The Frame
Exploring art, space, and the stories behind the frame
Vintage Botanical Prints in Modern Homes: How t...
Botanical prints have a reputation problem. Done badly, they read as chintzy, twee, or straight out of a 1980s guest bedroom. Done well, they're one of the most timeless things...
The Complete Guide to Decorating with Botanical...
Botanical prints are the closest thing interior design has to a universal donor. They work with almost any style, palette, and period. Almost. This is a room-by-room guide with specific...
Botanical vs Floral Prints: Which Style Actuall...
Botanical and floral prints get lumped together constantly, and it's costing people the chance to get their walls right. They're not the same thing, they don't behave the same way...
The Best Tulip Wall Art for Every Interior Styl...
Tulips are having a proper moment in interiors, and the range of prints available can make choosing feel harder than it should be. Once you understand the four main styles...
What Do Tulips Symbolise in Art? From Dutch Sti...
Tulips carry more baggage than any other flower in art history. They've been religious symbols, financial weapons, moral warnings, and quiet objects of beauty. Understanding that lineage changes how you...
Living Room William Morris Forest Designs: Hist...
Morris and the English woodland: where the obsession began Before William Morris was a designer, a poet, a socialist, or the reluctant father of modern interior style, he was a...
Every Room Deserves William Morris Forest Print...
Morris's forest and woodland designs are the moodier cousins of his famous florals. Denser patterns, darker palettes, more visual weight per square centimetre, which is exactly why they need different...
Tulip Art for Bedrooms: The Best Colours, Sizes...
Tulips are one of the few florals that feel equally at home in a minimalist bedroom and a maximalist one. Their soft, sculptural forms and huge colour range mean you...
William Morris Animal Designs: The Complete Sto...
Animals in William Morris's original work: what he actually designed William Morris designed a surprising number of animals, but not the ones most people assume. His original wallpapers, textiles and...
Why Vintage Fish Prints Work in Modern Homes Wh...
Vintage fish prints have quietly become one of the most useful things you can put on a wall. Not because they're trendy, but because their scientific origins make them work...
Every Bird in William Morris's Designs: The Sto...
Why birds obsessed William Morris more than any other motif Morris designed acanthus leaves, willow boughs, strawberries, tulips and pomegranates, but he kept coming back to birds. Between the 1870s...
The Best Beige Art Prints for Bedrooms (And Exa...
Most guides tell you how to hang art, but not which beige prints actually suit a bedroom, or what size to buy for your specific bed. This one does both....
The Most Famous William Morris Designs, Ranked:...
William Morris designed over 50 patterns in his lifetime, and roughly six of them get all the attention. That's mostly fair, but not entirely. Here's our honest ranking of the...
Urban Jungle Interiors: Using Wall Art Instead ...
The urban jungle look is having a moment that refuses to end. But most of the people pinning those plant-drenched living rooms will never own 47 monsteras, and that's fine....
Room by Room: How to Hang William Morris Floral...
You've fallen for Morris. The question now is which floral goes where, at what size, in what frame. This guide skips the Arts and Crafts lecture and gets straight to...
Jungle Bedroom Ideas for Adults: Grown-Up Ways ...
Jungle bedrooms have a reputation problem. Search the term and you'll find nursery mood boards, cartoon monkeys, and bright kelly green walls that would keep anyone awake. The grown-up version...
The Strawberry Thief: Everything You Need to Kn...
Strawberry Thief is the William Morris design people search for by name. It's also the one most often bought badly: wrong size, wrong colourway for the room, wrong print quality...
Our Favourite Jungle Prints for Every Room: The...
Jungle prints have a reputation problem. Done badly, they tip a room into themed-restaurant territory faster than almost any other trend. Done well, they add depth, movement and a sense...
Thrushes, Hares, and Peacocks: The Animals in W...
Why Morris put animals at the centre of his designs William Morris wasn't decorating walls with cute creatures. He was making a quiet argument. While Victorian factories churned out cheap,...
From Dutch Masters to Modern Minimalism: The Ke...
Search "types of flower bouquet art" and you'll get wedding centrepieces, posy guides, and cascading bridal arrangements. Useful if you're getting married. Useless if you're trying to choose what goes...