The wall art style guide

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How to Style Feminine Wall Art Without Overdoing It

How to Style Feminine Wall Art Without Overdoin...

Miles Tanaka

You love the soft palettes, the figurative line drawings, the abstract florals. You also don't want your living room to read like a teenager's mood board. This guide is for...

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Styling William Morris Prints in Modern Homes Without Looking Like a National Trust Tearoom

Styling William Morris Prints in Modern Homes W...

Miles Tanaka

Morris prints carry baggage. Mention them and people picture floral wallpaper in a Cotswolds B&B, dark wood sideboards, and a doily under every lamp. That reputation is unfair, and easily...

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Why William Morris Prints Look Better in Modern Homes Than You'd Expect

Why William Morris Prints Look Better in Modern...

Miles Tanaka

The idea that William Morris prints belong in oak-panelled drawing rooms and chintzy country cottages is one of the most persistent myths in interior design. It is also wrong. His...

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How to Style William Morris Prints in a Modern Home Without Going Full Victorian

How to Style William Morris Prints in a Modern ...

Miles Tanaka

William Morris designed his patterns in the 1870s and 1880s, but the colour palettes he used (sage, ochre, deep teal, faded terracotta) are almost identical to the ones contemporary paint...

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How to Style William Morris Peacock Prints Without Your Room Looking Like a Museum

How to Style William Morris Peacock Prints With...

Jasmine Okoro

You love the pattern. You're just worried it'll make your flat look like a National Trust gift shop. Good news: peacock prints behave beautifully in modern rooms when you give...

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How to Style William Morris Prints in a Modern Home (Without It Looking Like a Country B&B)

How to Style William Morris Prints in a Modern ...

Clara Bell

Morris prints get a bad reputation they don't deserve. The patterns aren't the problem, the styling is. Done well, a Morris print in a modern room looks considered and quietly...

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How to Style William Morris Prints in Every Room of Your Home

How to Style William Morris Prints in Every Roo...

Clara Bell

Morris prints are having a moment, but the line between "considered" and "costumey" is thinner than people admit. Get the framing, scale, or pairing wrong and your living room starts...

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How to Style William Morris Animal Prints in a Modern Home (Without Looking Like a Country Cottage)

How to Style William Morris Animal Prints in a ...

Clara Bell

You love the foxes, the strawberry-stealing thrushes, the hares peering through tangled vines. You also live in a flat with white walls, a grey sofa, and an oak coffee table,...

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Modern Art Prints: What They Actually Are and How to Style Them at Home

Modern Art Prints: What They Actually Are and H...

Clara Bell

"Modern" is one of the most overused words in interiors, and one of the most confusing when you're shopping for art. This guide untangles the terminology, then gives you specific,...

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How to Build a Gallery Wall That Doesn't Look Like You Guessed

How to Build a Gallery Wall That Doesn't Look L...

Miles Tanaka

Most gallery walls fail for the same reason: people pick the art first and figure out the wall second. Reverse that order and the rest gets easier. This guide walks...

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Arts and Crafts Movement Prints: The Handmade Aesthetic Your Walls Are Missing

Arts and Crafts Movement Prints: The Handmade A...

Miles Tanaka

The Arts and Crafts movement gave us some of the most beautiful, walkable-into wallpaper and pattern design ever made. More than a century later, its prints still hold their own...

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Affordable Art Prints That Look Like They Cost Ten Times More

Affordable Art Prints That Look Like They Cost ...

Jasmine Okoro

Most "affordable" art prints look affordable. The paper curls in the frame, the colours go flat after a year by the window, and the frame itself feels like it might...

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Art for Dark Walls: What to Hang When Your Walls Are Navy, Charcoal, or Black

Art for Dark Walls: What to Hang When Your Wall...

Clara Bell

Dark walls are the easiest way to make a room feel considered, but they're the hardest backdrop to hang art on. The wrong print disappears or looks like a postage...

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Mid-Century Modern Wall Art: Prints That Suit the Style (and How to Display Them)

Mid-Century Modern Wall Art: Prints That Suit t...

Clara Bell

What Makes Art Feel Mid-Century Modern (and What Just Looks Retro) Mid-century modern refers to a specific window: roughly 1945 to 1969. It's not a vibe. It's a design movement...

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Top Wall Art Trends for 2025: What's In, What's Out, and What's Next

Top Wall Art Trends for 2025: What's In, What's...

Clara Bell

Trends aren't rules to follow blindly. They're signals about where our collective taste is heading, what's capturing our imagination, and what feels fresh right now. The wall art trending in...

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Bauhaus Wall Art for Modern Homes: A Complete Guide

Bauhaus Wall Art for Modern Homes: A Complete G...

Miles Tanaka

Most people think Bauhaus art is cold. All those geometric shapes, primary colors, and stark compositions. It looks like something that belongs in a museum, not your living room. But...

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The Power of Line Art in Calming Interiors

The Power of Line Art in Calming Interiors

Clara Bell

There's something about a single unbroken line that settles the mind. Maybe it's the way your eye follows the curve without interruption, or how the simplicity leaves room for your...

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Minimalism, But Not Boring: Subtle Prints with Power

Minimalism, But Not Boring: Subtle Prints with ...

Miles Tanaka

Minimalist art gets a bad reputation. People think it means blank walls, beige everything, and spaces that feel more like waiting rooms than homes. But real minimalist prints aren't about...

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Retro Revival: How Vintage-Inspired Art Is Trending

Retro Revival: How Vintage-Inspired Art Is Tren...

Jasmine Okoro

Right now, these prints are everywhere. The ones that look like they were pulled from a 1970s apartment or found in a vintage shop in Paris. Sun-faded palettes, serif fonts,...

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Klimt at Home: Opulence Without the Drama

Klimt at Home: Opulence Without the Drama

Jasmine Okoro

Gustav Klimt's art comes with baggage. Those shimmering golds, intricate patterns, and sensual figures can feel like they belong in a museum or a maximalist's fever dream, not your living...

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