{"product_id":"framed-coastal-beach-hut-wall-art-set","title":"Framed Coastal Beach Hut Wall Art Set","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"d-sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d-h\"\u003eNot Everything on a Wall Has to Be Calm\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d-p\"\u003eMost artwork is bought to be restful. Soft tones, quiet subjects, nothing anyone could object to, and there is a good reason for that, since a room has to be lived in. But a house where every wall is doing the same soothing job starts to feel like a hotel corridor, and the fix is usually one piece with some life in it. That is what these two are for. A row of beach huts and a dog mid-splash in the shallows is not a serious subject, and it is not trying to be. It is the piece that makes someone smile on the way past, which is a perfectly good reason to hang something.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d-p\"\u003eWhat keeps it from tipping over is the treatment. Laura Bolton draws both in detailed monochrome, with real attention to line, and that decision does all the work: in colour, a dog leaping through water would read as a cartoon and the beach huts as a postcard. In black and white the same subjects read as illustration, and the detail rewards standing close in a way a bright print would not. Charm and restraint are difficult to have at once, and monochrome is how these two manage it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d-p\"\u003eEach print measures 300 mm square and 32 mm deep, glazed in a pale finished frame on hinge hanger fixings, with a combined weight of 1.87 kg. The square format is worth noting: two squares hang cleanly together in either arrangement and suit short walls better than a portrait pair, which always wants more height than a small wall has. For a larger painted piece in the same coastal register, the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theurbanmill.co.uk\/products\/hand-crafted-antique-style-leaner-mirror-cream-mr79cr\"\u003eHand Crafted Antique Style Leaner Mirror in Cream\u003c\/a\u003e works at full length.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"d-sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d-h d-hu\"\u003eWhat the Prints and Frames Bring to a Wall\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"d-ul\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eHumour, used sparingly.\u003c\/span\u003e A dog mid-splash gives a room something to enjoy, which most artwork deliberately avoids doing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eMonochrome as the control.\u003c\/span\u003e Detailed black and white keeps both subjects as illustration rather than letting them become a cartoon or a postcard.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eOrder against movement.\u003c\/span\u003e A neat repeating row of huts beside a dog in motion, so the two prints answer each other instead of repeating.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eSquare format.\u003c\/span\u003e Hangs cleanly side by side or stacked, and suits short walls that a portrait pair would leave looking stretched.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003ePale frames.\u003c\/span\u003e A light surround that keeps the emphasis on the line work rather than adding contrast of its own.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eLight and easy to hang.\u003c\/span\u003e 1.87 kg for the pair, on hinge hangers that sit each frame flat and square.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"d-sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d-h\"\u003eWhy Monochrome Keeps the Charm in Check\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d-p\"\u003eSeaside subjects go wrong more often than most. Beach huts and dogs and deckchairs are exactly the sort of thing that ends up looking like a gift shop, and the culprit is almost always colour: bright stripes on the huts, a blue sea, a yellow sun, and the whole thing becomes decoration rather than drawing. Stripping the colour out changes what the eye does with it. Without it, what is left is line and tone, so you look at how the huts are drawn and how the water is breaking around the dog rather than at how cheerful it all is. The subject stays warm, the treatment stays serious, and the pair can hang in a plain contemporary hallway without embarrassing anybody.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"d-sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d-h\"\u003eWhere to Put It and What It Will Do to the Room\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d-p\"\u003eIn a hallway or on a landing, where people pass close and the detail registers. In a kitchen or boot room, where a piece with some life in it suits a room in constant use. In a cloakroom, the traditional place for artwork worth looking at properly. On a short return or in an alcove, where two squares fit a wall a taller pair could not. In a child's room or a spare room, where the subject earns its place easily. The black and white works against any wall colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"d-sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d-h\"\u003eThe Practical Details Before You Buy\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"d-ul\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eHang them close together.\u003c\/span\u003e Keep the gap between the two frames narrower than one frame is wide, or the pair stops reading as a set. Side by side, align the centres; stacked, line up the left and right edges exactly.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eHinge hanger fixings.\u003c\/span\u003e Each frame carries its own, so each needs its own wall fixing. At 1.87 kg for the pair the load is light, so a wall plug and screw into masonry, or a suitable plasterboard fixing, is enough for each.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eThink about reflections.\u003c\/span\u003e Both prints are glazed, so a window directly opposite will throw glare across the line work. A wall taking light from the side avoids it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eClean the glass, not the artwork.\u003c\/span\u003e Dust the frames with a dry, soft cloth and dampen a cloth away from the pieces for the glazing. Never spray anything at a framed picture, since liquid can run behind the glass.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Urban Mill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56795340767612,"sku":"WA643","price":56.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/9672\/1715\/files\/framed-coastal-linocut-print-wall-art-set.jpg?v=1779353479","url":"https:\/\/www.theurbanmill.co.uk\/products\/framed-coastal-beach-hut-wall-art-set","provider":"The Urban Mill","version":"1.0","type":"link"}