Kitchen Posters

What to Consider When Choosing Kitchen Art

Kitchens are practical rooms, and the art should respect that. Wall space is often limited — between cabinets, shelves, and splashbacks, you might have one usable stretch of wall. That makes format choice critical. A3 is the most reliable kitchen format: big enough to register, small enough to fit between a shelf and a window.

Humidity matters. Steam from cooking means a framed print behind glass holds up better long-term than an unframed paper print. A 30×40cm canvas print is another solid option — the cotton surface handles kitchen conditions well, and at that size it fits above a counter or beside a doorframe.

Styles and Subjects That Work

Botanical prints were practically made for kitchens. Herb charts, citrus illustrations, and vintage plant studies feel right in a room built around food and ingredients. These prints often come from 18th and 19th-century archives — detailed, scientific, and surprisingly decorative.

Vintage illustrations of fruit, vegetables, and market scenes bring a warm, European kitchen feel. If you cook with Japanese ingredients or just appreciate the aesthetic, Japanese woodblock prints of fish, birds, or seasonal plants cross over nicely into kitchen territory.

For a cleaner, more modern kitchen, abstract prints with warm tones — terracotta, olive, ochre — add colour without a literal subject. Nature prints with close-up details (leaves, seed pods, feathers) also work well at smaller formats.

Sizes and Framing for the Kitchen

A3 is the kitchen workhorse. It fits narrow walls, gaps between upper cabinets, and the space above a breakfast bar. For a larger stretch of wall — above a dining nook or beside the fridge — 50×70cm gives more presence.

Canvas prints at 30×40cm suit kitchens well. They need no glass, handle humidity better than unframed paper, and the texture adds a handcrafted quality that fits the room.

Framing: black frames give a crisp, graphic look that suits botanical charts and typographic prints. Oak frames soften the room and pair well with wooden countertops or cutting boards. If your kitchen leans rustic, walnut brown ties things together.

Every print is made to order in our Berlin studio with archival pigment inks rated for over a century. Browse the full range in all prints or check our bestsellers to see what others are putting on their walls.