. Rooms To Go is about the same. If you’re shopping any of these stores you’re basically getting variations of the same mass-produced art from similar suppliers.

My Actual Recommendations By Room

Living Room: Their large abstracts work fine, especially if you’ve got high ceilings and need to fill space. Stick with canvas over framed prints.

Bedroom: The softer botanical prints are decent here, and their triptych sets create nice focal points over beds. Just avoid anything too trendy because you’ll hate it in a year.

Dining Room: Metal wall sculptures or their photography series. Something that can handle temperature changes from cooking.

Office/Study: Line drawings and minimal pieces work. Nothing too distracting. I used their architectural sketch series in a home office and it looked professional enough for Zoom backgrounds.

The Real Talk Summary

Living Spaces wall art isn’t gonna win any design awards but it’s functional furniture store art that’ll make your walls look less empty. If you’re expecting heirloom quality pieces, this ain’t it. If you need something that looks decent from ten feet away and won’t completely fall apart in two years, yeah it works.

Best strategy is honestly to mix one or two Living Spaces pieces with better quality art from other sources. Use their stuff as filler and invest in a few statement pieces from actual artists or better galleries. Nobody’s gonna inspect every piece on your walls to see where you bought it, they just see the overall vibe.

This is gonna sound weird but I actually think their metal wall sculptures punch above their weight class. Those are usually $200-$400 and look way more expensive than they are. Used a geometric metal piece in a modern condo entry and everyone assumed it was custom metalwork.

Oh and if you’re furnishing a rental or a flip property, Living Spaces wall art is perfect for that. Looks good enough to stage well, cheap enough that you’re not invested if something happens to it. I probably have like twenty pieces in my staging inventory that just rotate through different properties.