Art & walls

How to choose, hang and combine prints: sizes, heights, gallery walls and compositions.

Art for Sloped Ceilings and Attic Walls

Attic rooms are full of charm and awkward angles. How to hang prints under a sloping ceiling, which lines to follow and which heights to choose.

The same six prints can make a calm, orderly grid or a lively freeform wall. How each gallery wall approach works, and which suits…

A small home studio needs art that sits alongside concentration. Where to hang it, how much is too much, and how to think about…

Good light brings a print to life; bad light turns it into a mirror. How to light wall art at home with the right…

The fireplace is the natural heart of a living room. What size of art to hang above it, how to style the mantelpiece and…

Scale, rising rhythm and safety: how to choose and hang staircase wall art across flights and landings so it reads as one calm journey…

A TV is a large black rectangle that dominates a room. How to arrange wall art around it to blend the screen in, balance…

High ceilings tempt us to hang art too high. How to choose and place art for them: tall formats, two-tier arrangements and light from…

Between two windows, above a door, beside a radiator: how to place art on walls broken up by openings, using their lines to bring…

A reading nook calls for art seen up close and at leisure. Ideas for scale, light, placement and imagery to keep an armchair and…

A portrait print above long, low furniture can look lost or become the best thing in the room. How to balance opposing orientations with…