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Art prints for the bedroom

Above a bed, the usual rule is art about two thirds the width of the headboard. Over a standard 140 cm double that means roughly 90 cm — one 50 × 70 cm print, or a pair of A3s hung with a 5 cm gap.

A bedroom is the one room where the art is the last thing you see at night and the first thing in the morning, so it is worth choosing something that rewards a slow look rather than something that shouts.

The practical part: centre the piece on the bed, not on the wall, and hang it low — 15-20 cm above the headboard. Anything higher floats. If you are hanging a pair, treat the two as one rectangle and centre that.

What we have gathered here leans quiet and warm: cottagecore botanicals, Degas-style ballet line work in blush, Rothko-ish colour fields that read as mood rather than image, and the romantic end of our sapphic collection — Fragonard and Renaissance-style couples rather than the louder pulp covers.

One honest note: a bedroom is usually the darkest room in the house. Deep, saturated prints look wonderful there in daylight and can disappear at night under a single warm bulb. If your bedroom lighting is dim, lean towards the lighter pieces.