Journal
Notes on choosing art for a real room: light, colour, size and where to hang it.
, 4 min read
How Quiet Wall reads the colour of your wall, and when it gets it wrong
Your wall colour comes from the pixels in your photo, not from an AI's guess. How that works, the mistakes it has made, and how to take a photo it can read.
, 4 min read
How to give someone art without guessing at their walls
Buying art for someone else means guessing their taste, their wall colour and the space above their sofa. Here is how to stop guessing, including the gift card I made for exactly this.
, 5 min read
How to choose wall art for a small room: seven tips
Seven ways to choose wall art for a small room: scale, colour, depth, and where to hang it so the room feels bigger, not busier.
, 6 min read
How to plan a gallery wall that works in your room
Most gallery wall guides start with the frames. Start with the wall instead: its light, its shape and the colours around it. Then the spacing, the tiers and the one thing that ties it together.
, 7 min read
What your room's light says about the art it needs
Learn how your room's natural and artificial light affects art colour, mood, and impact. Choose wall art that shines in your space.
, 6 min read
Why most wall art doesn't match your room, and what to do about it
Art bought from a catalogue often looks wrong at home. Why that happens, the four things that make art work in a room, and how to start from the room instead.
, 5 min read
You don't need more options. You need a quieter room.
Research suggests more choice can make us less happy. Why choosing wall art feels so hard, and what changes when the choice is narrowed down for your room.
, 3 min read
I've been thinking about this for years. I built it in a month.
The idea behind Quiet Wall sat in my head for years. Then AI caught up, ADHD kicked in, and I built it in a month. Here's why.
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