How to Choose the Perfect Wall Art Print for Your Home: A Simple Guide
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| • Match the art to your existing decor • Decide on the mood you want the room to hold • Choose prints that reflect what you're drawn to • Get the size and placement right • Mix styles thoughtfully for a collected look • Choose quality prints and framing that last |
Choosing a print for your home is mostly a matter of fit — fit with the room, with the mood you want, and with your own taste. With a good range to choose from, a few simple checks make the decision easier. Here's how we'd think it through at Stone & Gray.
1. Start With the Room
Before you start browsing, take a proper look at the room. Note the colours that are already there and the style of the furniture, because a new print should sit with those rather than against them.
If the room runs to plain colours and simple furniture, clean, geometric work tends to suit it:
Abstract Bauhaus Symmetry Art Print
From R 395.00
Abstract Blue Segments Art Print
From R 349.00
2. Decide on the Mood
Different work sets a different tone, so it helps to settle on the feeling you want before you choose. Do you want the room calm and quiet, or warmer and more active?
- For a calm room: soft colours and restful subjects — coastlines, forests, tonal abstracts — keep things settled.
- For a warmer, more active room: stronger colour and bolder forms give the space more energy.
3. Choose What You're Drawn To
A home reads best when the art on the walls reflects the people in it, so choose work you genuinely respond to. Whether that's nature, animals or abstract form, start from what holds your attention.
A few collections worth a look:
- Abstract photography
- Animal and wildlife photography
- Mid-century modern geometric prints
- Boho and pop-art prints
4. Get the Size Right
A print can be the right piece and still look wrong if it's the wrong size for the wall, so measure before you commit:
- Above furniture, choose a print about two-thirds as wide as the piece below it.
- Hang art at eye level — roughly 145 to 152cm from the floor to the centre.
- For a gallery wall, leave 5 to 10cm between frames.
5. Mix Styles With Care
You can combine different styles in one room — a vintage-looking print beside a modern abstract — as long as something ties them together, usually a shared colour or a common theme. That thread is what keeps a mix looking collected rather than scattered.
For some fresh options, our latest arrivals are a good place to start:
Abstract Glide Shapes Art Print
From R 349.00
Abstract Quarter Curves Art Print
From R 349.00
6. Choose Quality
A print is something you'll look at every day for years, so the make matters. At Stone & Gray, every print is:
- Printed with bright, long-lasting inks that hold their colour
- Made on thick, sturdy paper
- Available in a range of sizes
- Offered framed in genuine timber, made to order in Cape Town
7. Let One Piece Lead
If you want the room to have a clear focal point, choose one larger print as the anchor and hang it where the eye lands on entering. A single confident piece often does more than several smaller ones competing for attention.
A bolder, colourful print works well in that role:
Bauhaus Geometric Blocks Art Print
From R 395.00
Trust Your Eye
In the end, the print that's right for you is the one you keep coming back to. If a piece holds your attention each time you pass it, that's the strongest signal you'll get.
"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see." - Edgar Degas
Need a Hand?
If you're still weighing it up, our free decorator advice service can suggest pieces based on your room and what you're drawn to.
You can also browse our themed collections to find prints suited to a particular room or style. Every piece is made to order in Cape Town, with free shipping nationwide — take your time, and choose the one that fits.
