The Frame

Exploring art, space, and the stories behind the frame


Why Kitchen Wall Art Fails (And How to Get It Right)

Why Kitchen Wall Art Fails (And How to Get It R...

Jasmine Okoro

Most kitchen art fails for one of three reasons: it's hung in the wrong place, it's the wrong size, or nobody thought about what the steam would do to it....

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Matisse Cut-Outs vs Traditional Botanical Art: Which Suits Your Space?

Matisse Cut-Outs vs Traditional Botanical Art: ...

Jasmine Okoro

Both styles put nature on your wall, but they do completely different things to a room. One is quiet, studied, and architectural. The other is loud, joyful, and unapologetically modern....

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Why Matisse Botanical Prints Work in Every Room of Your Home

Why Matisse Botanical Prints Work in Every Room...

Miles Tanaka

Why Matisse's botanicals are the most versatile wall art you can buy Matisse's botanical work sits in a rare sweet spot. The shapes are bold enough to anchor a wall...

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Cherry Blossom Art Meaning: Symbolism, History, and Why It Still Resonates

Cherry Blossom Art Meaning: Symbolism, History,...

Jasmine Okoro

Cherry blossom art has a strange grip on people. You can scroll past a hundred botanical prints and stop, properly stop, at a branch of pink sakura against a pale...

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Why Does Yellow Artwork Work in Every Room of Your Home?

Why Does Yellow Artwork Work in Every Room of Y...

Clara Bell

Yellow art has a reputation problem. People love it on screen, hesitate at checkout, then default to something safer. This guide is for anyone who keeps adding a yellow print...

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The Bathroom Art Edit: 7 Print Subjects That Work in Wet Rooms

The Bathroom Art Edit: 7 Print Subjects That Wo...

Jasmine Okoro

Bathrooms are the most underused art space in the home. You have a captive audience, soft lighting, intimate scale, and three to five uninterrupted minutes for guests to actually study...

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Vintage Butterfly Prints: From Scientific Illustration to Your Living Room Wall

Vintage Butterfly Prints: From Scientific Illus...

Miles Tanaka

Butterfly prints have a reputation problem. For decades they were filed under "pretty but generic," the sort of thing you bought to fill a wall without thinking too hard. That's...

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Best Orange Artwork for Bedrooms: Shades, Sizes, and Where to Hang It

Best Orange Artwork for Bedrooms: Shades, Sizes...

Jasmine Okoro

Orange has a reputation problem in bedrooms. Designers regularly warn against bright, saturated oranges because they stimulate rather than soothe, which is the opposite of what you want in a...

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What Art Prints Are Trending Right Now (And Which Ones Will Actually Last)

What Art Prints Are Trending Right Now (And Whi...

Jasmine Okoro

Trend forecasts are usually written by people who want to sell you something next season. This one isn't. We've sorted through what's actually moving in the print world right now...

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Bathroom Wall Art Ideas That Last in Every Style and Layout

Bathroom Wall Art Ideas That Last in Every Styl...

Miles Tanaka

Bathrooms are the easiest room in the house to style with art and the room most people leave bare. The fear is humidity. The real culprit, almost always, is cheap...

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Whimsical vs Realistic Nature Art: Which One Actually Makes a Room Feel Alive?

Whimsical vs Realistic Nature Art: Which One Ac...

Clara Bell

Most articles on this topic stop at definitions. We want to help you actually choose. Whimsical and realistic nature art do very different things to a room, and the right...

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Art Deco vs Art Nouveau: A Visual Guide to Finally Telling Them Apart

Art Deco vs Art Nouveau: A Visual Guide to Fina...

Jasmine Okoro

People mix these two up constantly, and it's understandable. Both are decorative, both feel "vintage" in a glamorous way, and both lean heavily on stylised women and natural motifs. But...

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What Art Actually Works in a Kitchen (And What to Avoid)

What Art Actually Works in a Kitchen (And What ...

Miles Tanaka

Most kitchen art looks like it was chosen last, in a rush, from a homewares aisle. It doesn't have to. With the right materials and a bit of restraint, your...

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From Scientific Illustration to Monstera Minimalism: The Types of Botanical Art Explained

From Scientific Illustration to Monstera Minima...

Miles Tanaka

Botanical art has quietly become one of the most enduring categories in interior design, partly because it spans roughly 500 years of visual styles. Some of it looks like it...

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Tropical Pool Prints or Coastal Calm? Finding Your Grown-Up Style

Tropical Pool Prints or Coastal Calm? Finding Y...

Clara Bell

There's a version of coastal style that involves rope-wrapped vases and starfish in apothecary jars. This is not that guide. This is about using swimming pool wall art as the...

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Why Interior Designers Never Treat Nature Prints as an Afterthought

Why Interior Designers Never Treat Nature Print...

Clara Bell

Nature prints are the most over-bought, under-styled category in wall art. People pick a fern, hang it too high above a sofa that's too big for it, and wonder why...

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What Interior Stylists Know About Whimsical Plant Decor That Lasts

What Interior Stylists Know About Whimsical Pla...

Miles Tanaka

Botanical art has been hanging on walls since the 1700s, but the current wave of playful, illustrated plant prints is different. Stylists are leaning into it precisely because it feels...

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Boho Prints in Every Room or Just the Bedroom? A Decorating Guide

Boho Prints in Every Room or Just the Bedroom? ...

Clara Bell

Boho prints have a reputation for living almost exclusively above beds, which is a waste. They work in most rooms if you size them properly and pick the right frame....

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Art Nouveau Botanical Prints: Modern Styling or Museum Display?

Art Nouveau Botanical Prints: Modern Styling or...

Clara Bell

Art nouveau plant prints are everywhere again, and most people are styling them wrong. The line between elegant and costume-y is thinner than the search results suggest, and the difference...

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The Best Rooms for Whimsical Botanical Prints (and How to Hang Them)

The Best Rooms for Whimsical Botanical Prints (...

Clara Bell

Whimsical botanical prints get treated like a personality trait rather than a design choice. You either go all in on smiling mushrooms and dancing ferns, or you avoid them entirely....

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