The Frame

Exploring art, space, and the stories behind the frame


Stop Buying Random Amalfi Coast Prints: How to Curate a Gallery Wall

Stop Buying Random Amalfi Coast Prints: How to ...

Miles Tanaka

Most Amalfi Coast gallery walls fail for the same reason: they're a pile of pretty prints rather than a planned arrangement. The fix is to treat your wall like a...

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Whimsical Nature Decor That Feels Grown-Up and Grounded

Whimsical Nature Decor That Feels Grown-Up and ...

Jasmine Okoro

Whimsical nature art has a sophistication problem. Done well, a hand-illustrated fern or a watercolour fox brings warmth and personality to a room that minimalist abstracts simply cannot. Done badly,...

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Portrait vs Landscape Art Prints: How to Pick the Right Orientation for Your Wall

Portrait vs Landscape Art Prints: How to Pick t...

Clara Bell

Orientation is the decision shoppers agonise over most, and it's the one with the clearest rules. Get it right and your art looks intentional. Get it wrong and the piece...

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Transform Blank Walls with Illustration Prints: A Gallery Plan

Transform Blank Walls with Illustration Prints:...

Miles Tanaka

Most gallery wall advice tells you to "trust your eye" and "go with what feels right." That's how you end up with eleven nail holes and a wall that still...

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Transform Your Kitchen with a Food Gallery Wall That Feels Curated

Transform Your Kitchen with a Food Gallery Wall...

Jasmine Okoro

Food and drink prints are the most underrated gallery wall subject in the home. They give you instant cohesion (everyone agrees the kitchen is the right place), they invite genuine...

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7 Steps to a Curated Puppy Wall Art Gallery That Works

7 Steps to a Curated Puppy Wall Art Gallery Tha...

Jasmine Okoro

Buying puppy art is the easy bit. The hard bit is taking five or six prints you love and arranging them so they look like a considered collection rather than...

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The Maximalist Gallery Wall Edit: Curated Prints That Look Intentional

The Maximalist Gallery Wall Edit: Curated Print...

Jasmine Okoro

A maximalist gallery wall isn't chaos. It's a tightly curated argument made up of ten or fifteen prints, and the difference between "intentional" and "car boot sale" comes down to...

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You're Overthinking Your Vegetable Gallery Wall

You're Overthinking Your Vegetable Gallery Wall

Clara Bell

Vegetable prints have a reputation problem. People assume they belong in a country cottage with checked curtains, when actually they make some of the most striking, surprisingly grown-up gallery walls...

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Transform Blank Walls into a Curated Fashion Gallery in 5 Steps

Transform Blank Walls into a Curated Fashion Ga...

Clara Bell

A fashion gallery wall is one of the easiest ways to give a room personality, and one of the easiest things to get wrong. Done well, it looks like a...

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Mixing Patterns in Interior Design: A Wall Art Cheat Sheet

Mixing Patterns in Interior Design: A Wall Art ...

Miles Tanaka

Pattern mixing on walls scares people more than it should. Most guides tell you to mix scales and call it a day, which is why so many gallery walls end...

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Home Art That Reflects You: A Guide to Finding Unique Prints

Home Art That Reflects You: A Guide to Finding ...

Miles Tanaka

Most people don't end up with boring wall art because they have boring taste. They end up with it because no one taught them how to recognise what they actually...

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Geometric vs Organic Abstract Art: How to Mix Them Without Clashing

Geometric vs Organic Abstract Art: How to Mix T...

Clara Bell

Mixing geometric and organic abstract art feels risky. One side is all clean lines and structure, the other is loose, flowing, almost liquid, and putting them together on the same...

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The Complete Guide to Peacock Gallery Walls

The Complete Guide to Peacock Gallery Walls

Clara Bell

Peacock art is bold, jewel-toned, and full of personality, which makes it brilliant for gallery walls and risky in equal measure. Build it well and you get a wall that...

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Why French Impressionist Prints Work Better as a Collection

Why French Impressionist Prints Work Better as ...

Miles Tanaka

A single Monet on a wall is a lovely thing. But a thoughtfully arranged group of French impressionist prints does something a single piece can't: it creates a mood, a...

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The Best Botanical Prints for Your Living Room (And Exactly How to Hang Them)

The Best Botanical Prints for Your Living Room ...

Clara Bell

Botanical prints are the most forgiving art category in your living room. They work with almost any colour palette, never feel try-hard, and age better than abstract prints or photography....

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The Complete Guide to Styling Floral Prints in Your Living Room

The Complete Guide to Styling Floral Prints in ...

Jasmine Okoro

Floral wall art has a reputation problem. Done badly, it tips into chintzy cottage territory in seconds. Done well, it brings movement, colour and a kind of soft drama that...

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Symmetrical or Eclectic? Planning Your Hallway Gallery Wall

Symmetrical or Eclectic? Planning Your Hallway ...

Miles Tanaka

Hallways are the most underused walls in your home, and the most forgiving place to attempt a gallery wall. The narrow sightline does half the design work for you, turning...

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The Fish Wall Art Edit: Curated Picks for Every Room

The Fish Wall Art Edit: Curated Picks for Every...

Miles Tanaka

Fish art has a kitsch problem. The wrong print in the wrong frame next to the wrong cushion turns your living room into a seafood restaurant, and that fear keeps...

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What Interior Stylists Know About Window Art Ideas for Gallery Walls

What Interior Stylists Know About Window Art Id...

Jasmine Okoro

Gallery walls fail when there's no thread tying the pieces together. Window themed wall decor solves that problem before you've even started, because every print already shares the same architectural...

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New Home Art Prints: A Room-by-Room Guide to Getting It Right

New Home Art Prints: A Room-by-Room Guide to Ge...

Miles Tanaka

You've moved in, the boxes are mostly unpacked, and now you're standing in front of a wall of beige plasterboard wondering where to start. This guide treats art selection as...

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