You come home to rest, to relax, to feel at peace. The keyword is "home." At the end of the day, you want to arrive at a place that is yours, a place that you feel comfortable in, a place that resonates with you. Wall art of all shapes and sizes can pull a room together and add a personal touch.

If your passion is your family, chances are family photos will be found throughout your home. If your passion is sports, then pennants, baseballs and other sports memorabilia are probably on display. And if your passion is books, undoubtedly, you have overflowing bookshelves and a favorite reading corner. These are the things that make your house different from your next-door neighbor's. These are the things that make it HOME.

Choosing the right furniture may seem simple compared with choosing decorations to adorn your walls and corners. Say you find a couch that is wonderful to sink into at the end of a long day. It fits your space and your color scheme; it's comfortable to sit in; and you can afford it. Choosing wall art is not much different. Simply pair that couch with an attractive focal point on the wall that screams "you" and you have your own special haven.

Though each room has its own use, all the walls and decorations should fit your personality and lifestyle. You could choose bold colors and edgy geometric designs for the family room and then soft pastels and flowing lines for the bedroom. You could line your kitchen wall with trivets and travel souvenirs, or, if you just love to cook, you could hang a set of copper pots and pans. Your den might have darker, subdued walls, a reading lamp next to a rocker and a shelf bearing your favorite novels for late-night reading.

Bobi, a homeowner in New Jersey, is proud of her living room collection of art projects, drawings and paintings that her children, and even her dad, made for her. "If I am going to hang something on my wall and live with it, it needs to have special meaning for me," she says. She also loves going to thrift shops to find different items that pair together for placement around the rest of her home.

Maggie loves what she affectionately calls her "Rogue's Gallery," an entire living room wall of family photos that show her children growing up; nieces and nephews; siblings and parents. "I like being surrounded by my loved ones," she says.

You can find plenty of interesting items to adorn your walls. Hit up a few garage sales or flea markets to find items that speak to you, everything from college pennants to antique soda-shop signs to vintage plate collections. For a girl's room, if you like whimsy, find a half-dozen or so straw hats with flowing ribbons to group together and hang over her bed. For a boy's bedroom, find a cork wall hanging and tack on baseball cards.

Anything that strikes your fancy and sparkles with your personality can go on a wall. Try an assortment of odd-shaped mirrors with and without frames. You can draw musical notes or hang music sheets on the wall by a piano. A large framed photograph of a honeymoon beach will add romance to a couple's bedroom. You can make a wonderful display using bunches of paper fans, placemats from old-time restaurants, book covers, bookmarks, souvenir spoons, shells glued onto a board -- whatever your imagination devises. If the display says something to you and about you, it works.

Don't forget your bathroom walls; they are just waiting for your creative touch. Things like old cosmetic ads could be framed, or made into a decoupage, and hung in a powder room. Paint an upstairs bathroom with a vivid color, or use moisture-resistant tape to paint geometric patterns.

There is no right way to decorate your home. Wall art is a creative way to showcase your personality, your favorite memories or what's important to you. Just follow your whims and allow your wall art to show your self-expression.