Lakehouse Portrait Co. · Original wall art for lake rentals
Lake House Rental Wall Art for the Rooms Guests See First
Original water, woodland, native-plant, and freshwater-wildlife art for the lake home you rent to guests. This room-by-room guide shows you how to choose pieces that suit the property and show clearly in listing photographs.
Beneath Ancient Leaves · gallery-wrapped Canvas in a screened porch overlooking green water.
Your first five listing photos
Your first five listing photos show which walls matter most.
The cover image and next four wide photographs show the rooms at the scale guests will actually see them. A clearly visible wall in that sequence gives the artwork a place in both the room and the listing.
Free recommendations from Rachel
Show me the rooms you want help with.
Use this worksheet to send your room details directly to me. Fill in one room or all five, then attach the listing photographs so I can look at the actual property before I recommend anything.
I will look at the property, the wall proportions, the colors already in the room, and the water or habitat outside. My work as an artist and my experience as a custom master framer both matter here. I pay attention to the image, the wall, the size, the framing, and how the piece will actually hang. The advice is free, and there is no purchase required.
Your cover photo
Does your main room have one clear wall you can finish without competing with the lake view?
Gathering room
Check the wall guests see across your sofa, dining table, or main seating group.
Primary bedroom
Look for an above-bed or dresser wall that still shows clearly in your doorway photograph.
What guests see at the door
Use an entry or passage wall to connect that first inside view to the lake or woodland outside.
The room guests remember
Then check your porch, bunk room, game room, kitchen, bath, or whichever room guests are most likely to remember.
Airbnb emphasizes the cover and first five listing photographs, while Vrbo notes that photographs are among the first things travelers see. Those early images are why your most visible walls belong at the top of the plan. Airbnb photo-tour guidance · Vrbo listing guidance
A practical wall count
One wall, three walls, or five.
Your listing order provides the sequence; room layout, existing furnishings, and budget can adjust it.
Finish your main gathering room
The wall that appears most clearly in your cover or first shared-room photograph deserves the first piece. I would rather see one piece properly scaled to the wall than several small pieces added because the space looked empty.
Add your main bedroom and arrival
Your primary guest bedroom and the entry or passage guests see next complete a three-wall plan. One repeated part of the lake—a color, plant, animal, or kind of water—can connect them while each room keeps different artwork.
Add the rooms that distinguish your rental
A five-wall plan can continue into your breakfast nook or kitchen, then a bath, porch, bunk room, game room, or secondary bedroom that guests will remember.
Why work with Lakehouse Portrait Co.?
The house should belong to the lake outside.
It needs to feel like someone noticed where the house actually is.
I make original freshwater artwork shaped by the whole place around the water: reflected color, wooded banks, native plants, fish, birds, mammals, sandstone, moss, and the quieter life at the edge of the lake.
A large Canvas or wall tapestry can fill a blank wall with the water, woods, plants, or wildlife of the area. It gives the room real color and gives your listing another photograph with something worth noticing.
That matters before a guest arrives. Waterfront rentals are usually discovered through a screen, where several properties may offer similar beds, docks, kitchens, and views. A well-scaled piece gives the eye somewhere to land and helps guests remember which property they were looking at.
Airbnb says strong listing photographs attract attention, set expectations, and help guests feel confident enough to book. It specifically tells hosts to show unique details, including artwork. Read Airbnb’s photo guidance.
A 2023 Airbnb study found that living-room cover photographs and more interior-design elements were associated with higher booking rates. In the specific 16-night holiday period studied, a living-room cover image corresponded with a 35% higher booking rate. Read the study.
A 2024 study of 99,757 Texas Airbnb listings found that a moderate degree of aesthetic distinctiveness produced the strongest revenue performance. In other words, the middle range performed best. Read the study.
A 2024 Auburn doctoral dissertation found that perceived novelty and location authenticity positively influenced visual response, booking intention, and willingness to pay. The same research also found a downside to excessive complexity. Read the research.
Artwork is one part of a good rental, alongside cleanliness, accurate photographs, good reviews, responsive hosting, and the amenities guests expect. A well-chosen piece can strengthen the photographs and make the property easier to remember. The research cannot promise a specific increase in bookings or revenue.
I help you choose a few pieces that suit the actual property: the water outside, the surrounding habitat, the colors already in the rooms, how each room is used, and the scale of the wall. The house should stay comfortable and easy for guests to use. The artwork should make it feel more considered, more memorable, and more like this particular place.
I create artwork for people who feel more like themselves near water. A waterfront rental should give its guests that feeling, too.
Keep the place, skip the theme
Connect the rooms to the lake without making them match.
Choose a few pieces that belong with the water outside: its reflected color, wildlife, plants, stone, and the particular kind of quiet guests came there to experience.
I would start by asking what guests actually see from the property: open water, a wooded cove, a creek arm, a rocky bank, or a dock beneath the trees. The artwork should belong to that place instead of looking like generic lake décor that could hang anywhere.
- Water and reflected color
- Wooded banks and sandstone
- Freshwater wildlife
- Native plants and woodland
Artwork and your rental
The light and materials already in your rental point toward certain colors, subjects, and sizes.
Choose the artwork you love first, then repeat one or two of its quieter colors in bedding, pillows, towels, or a chair. That usually makes a more natural room than searching for art that disappears into an existing color scheme.
If your rental has older wood
Earth, moss, copper, cream, and shaded water suit rooms with older wood. A larger Canvas gives the artwork enough scale beside pottery, books, and inherited furniture while the room stays warm.
If your rental is bright and cottage-like
Clear daylight supports woodland green, pale blue, coral, plum, or warm gold. Light frames leave useful wall space around hooks, shelves, and furniture.
Your Art Print arrives unframed; the frame, mat, and glazing shown here are styling examples.
View Carolina Wren Art Print sizes & price →If your rental pairs timber with cool water
Lake-glass aqua, indigo, graphite, and restrained gold sit well beside timber walls. A larger work can remain visible there while still leaving the lake view in charge.
If your rental is built for gathering
One visible wildlife piece or a larger textile brings color to the room while tables, storage, and walkways stay open for guests.
Your indoor wall tapestry has clean hemmed edges; you supply the hanging hardware.
View Wildcat Above the Gorge tapestry sizes & price →Shop for your rental
Choose artwork that suits the room and what guests see outside.
Compare what you see, where it could hang, whether it is Canvas, an archival paper giclée, a Lakehouse Goods Art Print, or a wall tapestry, and its starting price. Each product page shows the exact sizes and current price. Standard U.S. shipping is included in listed prices.
Canvas · Over a sofa, bed, or sideboard
Azalea Bend in High Water
Red azalea, high water, and wooded banks fit a horizontal wall above a sofa, sideboard, or bed.
From $59 · View sizes & price →
Canvas · Large living- or dining-room wall
Blue Hills with Lilac Water
Pale hills, lilac water, and late gold remain clear across a living or dining room in this horizontal lake view.
From $69 · View sizes & price →
Paper giclée · Square and sold unframed
Smallmouth Bass in Clear Water
This square view of blue-green water and a bronze fish fits a breakfast nook, game room, or grouped wall.
From $42 · View sizes & price →
Goods Art Print · Sold unframed
Black Bear Forest
An Appalachian black bear among rhododendron, moss, fungi, and stone belongs in a guest room, hall, or reading corner where a framed work fits the wall.
From $19 · View sizes & price →
Goods Art Print · Sold unframed
Red Fox in the Muscadine Vines
A red fox among muscadine vines and oak brings warm forest-floor color to a bedroom, entry, or smaller gathering-room wall.
From $19 · View sizes & price →
Wall tapestry · Larger indoor wall
Chipmunk Under the Sassafras
Sassafras, ferns, fungi, lichen, and an Eastern chipmunk make this wall tapestry a strong fit for a bunk room, game room, or casual gathering space.
From $49 · View sizes & price →
Canvas · Water and reflected color
Blue-Gold Stillness
Blue water, pale gold light, and a dark shoreline give an open room visual depth.
From $59 · View sizes & price →
Canvas · Native plants and clear water
Great Laurel Over Clear Creek
White rhododendron blooms, evergreen shade, creek stones, and clear blue-green water suit a bedroom, hall, or reading room.
From $49 · View sizes & price →Open water, still coves, late gold, blue-green depth, and remembered lake light.
Shop by habitat Native plants and banksRhododendron, azalea, magnolia, milkweed, sandstone, creeks, and forest shade.
Shop by subject Freshwater wildlifeFish, birds, mammals, turtles, crawfish, and the habitats that make them belong.
Shop by place Named lakes and remembered placesFind artwork through lake, region, subject, color, room, collection, and story.
Room-by-room planning
Use water in one room, wildlife in another, and native plants in a quieter corner.
For each room, check three things: what guests see in your listing, whether Canvas, framed paper, or a tapestry suits the wall, and what could block or damage the artwork.
Let your guest bedrooms relate without matching.
Give your bedrooms a shared color family, habitat, or quality of light instead of repeating the same piece. Keep above-bed artwork visible from the doorway so your wide photograph can show it clearly.
- What guests see
- Your bed wall looks finished in one wide view.
- Choose from
- A horizontal Canvas, paired paper prints, or a tapestry sized for the open wall.
- Watch for
- Artwork hidden behind lamps, headboards, or a tight crop.
Use the wall guests see when they open the door.
An entry or passage wall can introduce the water or woodland outside as soon as guests step in. Keep hooks, luggage space, door swings, and walkways fully usable.
- What guests see
- Your first view inside includes water, woodland, wildlife, or native plants from the region.
- Choose from
- A tall Canvas, framed paper, or a lightweight textile on an open wall.
- Watch for
- Art competing with coat hooks, door swings, or luggage zones.
Use the wall your guests see from the whole table.
Put the color on the wall and keep the tabletop open. Match the artwork shape to the wall and furniture; a long opening usually needs a horizontal piece.
- What guests see
- The eye lands on one finished wall beyond the table and seating.
- Choose from
- A horizontal or square Canvas, framed paper, or a broad textile.
- Watch for
- Pendants, chair backs, or shelves cutting through the artwork in the camera view.
View Crawfish at the Water’s Edge giclée sizes & price →
Use a kitchen wall that stays clear of work zones.
Use a small fish, bank, botanical, or lake detail near your breakfast area or on an open kitchen wall. Keep the artwork away from water, grease, heat, cabinet doors, and heavily handled areas.
- What guests see
- Your functional room gains one specific freshwater detail.
- Choose from
- A smaller Canvas or framed paper on a dry, open wall.
- Watch for
- Steam, splatter, direct heat, cabinet doors, and lost counter space.
Use one smaller piece in a bath, hall, or reading corner.
One vertical wildlife or botanical piece is often enough for a bath, reading corner, or short hall. Place it on a dry wall where mirrors, towels, storage, and walkways stay clear.
- What guests see
- The room gains one distinct detail that still shows in a wide photograph.
- Choose from
- A small or medium Canvas, or carefully framed paper in a dry location.
- Watch for
- Direct water, steam, towel bars, doors, and mirror reflections.
Bunk rooms, game rooms, and screened porches
In your bunk or game room, keep artwork clear of beds, ladders, game storage, and active table space. An Art Puzzle can add an activity without taking over a wall. On your screened porch, use indoor products only where the artwork stays protected from moisture and weather. See Lakehouse Goods Art Puzzles.
How the artwork arrives and hangs
Choose the artwork that fits the wall and the way you want to hang it.
For a rental, I pay attention to how the artwork arrives and hangs as much as the image itself. Canvas is lightweight and generally ready to hang without glass in a busy guest space. A large tapestry can cover a difficult wall with color and softness. An archival paper giclée or Lakehouse Goods Art Print lets you choose the frame. The right choice depends on the room, the size of the wall, and how guests will use the space.
Gallery-wrapped Canvas
Canvas works when: you want a finished, frame-free piece that remains visible across the room.
Your Canvas arrives gallery wrapped and is generally ready to hang. Most Lakehouse Canvas products are matte; check the individual product page for the exact finish and hardware.
Archival paper giclée
A giclée works when: you want to match the frame, mat, and glazing to your room.
Your print is made on soft, lightly textured Hahnemühle Bamboo 290 archival fine art paper with a matte finish and arrives unframed and unmatted. Any styled frame, mat, or glazing is not included.
Lakehouse Goods Art Print
An Art Print works when: standard frame sizes make it easier to furnish one room or several.
Your print is produced in the USA on 230 gsm archival matte paper and arrives unframed. You supply the frame, mat, and glazing.
Wall tapestry
A tapestry works when: a lightweight textile suits your larger indoor wall better than a rigid frame.
Your 100% polyester tapestry has clean hemmed edges and arrives lightweight and foldable. You supply the hanging hardware.
Check your size from the doorway
Check the artwork from the doorway and your listing-photo angle.
Check the size from three places: directly in front of the wall, your usual listing-photo position, and the doorway guests enter through.
- 01Stand in your doorway or usual wide-photo position.
- 02Take a landscape phone photograph with the room arranged for guests.
- 03Measure your open wall and the sofa, bed, console, table, or mantel beneath it.
- 04Compare your measurements with the exact sizes offered for the artwork.
Useful measurements: leave about 5–7 inches between the bottom of the artwork and the fixed edge of a sofa, headboard, console, or dresser. On a wall without furniture beneath it, place the artwork center about 57–60 inches from the floor, then check the real sightline. Preserve the actual product size rather than enlarging the artwork in a styled room image to satisfy a decorating formula. Sources: Pottery Barn · Framebridge · West Elm
Check your light, wall, and turnover needs
Plan for the wall you actually have.
Before you order, check your daylight, wall material, product finish, and mounting method. Those conditions matter more than a universal decorating rule.
Light and glare
Photograph your empty wall at the same time of day you use for the listing. Many Canvas surfaces are matte, but not all, and matte paper can still sit behind reflective glass or acrylic.
Secure mounting
Use mounting hardware rated for the product weight and your wall material. Follow the product instructions and any installation rules for your rental.
Useful surfaces stay clear
Use the wall for the artwork, and keep counters, bedside tables, dining surfaces, storage, towel areas, and game tables open for guests and cleaning.
Before you order
Know what will arrive—and what you still need to supply.
Your Canvas arrives gallery wrapped and is generally ready to hang. You do not need a separate decorative frame; check the product page for exact finish and hardware notes.
Your giclée or Goods Art Print arrives unframed. You supply any frame, mat, and glazing shown in room images.
Your indoor wall tapestry has clean hemmed edges. You supply rods, dowels, clips, hooks, rails, or other hanging hardware.
Standard U.S. shipping is included in listed prices. If you change your mind about size, color, or room fit, begin an eligible return within 7 days; return shipping is your responsibility. Damaged or incorrect orders are handled separately.
Questions before you order
Answers for planning and ordering artwork for your rental.
For details tied to a specific product, use the Canvas FAQ, paper-print FAQ, or Lakehouse Goods FAQ.
Can Rachel help me choose artwork for several rental rooms?
Yes. Fill out the five-photo wall plan and email it with the listing photographs for the rooms you want help with. Rachel will look at the artwork as an artist and at the wall using her experience as a custom master framer, then recommend specific artwork, shapes, sizes, and whether Canvas, an archival paper giclée, a Lakehouse Goods Art Print, or a wall tapestry makes the most sense. The advice is free.
Can wall art improve my vacation-rental listing?
Well-scaled artwork gives the eye somewhere to land in a wide listing photograph and can make the room easier to remember. Bookings still depend on the property itself, the photographs, reviews, hosting, and amenities; artwork cannot guarantee a particular result.
Is U.S. shipping included, and when should I order?
Standard U.S. shipping is included in listed prices. Plan on generally 7–10 calendar days for Canvas and wall tapestries, and about 10 days–2 weeks for archival paper giclées. Check the current policy and product page before ordering for a specific date.
Which wall should I decorate first in my lake rental?
Start with the wall that appears most clearly in your cover image or first wide photograph of the main gathering room. If that wall is already finished, move to your primary guest bedroom or the first interior view from the entry.
How large should wall art be in my rental listing photos?
Your artwork should still show clearly in a wide photograph taken from the doorway or your normal listing-camera position. Measure the open wall and any furniture beneath it, then compare those measurements with the exact sizes on the product page.
What if my budget only covers one or three pieces?
For one piece, address your main gathering-room wall. For three, add your primary guest bedroom and an arrival or passage wall. Use your actual listing-photo order and room layout to adjust that sequence.
How do I coordinate several rooms in my rental without making them match?
Choose one or two parts of the lake to repeat, such as blue-green water, late gold on a bank, wooded shorelines, native plants, or freshwater wildlife. Vary the subject and artwork shape so each room keeps its own character.
Which is more practical for my rental: Canvas, a paper print, or a tapestry?
Choose Canvas when you want a gallery-wrapped piece that generally arrives ready to hang. Choose an archival paper giclée or Lakehouse Goods Art Print when you want to select the frame and glazing. Choose a wall tapestry for a larger, lightweight textile presence; hanging hardware is not included.
Are frames, mats, or tapestry hanging hardware included?
Your Canvas arrives gallery wrapped and does not need a separate decorative frame. Your archival paper giclée or Lakehouse Goods Art Print arrives unframed, so you supply the frame, mat, and glazing. You also supply your tapestry hanging hardware.
What if the artwork does not fit my room or arrives damaged?
If you change your mind about the size, color, or room fit, begin an eligible return within 7 days of delivery; return shipping is your responsibility. If your order arrives damaged, defective, or incorrect, contact the studio within 7 days with photographs of the item, packaging, and shipping label.
Will my Lakehouse Canvas be matte and low glare?
Most Lakehouse Canvas products are matte, but check the individual product description for the exact finish. Paper can be matte while the glass or acrylic you select for framing may still reflect light.
What does lake house rental wall art mean?
Lake house rental wall art is artwork chosen for a lake home that you rent to guests. Here, it means original water, woodland, native-plant, and freshwater-wildlife artwork chosen for the rooms guests will see, sized to show clearly in listing photographs, and selected with the surrounding water and habitat in mind.
A house that belongs to the place
The most memorable rentals feel like someone noticed where they were.
The first wall guests see in your listing is the natural place for one strong piece. Original water, woodland, native-plant, or freshwater-wildlife artwork can show the lake and habitat guests will actually find when they arrive.