The Frame

Exploring art, space, and the stories behind the frame


7 Layout Rules for Vintage London Print Gallery Walls

7 Layout Rules for Vintage London Print Gallery...

Clara Bell

A gallery wall of vintage London prints is one of the best ways to add character to a room, but it's also one of the easiest to get wrong. Maps...

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Why Portrait Gallery Walls Look Better with Fewer Prints

Why Portrait Gallery Walls Look Better with Few...

Jasmine Okoro

Most gallery wall guides assume you've already chosen your prints. This one starts earlier, at the part where you're staring at hundreds of options and quietly losing your mind. We'll...

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You're Overthinking Your Doodle Art Gallery Wall

You're Overthinking Your Doodle Art Gallery Wall

Jasmine Okoro

Doodle prints are the most forgiving art style you can put on a gallery wall. Their casual energy, generous negative space, and hand-drawn imperfection mean small spacing mistakes disappear instead...

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Chagall Art Prints for Every Room: A Styling Guide That Works

Chagall Art Prints for Every Room: A Styling Gu...

Jasmine Okoro

Marc Chagall's work spans dreamy blue lovers, vivid village scenes, circus performers and stained-glass-bright still lifes. That range is exactly what makes his art so useful at home, and exactly...

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7 Steps to a Pink Gallery Wall That Looks Intentional

7 Steps to a Pink Gallery Wall That Looks Inten...

Miles Tanaka

Pink gets a bad rap in interiors, mostly because it's the easiest colour to execute badly. A pink gallery wall done well looks like a curated collection in a Copenhagen...

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Building a Gallery Wall Around a Rothko Print

Building a Gallery Wall Around a Rothko Print

Jasmine Okoro

Rothko prints are seductive and unforgiving in equal measure. Get the styling right and you have a gallery wall that feels like a small private museum. Get it wrong and...

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Symmetrical or Salon Hang? Styling Your Paris Watercolour Gallery Wall

Symmetrical or Salon Hang? Styling Your Paris W...

Clara Bell

Buying a single print is easy. Buying five and trusting they'll look intentional together on your wall is the part that stops most people in their tracks. This guide walks...

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The Complete Guide to Displaying Quote Prints in Gallery Walls

The Complete Guide to Displaying Quote Prints i...

Clara Bell

Quote prints have a reputation problem. Done badly, they look like a corporate breakroom or a half-remembered Pinterest board from a decade ago. Done well, they read as considered, personal,...

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What Interior Designers Know About British Art Print Gallery Walls

What Interior Designers Know About British Art ...

Clara Bell

Most gallery wall guides obsess over nail placement and ignore the bit that actually matters: making your prints feel like they belong together. A wall featuring Edinburgh tenements, Cornish coastline,...

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You're Overthinking Your Bird Print Gallery Wall

You're Overthinking Your Bird Print Gallery Wall

Jasmine Okoro

You bought the prints. They're leaning against the skirting board. Now the wall is staring at you and the measuring tape feels like a threat. This guide gives you the...

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The Complete Guide to Styling Joan Miró Art Prints as a Gallery Wall

The Complete Guide to Styling Joan Miró Art Pri...

Clara Bell

Most gallery wall advice is generic, and most Miró advice stops at "where to buy." This guide does the bit nobody covers: how to actually arrange his work on your...

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Building a Gallery Wall Around Floral Prints: A Step-by-Step Approach

Building a Gallery Wall Around Floral Prints: A...

Clara Bell

Most gallery wall advice skips the hard part: deciding what goes where, and why. This guide assumes you've got a blank wall, you want florals at the heart of it,...

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Living Room Quote Prints: Display Ideas That Work With Photography and Illustration

Living Room Quote Prints: Display Ideas That Wo...

Miles Tanaka

Quote prints have a reputation problem. Hang too many in one room and your living room starts to feel like a wellness retreat gift shop. Done properly though, a well-placed...

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Going Big: How to Choose and Hang Large Botanical Prints Without Overwhelming a Room

Going Big: How to Choose and Hang Large Botanic...

Miles Tanaka

Large botanical prints are one of the easiest ways to give a room presence, but going big comes with practical questions most shopping guides skip. Which leaves and flowers actually...

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Why Do Most Coastal Gallery Walls Feel So Cluttered?

Why Do Most Coastal Gallery Walls Feel So Clutt...

Jasmine Okoro

Because they're built on inspiration, not logistics. People save twenty beautiful examples, buy seven prints in seven different sizes and three frame finishes, and end up with a wall that...

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12 Modern Living Room Wall Decor Ideas You Can Copy Today

12 Modern Living Room Wall Decor Ideas You Can ...

Clara Bell

Most articles about wall art will tell you to "pick something you love" and leave it there. That's why so many living rooms end up with a small print floating...

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Building a Gallery Wall with Mixed Art Periods: A Step-by-Step Approach

Building a Gallery Wall with Mixed Art Periods:...

Miles Tanaka

Most gallery wall advice treats "eclectic" as a synonym for "anything goes." It isn't. A mixed-era wall that feels collected rather than chaotic relies on specific pairings, a clear hierarchy,...

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The Complete Guide to Styling Chagall Art Prints as a Gallery Wall

The Complete Guide to Styling Chagall Art Print...

Jasmine Okoro

You bought three Chagall prints in a flush of enthusiasm, hung them in a row, and now your lounge looks like the gift shop at the end of a retrospective....

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7 Mid Century Gallery Wall Ideas That Look Professionally Curated

7 Mid Century Gallery Wall Ideas That Look Prof...

Miles Tanaka

A blank wall and a vague vision of "something mid century" is how most gallery walls go wrong. The style relies on restraint, proportion, and a confident colour palette, which...

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Stop Hanging Sketch Prints Like Regular Art: A Better Display Method

Stop Hanging Sketch Prints Like Regular Art: A ...

Jasmine Okoro

The number one mistake people make with sketch art You hang a small, thinly framed sketch on a pale wall and step back expecting magic. Instead, the print vanishes. The...

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