The Frame

Exploring art, space, and the stories behind the frame


How to Display Typography Prints Without the Clutter

How to Display Typography Prints Without the Cl...

Clara Bell

Typography prints break the rules of normal art display. Text demands to be read, not just glanced at, which means the standard gallery wall advice you've absorbed from interiors content...

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How to Build a Picasso Gallery Wall That Actually Works

How to Build a Picasso Gallery Wall That Actual...

Clara Bell

Most gallery wall guides tell you to "play around with the layout" and "trust your eye." That advice is useless when you're staring at over a hundred Picasso prints trying...

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How to Build a Market-Themed Gallery Wall That Feels Well-Travelled

How to Build a Market-Themed Gallery Wall That ...

Miles Tanaka

A gallery wall of market scenes does something a single print never can: it tells a story across cultures. You're not decorating with one image, you're curating a small museum...

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How to Display Art Prints at Home: Hanging, Grouping, and Layout Ideas

How to Display Art Prints at Home: Hanging, Gro...

Clara Bell

Most art prints don't look bad because of the print. They look bad because they've been hung 15cm too high, spaced like strangers at a bus stop, or floated above...

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How to Build a Folk Art Gallery Wall (With Layouts That Actually Work)

How to Build a Folk Art Gallery Wall (With Layo...

Clara Bell

You've collected the prints. You've got a tape measure, a pencil, and a wall that's been blank for months. This guide takes you from indecision to nails in the plaster,...

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How to Build a Face Art Gallery Wall That Actually Looks Intentional

How to Build a Face Art Gallery Wall That Actua...

Jasmine Okoro

Face art is having a moment, but most gallery walls built around it look chaotic, creepy, or both. The difference between a wall that feels curated and one that feels...

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Canvas Print Sizes: A Room-by-Room Guide to Getting It Right

Canvas Print Sizes: A Room-by-Room Guide to Get...

Jasmine Okoro

Sizing canvas wall art is the single most second-guessed decision in interior decorating. Almost everyone defaults to "safer" smaller sizes and almost everyone regrets it once the piece is on...

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How to Build a Figure Art Gallery Wall That Feels Curated, Not Clinical

How to Build a Figure Art Gallery Wall That Fee...

Clara Bell

Figure art is one of the most rewarding subjects to build a gallery wall around, and one of the easiest to get wrong. Hung carelessly, a row of nudes can...

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How to Decorate with Australian Art Prints (Without Making Your Home Look Like a Tourism Office)

How to Decorate with Australian Art Prints (Wit...

Clara Bell

You love Australia. You also don't want guests walking in and assuming you work part-time for Tourism NT. The good news: there's a clear difference between a home that nods...

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How to Build a Street Art Gallery Wall That Doesn't Look Like a Mess

How to Build a Street Art Gallery Wall That Doe...

Jasmine Okoro

Street art was made to break rules, which is exactly why it intimidates people on gallery walls. The good news: its inherent chaos is actually a feature, not a bug....

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Building a Pop Art Gallery Wall for Your Kitchen-Diner (Step by Step)

Building a Pop Art Gallery Wall for Your Kitche...

Jasmine Okoro

Kitchen-diners are the most underused canvas in the modern home. You spend more waking hours here than anywhere else, the lighting tends to be excellent, and the dual function of...

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Best Street Art Prints for Living Rooms (That Actually Look Sophisticated)

Best Street Art Prints for Living Rooms (That A...

Clara Bell

Street art has a reputation problem in living rooms. The fear is that anything with spray paint energy will pull the room towards dorm-poster territory and undo all the work...

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

Landscape vs Portrait Prints: How to Pick the R...

Jasmine Okoro

Most people pick art the wrong way round. They fall in love with an image, order it in whatever orientation it comes in, and then try to wedge it onto...

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How to Build a White Gallery Wall That Looks Curated, Not Bare

How to Build a White Gallery Wall That Looks Cu...

Clara Bell

A white gallery wall is the hardest type to get right and the most rewarding when you do. Done well, it reads as quiet confidence. Done badly, it looks like...

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How to Build a Dog-Themed Gallery Wall That Looks Intentional (Not Obsessive)

How to Build a Dog-Themed Gallery Wall That Loo...

Jasmine Okoro

Loving your labrador is not a design problem. Decorating a wall with eight prints of one is. This guide gives you the rules, the layouts, and the exact size combinations...

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Building a Gallery Wall Around Vase Art Prints

Building a Gallery Wall Around Vase Art Prints

Miles Tanaka

Vase prints are the most underrated anchor subject in wall art. The vertical shape gives a gallery wall a built-in compositional spine, and the painterly subject matter sits comfortably alongside...

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How to Build a Music Gallery Wall That Actually Looks Curated

How to Build a Music Gallery Wall That Actually...

Jasmine Okoro

Most music gallery walls fail for the same reason: they're built one print at a time, with no plan. This guide gives you the measurements, the layout templates and the...

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How to Style Vintage City Prints Without Looking Generic

How to Style Vintage City Prints Without Lookin...

Miles Tanaka

Vintage city prints are the easiest art category to get wrong. They're widely available, instantly recognisable, and almost designed to read as filler when hung without thought. This guide is...

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Why Impressionist Art Looks Incredible in Modern Living Rooms

Why Impressionist Art Looks Incredible in Moder...

Clara Bell

There's a quiet contradiction in how we decorate now. We chase clean lines and quiet palettes, then hang 150-year-old paintings of poppy fields above the sofa. It works, beautifully, and...

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How to Build a Floral Gallery Wall Around Bouquet Prints

How to Build a Floral Gallery Wall Around Bouqu...

Jasmine Okoro

You bought a bouquet print. You hung it up. You love it. And now the wall around it looks emptier than before. This guide is for that exact moment, with...

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