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Wall art for your kitchen and dining room

Kitchens are where art is most often forgotten, and where a single piece changes the room most. A few practical points first, then what tends to suit.

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A framed print made for a kitchen, hung above the furniture

Size and placement

Kitchen wall
18 × 24 in
Above a dining table or sideboard
20 × 28 in with mount
Keep clear of
The hob, the kettle and the oven door
Glazing
Acrylic, wipes clean

Away from heat and steam

Hang art on a wall away from the hob, the kettle and the oven door, where steam and heat do not reach it. Acrylic glazing wipes clean and will not shatter if it is knocked.

What suits a kitchen

Still lifes and kitchen-table scenes are the natural fit: jugs, bowls of fruit, a single pear. Botanicals and simple mid-century shapes work too. Over a dining table, a calmer, larger piece holds the room while people sit.

With no furniture below it, hang the centre of the print about 145 to 150 cm from the floor, which is roughly eye level.

Styles that suit a kitchen

  • An example Kitchen & Table piece

    Kitchen & Table

    Simple and solid

  • An example Botanical & Floral piece

    Botanical & Floral

    Something growing

  • An example Mid-century & Deco piece

    Mid-century & Deco

    Shapes with intention

  • An example Colour Field piece

    Colour Field

    Somewhere for the eye to rest

Examples made for other rooms. Yours are made new, from the colours in your photo.

Made for real kitchens

Each set below came from one photo. The curator's reason for each pick is underneath it.

Two overlapping half-moons on the wall of a cobalt dining room
Cobalt dining room. Wall measured as #075F8B. Hung to scale at 20 × 28 in. The room is illustrative; the pieces are real output.
  • Two overlapping half-moons

    Two overlapping half-moons

    Warm Abstract, gouache style

    Soft light shapes calm your deep blue wall

  • Heavy blocks and one thin circle

    Heavy blocks and one thin circle

    Mid-century & Deco, screenprint style

    Echoes your raw brick and concrete

  • Open tin of sardines

    Open tin of sardines

    Kitchen & Table, oil pastel style

    Warm tones suit a dining table

  • Friends sharing a picnic on a blanket

    Friends sharing a picnic on a blanket

    Figures, charcoal on paper style

    Blue grey picks up your wall and floor

Questions

Can I hang framed art in a kitchen?

Yes, on a wall away from the hob, kettle and oven. Our frames use acrylic glazing, which wipes clean.

What art suits a dining room?

A larger, calmer piece over the table or sideboard, such as a 20 × 28 in print with a mount.

Other rooms

By wall colour

See it on your wall

Send a photo of your kitchen. We read its colours, light and furniture, and show four new pieces hanging on your wall, at their real size.

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