The Frame

Exploring art, space, and the stories behind the frame


How to Decorate With Fashion Prints: A Room-by-Room Styling Playbook

How to Decorate With Fashion Prints: A Room-by-...

Miles Tanaka

Fashion prints are the most underused category in wall art. People think they belong in dressing rooms or nowhere, then default to landscapes and abstracts everywhere else. This is a...

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How to Build a Sea Life Gallery Wall That Actually Looks Curated

How to Build a Sea Life Gallery Wall That Actua...

Jasmine Okoro

Most gallery wall guides assume you already own the art. This one helps you choose the right combination of marine prints from the start, so you end up with something...

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How to Hang Abstract Art Prints: Sizing, Spacing, and Placement Rules That Actually Work

How to Hang Abstract Art Prints: Sizing, Spacin...

Clara Bell

Most art looks wrong on the wall because it's hung too high, sized wrong for the furniture below it, or spaced like an accident. The rules below fix all three....

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Yellow Botanical and Flower Prints: The Timeless Subject That Works Everywhere

Yellow Botanical and Flower Prints: The Timeles...

Clara Bell

Botanical art has been hanging on walls for over four centuries, and yellow flowers have been the quiet star of the genre for almost as long. The reason is simple:...

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How to Choose Art Prints You Won't Regret: A Practical Decision Framework

How to Choose Art Prints You Won't Regret: A Pr...

Jasmine Okoro

You don't need good taste to buy good art. You need a system. This guide replaces vague advice like "trust your gut" with a concrete checklist that takes you from...

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How to Hang Landscape Art Prints: Heights, Spacing, and the Rules Worth Breaking

How to Hang Landscape Art Prints: Heights, Spac...

Jasmine Okoro

You've just unwrapped a landscape print, you're holding a pencil, and the wall is staring back at you. This guide is for that exact moment. We'll cover the rules that...

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Beyond the Band Poster: Music-Inspired Wall Decor That Actually Looks Good

Beyond the Band Poster: Music-Inspired Wall Dec...

Jasmine Okoro

Loving music and decorating like an adult are not mutually exclusive, but most music wall decor would have you believe otherwise. The problem is one of literalism: tour posters, album...

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How to Build a Gallery Wall Around Minimal Line Art

How to Build a Gallery Wall Around Minimal Line...

Miles Tanaka

Most gallery wall guides treat every print the same. They shouldn't. Building a wall around minimal line art is genuinely easier than building one around bold abstracts or photography, and...

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How to Decorate a Home Library That Feels Curated, Not Cluttered

How to Decorate a Home Library That Feels Curat...

Clara Bell

Most home libraries fail in the same way. The shelves are gorgeous, the spines are arranged with care, and yet the room feels strangely lifeless, like a set rather than...

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How to Build a Travel Gallery Wall That Looks Intentional, Not Chaotic

How to Build a Travel Gallery Wall That Looks I...

Clara Bell

Most travel gallery walls fail for the same reason: they're built one print at a time, with no plan. The result is a mismatched jumble of holiday memories that looks...

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How to Build a Coastal Gallery Wall That Doesn't Look Like a Gift Shop

How to Build a Coastal Gallery Wall That Doesn'...

Jasmine Okoro

Coastal art has a reputation problem. Done badly, it veers straight into seaside tat: rope-bordered anchor signs, watercolour seagulls, "Live Laugh Lobster". Done well, it's one of the most calming,...

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How to Build a Stunning Gallery Wall Around Sunflower Prints

How to Build a Stunning Gallery Wall Around Sun...

Miles Tanaka

Sunflowers are bold. That's the gift and the problem. Build a gallery wall around one without a plan and you'll end up with chaos; build it with the right anchor,...

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How to Decorate a Wall That Already Has Windows (Without It Looking Crowded)

How to Decorate a Wall That Already Has Windows...

Jasmine Okoro

A wall with a window in it is the most awkward wall in your house. It's not blank enough to fill, not full enough to leave alone, and every guide...

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How to Arrange Botanical Prints into a Gallery Wall That Looks Intentional

How to Arrange Botanical Prints into a Gallery ...

Clara Bell

Botanical prints are the easiest art category to love and the easiest to mess up on a wall. The subjects are varied (ferns, palms, wildflowers, mushrooms, cacti) which means cohesion...

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Vintage Art Prints for the Living Room: What Actually Works (and What Doesn't)

Vintage Art Prints for the Living Room: What Ac...

Clara Bell

Vintage prints are having a moment, but most living rooms get them wrong. Too small, badly framed, or hung at random heights that turn a sofa wall into visual noise....

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How to Build a Cat Gallery Wall That Actually Looks Good

How to Build a Cat Gallery Wall That Actually L...

Clara Bell

A cat gallery wall can absolutely look curated, grown-up, and design-led. The trick is treating it like any other gallery wall, then applying a specific ratio of themed to non-themed...

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How to Build a Dublin Gallery Wall That Actually Looks Pulled Together

How to Build a Dublin Gallery Wall That Actuall...

Miles Tanaka

Most people who want a Dublin gallery wall stop at one print. Not because they don't want more, but because they're worried five Dublin prints on one wall will look...

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Poster Decorating Ideas That Actually Make a Room Feel Finished

Poster Decorating Ideas That Actually Make a Ro...

Jasmine Okoro

A room with bare walls feels unfinished even when the furniture is perfect. Posters are the fastest, cheapest, lowest-commitment way to fix that. This is a guide to using them...

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Building an Italy Gallery Wall: The 3-5-7 Rule and Other Tricks That Actually Work

Building an Italy Gallery Wall: The 3-5-7 Rule ...

Miles Tanaka

Most people buy Italy prints the wrong way. They fall in love with a Venice canal, then a Tuscan hillside, then a Rome archway, and end up with a dozen...

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Minimalist Beach Decor Ideas That Actually Work (No Seashells Required)

Minimalist Beach Decor Ideas That Actually Work...

Jasmine Okoro

Coastal style has a branding problem. Somewhere between holiday cottages and gift shops, it picked up a reputation for being twee, themed, and slightly past it. The good news is...

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