The Frame
Exploring art, space, and the stories behind the frame
Why Do Monet Water Lilies Prints Fail in Most R...
The problem is almost never the art. It's that people buy a 40x50cm print for a room that needs 90x60cm, hang it twelve inches too high, and pick a frame...
From Matisse to Now: Modern Artists Inspired by...
Henri Matisse spent his final decade cutting leaves out of painted paper, and somehow those shapes ended up on half the walls you'll see on Instagram today. That's not an...
Transform Your Modern Home with William Morris ...
Morris patterns have been quietly staging a comeback, and not just in draughty cottages. The designs that defined the Arts and Crafts movement are showing up in flats with concrete...
Matisse and Nature: How Plants, Gardens, and th...
Why nature was Matisse's lifelong obsession (not just a subject) Nature wasn't a motif for Henri Matisse. It was the engine of his entire practice. From his earliest Fauvist landscapes...
The Best Art Gifts for Mum: Prints She'll Actua...
Giving art is one of the most thoughtful gifts you can choose, and also one of the most nerve-wracking. What if she hates it? What if it clashes with her...
Living Room William Morris Print Sets: A Guide ...
Most styling advice tells you to cap Morris to a single hero print per wall. We disagree. Morris designed his patterns as part of total interiors, meant to layer and...
Transform Your Blank Wall with a Woodland Fox G...
A single print on a large wall almost always looks lost. The fix isn't a bigger print, it's a gallery, and a fox makes one of the best anchor subjects...
Transform Your Bedroom with Botanical Art: A Cu...
Botanical prints are the easiest art to buy and the hardest to style. One print looks considered; four looks like a garden centre gift shop. This guide is about restraint:...
Why Botanical Art Works Better in Small Living ...
Botanical art does something strange to small rooms: it softens them without crowding them. In large rooms, it often gets lost, floating on a wall that needs more weight. This...
Blending Vintage and Modern Décor? Start With Y...
Your furniture is already a mix. A mid-century sideboard here, a modern bouclé chair there, maybe your grandmother's wingback holding court in the corner. The walls are where you make...
7 Steps to Style a Woodland Gallery Wall with F...
A fox print is one of the most forgiving anchors you can build a gallery wall around. The silhouette is distinctive, the colour palette (rust, cream, charcoal, forest green) plays...
Botanical Art vs Botanical Illustration: Which ...
Google "botanical prints" and you'll fall into a terminology rabbit hole: botanical illustration, botanical art, floral prints, plant prints, specimen sheets. The distinctions matter, but not in the way most...
9 Minimalist Bedroom Decor Ideas Where the Art ...
Most minimalist bedroom guides tell you to declutter, paint everything beige, and buy a platform bed. We think that misses the point. The fastest way to define a minimalist bedroom...
Vintage or Modern Peony Prints? How to Choose t...
Peonies have been a muse for botanical artists for centuries, which means you can hang them in almost any interior and make it work. The trick is knowing which style...
The Complete Guide to Home Office Art Prints
Your home office has to pull off something strange. It needs to look composed on a Tuesday morning video call and still feel like somewhere you actually want to spend...
The Only Kitchen Art Guide Food Lovers Need
Most kitchen art advice sends you straight toward pasta cartoons, "EAT" signs, and cursive coffee quotes. If you actually care about food, you probably want something more considered on your...
Spring Botanical Prints: From Victorian Specime...
Botanical prints have been quietly running the interior design world for 300 years. The reason is simple: flowers and foliage sit comfortably in almost any room, pull colour from the...
Spring Home Decor Trends 2025: The Wall Art Tha...
Spring 2025 isn't about pastel overload or a sudden explosion of tulip prints. The interiors conversation has shifted toward quieter, more considered choices, and your walls are where that shift...
The 7 Contemporary Art Styles You'll Actually S...
"Contemporary art" gets used as a catch-all for anything that isn't a Monet print or a motivational quote, which is useless if you're trying to work out what to put...
Klimt Beyond The Kiss: Why His Landscapes and F...
Why Klimt's Landscapes Are Criminally Overlooked Everyone knows The Kiss. Fewer people know that Gustav Klimt spent every summer from 1900 to 1916 painting trees, flower beds and lakeshores so...