Art above the piano

First of all, a BIG thank you to Rene from COTTAGE AND VINE  for showing our bookshelves on her blog. I love her style as a designer and felt honored to be featured. 

We were blessed to inherit a beautiful German piano from my late grandmother, who was a talented pianist. My husband and I play a little and our girls are taking lessons. Since the library wall is complete we wanted to finish this space by hanging art above the piano. Now- what to put above it? Here is a before shot.

I looked around to get ideas before I started and here are some images below that helped me come up with the direction I wanted to go in.

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Can anyone tell me the theme? Ding ding ding- botanical images hung by a grid pattern! Really, there are many options for art above a piano like a mirror, a large scale art piece, or a gallery wall look. However, I really liked the idea of using the botanical prints neatly lined up high in the shape of a rectangle. 

I bought the frames from JoAnn's on clearance and the lamps came from Home Goods.

Also, I'm thinking of upholstering the bench so it might be a bit more comfortable.

         This is the book I used for the framed prints. I absolutely LOVE botanical images and this book is a great one. You can get it here.

I'm loving having these botanical prints in our library/music room. I feel it adds some great color into our space.