A focal point is an element in a room that catches the eye of anyone who enters.  It causes a person to focus their attention on the room’s main element. 

Many rooms have the focal point already built in.  The focal point can be a fireplace wall, it can be a set of French doors with a wonderful view.  The focal point can even be a dramatic archway or columns in a room. 

For rooms that do not have a focal point, you can create one yourself.  You can use an entertainment center and Television set as your room’s focal point.  You can add built in bookshelves with beautiful leather bound books as your focal point.  You can add a dramatic piece of art to create the focal point in your room. 

This Cauda Three Dimensional Contemporary Metal Art, for example, makes a great focal point.  It is bold, dramatic, quite large, at 30” X 55” and 3” deep.  It is abstract, geometrical, well balanced and versatile and can be displayed in any number of ways.  With this amazing wall art sculpture on your wall, how can anyone look at anything else?

• November 2007