Room by room

Stories and inspiration tagged with "Room by Room"


Why Do Garden Gallery Walls Fail Without a Proper Plan?

Why Do Garden Gallery Walls Fail Without a Prop...

Jasmine Okoro

Most garden gallery walls fail for the same reason: people buy prints they love individually, then hope they'll work together. They almost never do. This guide walks you through the...

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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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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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Stop Making Your Leaf Prints Look Like a Textbook: A Gallery Wall Guide

Stop Making Your Leaf Prints Look Like a Textbo...

Clara Bell

Leaf prints have a specific failure mode. Hang three or four of them together without thinking, and your living room starts to resemble a botany lecture. The fix is curation,...

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An Interior Stylist's Guide to Fresh Art Prints and Gallery Walls

An Interior Stylist's Guide to Fresh Art Prints...

Miles Tanaka

Most gallery wall advice tells you to "mix sizes and vary your frames" and then leaves you staring at a blank wall. This guide does the opposite. We're giving you...

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Whimsical Art Isn't Just for Kids: How to Use Playful Prints in Every Room

Whimsical Art Isn't Just for Kids: How to Use P...

Jasmine Okoro

Somewhere along the way, "playful" became code for "juvenile," and a generation of adults convinced themselves their walls had to be serious to be sophisticated. We disagree. A well-chosen whimsical...

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Bathroom Gallery Wall Ideas: 5 Layouts That Work in Tight Spaces

Bathroom Gallery Wall Ideas: 5 Layouts That Wor...

Jasmine Okoro

Bathroom walls break the rules that work everywhere else in your home. They're narrower, interrupted by towel bars and light switches, and you're standing two feet away from them while...

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You're Overthinking Your Golden Hour Gallery Wall

You're Overthinking Your Golden Hour Gallery Wall

Miles Tanaka

Gallery walls intimidate people because they assume the curation has to be invented from scratch. With golden hour photography, half the work is already done for you. The light itself...

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Lyrics Wall Art Ideas: How to Style Song Words in Every Room

Lyrics Wall Art Ideas: How to Style Song Words ...

Jasmine Okoro

Lyrics prints are the trickiest piece of wall art to style well. Unlike a landscape or abstract, text needs to be read, which means size, distance, and lighting all matter...

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How to Decorate with Vintage London Prints (Room by Room)

How to Decorate with Vintage London Prints (Roo...

Clara Bell

Vintage London prints are everywhere right now, from Brooklyn brownstones to Bristol terraces. The trick is making them feel collected and considered rather than like you raided a National Trust...

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How to Style Matisse Prints in Every Room: A Practical Room-by-Room Guide

How to Style Matisse Prints in Every Room: A Pr...

Miles Tanaka

Matisse wanted his art to function like "a good armchair" for the tired mind. That intention is the entire reason his prints work so well at home: they were designed...

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Art Nouveau in the Living Room: Prints, Palettes, and Placement That Actually Work

Art Nouveau in the Living Room: Prints, Palette...

Clara Bell

Art Nouveau is having a moment, and the living room is where most people want to put it. Done well, it adds depth, romance, and a sense of craft that...

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Best Dog Wall Art for Every Room (Not Just the Hallway)

Best Dog Wall Art for Every Room (Not Just the ...

Miles Tanaka

Dog art has an image problem. For decades it's been treated as something you tolerate in a downstairs loo or tuck behind a coat rack, as if loving your dog...

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The Best Klimt Prints for Living Rooms (and How to Hang Them)

The Best Klimt Prints for Living Rooms (and How...

Jasmine Okoro

Klimt is one of the few artists whose work can carry an entire room without feeling decorative or thin. The challenge is choosing which piece, at what size, and how...

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How to Decorate Your Living Room with Vintage Art (Without It Feeling Stuffy)

How to Decorate Your Living Room with Vintage A...

Miles Tanaka

Vintage art is having a moment, and most people are still hesitating because they worry their lounge will end up looking like a tea room. It won't, if you follow...

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How to Create a Gallery Wall Above Your Couch That Doesn't Look Like a Mess

How to Create a Gallery Wall Above Your Couch T...

Clara Bell

Most gallery walls fail for the same reasons: prints hung too high, gaps that feel random, frames that argue with each other, and a colour palette that never quite settled...

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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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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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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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