Ideas for living with art

Guides, essays and references on choosing, hanging and understanding art prints.

Triptych Wall Art: When and How to Use It

Three prints in a row have a rhythm no other arrangement matches. When a triptych works, how to calculate its width, the spacing and…

Side by side, stacked, or either side of a window: how to style a pair of art prints, how far apart to hang them,…

Facing the desk, behind you on video calls, or to one side to rest your eyes: where to hang home office art, and which…

In a dining room, art is seen seated and up close. How to choose art that relates to the table, pendant and sideboard, how…

The strip between two doors, the gap beside a window, a living room column: narrow wall art ideas using portrait prints, stacked columns and…

A single work brings calm and focus; several bring rhythm and story. Five questions to help you choose between one large print and a…

One piece, a pair, a triptych, a grid, an asymmetric group or a picture ledge: six ways to dress the wall above a sofa,…

A large artwork can anchor a living room or overwhelm it. How to size it to the sofa, judge its visual weight, colour and…

Places that matter, daily rituals, memories and your own colours: how to use art so each room says something about you and never looks…

The weight of a sheet in the hand, a matt surface that does not glare, ink settled into paper: a small sensory celebration of…

What making accessible, high-quality art means to us: where we put our care, what makes a fair price possible, and what we will never…