New York prints on a staircase and other tricky spaces.

Offices and homes have corridors and if you live in terraced house you’ll more than likely have a staircase. Some offices in period buildings have staircases and have to think about whether or not to hang pictures in what can sometimes be a tricky space.

Above our New York prints on a staircase in an architect’s office in Bristol.

Staircases and corridors normally require a set of framed prints running along the space. Black and white prints are often the solution because they work so well as sets. The frames too need to match and less is sometimes more. It’s often tempting to cram in too many prints in a corridor or on stairs so we don’t add in too many and instead give the pieces plenty of space. An odd number of prints too just seems to sometimes look better.

In homes the art tends to be a lot more varied. We have opted sometimes to use what’s already there for example the framed school photos or those canvas prints of the family we would put in the corridor or up the stairs.

In offices the huge framed print you hang in the reception space needs to tie in with statement piece you hang in the boardroom or main office. Corridors and staircases are the link to those places so the design needs to be more subtle.

You can see the above framed prints in the New York black and white prints gallery here.