The Frame

Exploring art, space, and the stories behind the frame


Monet's Water Lilies: Why One Man Painted the Same Pond 250 Times

Monet's Water Lilies: Why One Man Painted the S...

Jasmine Okoro

Claude Monet spent the last three decades of his life painting one pond. He made roughly 250 canvases of the same patch of water in his garden at Giverny, working...

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What Interior Designers Know About Styling Japanese Bird Art Prints

What Interior Designers Know About Styling Japa...

Miles Tanaka

Japanese bird prints are quietly the most versatile art you can buy. They sit happily in a modernist flat, a Victorian terrace, or a beige rental, and they rarely fight...

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Botanical Prints vs. Floral Art: What's the Difference and Which Should You Choose?

Botanical Prints vs. Floral Art: What's the Dif...

Clara Bell

If you've searched for "botanical art prints" and ended up scrolling through everything from Victorian fern studies to neon abstract peonies, you're not imagining the chaos. The two categories get...

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Modern Floral Prints That Don't Look Dated: 7 Styles Worth Hanging Now

Modern Floral Prints That Don't Look Dated: 7 S...

Jasmine Okoro

Floral prints have a reputation problem. Mention them to anyone under 40 and they picture chintz curtains, peach watercolour bouquets in oval frames, or those identical rose prints that haunted...

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The Best Flower Prints for Every Room in Your Home (With Specific Picks)

The Best Flower Prints for Every Room in Your H...

Miles Tanaka

Flowers are one of the few subjects that work in almost any interior, which is exactly why most flower prints end up feeling forgettable. The trick is matching the style,...

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What Colours Go with Floral Prints? Pairings That Interior Designers Swear By

What Colours Go with Floral Prints? Pairings Th...

Jasmine Okoro

Most floral art looks beautiful on screen and then lands awkwardly in your actual room. The fix isn't more neutral walls or playing it safer with your art choice. It's...

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The 2/3 Rule for Wall Art (And How to Stop Buying Prints That Are Too Small)

The 2/3 Rule for Wall Art (And How to Stop Buyi...

Miles Tanaka

The 2/3 rule explained: how it works for sofas, beds, and console tables The principle is simple: your art should be roughly two-thirds the width of the furniture it sits...

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You're Overthinking Floral Prints: A Room-by-Room Reality Check

You're Overthinking Floral Prints: A Room-by-Ro...

Miles Tanaka

Florals carry baggage. Mention them and people picture tea rooms, dusty pastels, and their nan's spare bedroom. The truth is florals are one of the most versatile categories in wall...

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Best Prints for Bathroom Walls: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why

Best Prints for Bathroom Walls: What Works, Wha...

Jasmine Okoro

Bathroom art is the most overlooked wall in the house, which is strange because it's the room you stare at while brushing your teeth, soaking in the bath, and waking...

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Can You Hang Art in a Bathroom? Yes, and Here's Exactly How

Can You Hang Art in a Bathroom? Yes, and Here's...

Jasmine Okoro

Short answer: yes, and the worries you've inherited about humidity destroying your prints are mostly twenty years out of date. Modern printing and framing handle bathroom conditions far better than...

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Vintage Botanical Prints: The Art That Makes Every Room Feel Finished

Vintage Botanical Prints: The Art That Makes Ev...

Clara Bell

Vintage botanical prints are the closest thing wall art has to a sure bet. They work in period homes, new builds, kitchens, bedrooms, and hallways that have defeated everything else...

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Botanical vs Landscape Prints: How to Pick the Right Nature Art for Your Space

Botanical vs Landscape Prints: How to Pick the ...

Jasmine Okoro

You know you want nature on your walls. You just can't decide whether that means a single fern frond in glorious detail or a misty Highland valley stretching across the...

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The Nature Art Edit: Curated Prints for Modern Homes

The Nature Art Edit: Curated Prints for Modern ...

Jasmine Okoro

You love the outdoors, but your flat is decidedly not a cabin. The good news is that nature art belongs in modern interiors just as much as it does in...

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Vintage Butterfly Prints: From Victorian Cabinets to Modern Walls

Vintage Butterfly Prints: From Victorian Cabine...

Jasmine Okoro

Butterfly illustration has a longer, stranger history than most decor trends. What began as serious scientific record-keeping became Victorian obsession, then Art Nouveau decoration, and now sits on the walls...

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The Biggest Bedroom Artwork Mistake and How to Fix It

The Biggest Bedroom Artwork Mistake and How to ...

Jasmine Okoro

The mistake is this: treating your master bedroom like a passageway instead of a room. Most people invest in the bed, the linen, the lighting, then hang whatever poster they...

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What Interior Designers Know About Butterfly Wall Art That You Don't

What Interior Designers Know About Butterfly Wa...

Jasmine Okoro

Butterfly prints have a reputation problem, and most people styling them make the same handful of mistakes. The motif itself is genuinely beautiful, with centuries of scientific illustration and fine...

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Living Room Art Trends Worth Paying Attention To (And Ones to Skip)

Living Room Art Trends Worth Paying Attention T...

Jasmine Okoro

Living room art has changed more in the last two years than in the previous ten. The gallery wall is fading, single oversized pieces are taking over, and the warm,...

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The Best Art for a Meditation Room: Styles, Subjects, and Sizes That Work

The Best Art for a Meditation Room: Styles, Sub...

Clara Bell

Most "meditation room" art roundups confuse calm aesthetics with calm experience. A serene-looking print can still pull your eye in ten directions once you sit with it. This guide is...

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From Line Drawing to Digital: Illustration Art Styles You'll Actually Want on Your Walls

From Line Drawing to Digital: Illustration Art ...

Miles Tanaka

Illustration is having a proper moment in interiors. After years of photography and abstract dominating walls, hand-drawn and digitally-drawn work has crept back in, partly because it feels more personal...

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The Complete Guide to Styling Vintage Floral Art Prints

The Complete Guide to Styling Vintage Floral Ar...

Jasmine Okoro

Vintage florals have a reputation problem. Done badly, they look like a tea room in a heritage village. Done well, they're one of the most striking, layered things you can...

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