Bay Laurel — Threshold Herbarium I
$39.00 IVA incluidoPrinted when you order it · on your wall in 6-8 business days
Unframed, so you pick the frame yourself. Our sizes are metric — 30 × 40, 50 × 70 and 70 × 100 cm — so a US frame in inches sits a fraction large unless you use a mat. 200 gsm uncoated matte paper that will not reflect your ceiling light. Printed in the USA when you order it.
Gallery Set — Threshold Herbarium
The three prints of this series, complete. Bought separately they are $117. A yard of wall and the whole story, not a fragment.
$99.00
Gallery Wall — 6 Prints, Two Complete Series
The three prints of this series, complete. Bought separately they are $117. A yard of wall and the whole story, not a fragment.
$169.00
- Free shipping · anywhere in the United StatesNo minimum order. Not a cent more at checkout.
- On your wall in 6-8 business daysPrinted in the USA when you order it. No stock sitting in a warehouse.
- If we get it wrong, we fix itDamaged or misprinted? Email us a photo and we remake it at no cost to you.
- Damaged or misprinted? We remake itEvery print is made to order, so all sales are final. If it arrives damaged or with a printing defect, send us photos within 14 days of delivery and we reprint and reship it free of charge.
- People, not botsWe reply within 24–48 business hours.
Why this print
You walk in, drop your keys, and within two seconds your home has told you something. Almost always it says "people in a hurry live here." The entryway is the one wall you see every single day from the door, and — oddly enough — the one almost nobody ever gets around to deciding.
Bay laurel has been working entrances for thousands of years
The name of the series isn't decoration. Threshold Herbarium is umbel plants for the threshold of a home: the entry, the hall, the wall you pass through rather than stay in. Umbel and threshold share a root and share a job — both of them open. Bay leads the trio because it has been opening doors far longer than we have: it's the leaf of the crown, the one hung at the entrance for whoever came home. Laurus nobilis. The nobilis isn't decoration either.
Here it isn't painted — it's measured. The leaf in eucalyptus green carries its two dimensions (38 where it narrows, 112 where it opens) and, to the right, a scale bar from 0 to 10 cm in case you want to check. The volume isn't flat fill: it's stippling, dot by dot, thousands of dots that crowd where the leaf curves and loosen where it turns. From the door you see a branch. From sixteen inches away you see the work. An entryway gets looked at in exactly those two ways: in passing on the way in, and standing still while you hunt for your keys.
What you get
- 12 × 16 in — $39: for a narrow wall, the gap between doors, or above a low console.
- 20 × 28 in — $89: when the entry can carry a piece that leads, and is visible from the living room.
- 28 × 40 in — $139: the large format. For the wall you look at from the sofa and that has nothing on it today. At this size the dimensions and figures read standing up, from across the room.
- Loose print, unframed. You choose the frame — you're the one who knows that wall. We don't decide it for you, and we don't charge you for it.
- Uncoated matte paper, 80 lb (200 gsm). No sheen, and here it matters: the stippling stays readable. Under a satin finish, the reflection of the hall light would swallow it.
- Printed on demand in the USA, one at a time. There's no box with your print gathering dust in a warehouse. On your wall in 6-8 business days.
At eye level, facing the door. The first week you'll see it every time you come in; within a month you'll stop noticing it, and that's exactly the sign it's hung right. All three of the Threshold Herbarium are $99, made for that same walk-through wall.
Product safety and care
- Printed paper art print. Not suitable for children under 3 — sharp edges, and the packaging is a suffocation hazard.
- Sold unframed and without glass.
- Keep away from moisture and direct sunlight.
Sold by VEXA, S.C. · Carrer Cronista Pareja 10, floor 1, door 2, 46650 Canals (Valencia), Spain · vexaprojectcj@gmail.com. Printed and shipped from within the United States.
Shipping and returns
Free shipping anywhere in the United States, with no minimum. The price you see is the price you pay.
Printed on demand in the USA, one at a time. On your wall in 6-8 business days.
It arrives protected for the trip, loose and unframed. That is on purpose: 12 × 16, 20 × 28 and 28 × 40 in are standard frame sizes.
If it arrives damaged or with a printing defect, we cover it. Email photos of the print and the packaging to vexaprojectcj@gmail.com within 14 days of delivery and we will remake and reship it free of charge.
Because every print is made to order, all sales are final. We do not accept returns for change of mind. Full conditions in our Returns and Refunds policy.
Payment and contact
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Real human support within 24-48 business hours at vexaprojectcj@gmail.com. When a refund applies, it goes back to your original payment method within 10 business days of approval.
If you end up wanting all three, the Gallery Set for this series is $99 instead of the $117 they cost separately.
Frequently asked questions
Which size do I pick?
30 × 40 cm — about 11.8 × 15.7 in is for short walls: the gap between two doors, above a dresser, a narrow hallway. It gets looked at up close and in passing.
50 × 70 cm — about 19.7 × 27.6 in is for when the wall is seen from a distance — from the couch, from the dining table — and needs something to hold it. If the wall is completely bare and you are unsure, it is almost always this one.
And 70 × 100 cm — about 27.6 × 39.4 in is the big format: at that size the dimensions and the numbers read standing up, from the other side of the room.
Does it come with a frame?
No. It is the loose print, unframed and without glass, and that is on purpose: the frame is the part that has to talk to your home, not to us. Framing it for you would cost you considerably more than choosing it yourself.
One thing worth knowing before you buy: our sizes are metric — 30 × 40, 50 × 70 and 70 × 100 cm, which works out to roughly 11.8 × 15.7, 19.7 × 27.6 and 27.6 × 39.4 in. A US 12 × 16", 20 × 28" or 28 × 40" frame is a fraction larger: with a mat it sits perfectly, and without one you may see a hair of a gap at the edges. If you want an exact fit, look for a frame sold in centimetres — 30 × 40 cm and 50 × 70 cm frames are easy to find online in the US.
How high should I hang a print?
The rule museums use: the centre of the print at 57-59 in (145-150 cm) from the floor, which is average eye height. You do not centre it on the wall, you centre it on the person looking at it.
If it goes above a piece of furniture — a dresser, a couch, a sideboard — then the furniture decides: leave 8-12 in (20-30 cm) between the top of the furniture and the bottom edge of the print, so the two read as one thing and not as two separate ones.
How much space do I leave between prints?
2 in (5 cm) between one print and the next is the spacing that works almost every time. Any less and they look crowded; any more and they stop reading as a set and start looking like separate pictures that happened to share a wall.
At that spacing, six 30 × 40 cm prints take up roughly 39 in wide by 33 in tall; nine, about 39 by 51 in; and all twelve, about 53 by 51 in. Worth measuring the wall before you decide how many.
What paper is it printed on, and will it curl?
200 gsm uncoated matte paper. The matte matters more than it sounds: it is the difference between seeing the drawing and seeing your ceiling light reflected back at you.
And the 200 gsm weight is exactly what keeps the print holding itself flat instead of buckling inside the frame. A 120 or 150 gsm paper does warp with humidity; this one does not.
How long does it take, and what does shipping cost?
Free shipping anywhere in the United States, with no minimum order. The price you see is the price you pay.
It is on your wall in 6-8 business days. Every print is made to order in the United States, one at a time: there is no stock waiting in a warehouse, your print starts existing the day you order it. If you order on a Friday, the clock starts the following Monday. You get a tracking number by email as soon as it ships.
Can I return it if I change my mind?
Every print is made to order, only for you, and nothing is held in stock — so all sales are final and we do not accept change-of-mind returns. Please pick your size carefully before ordering; the guidance above is there for exactly that.
If it arrives damaged, defective or it is the wrong item, we do cover it. Email vexaprojectcj@gmail.com within 14 days of delivery with your order number and photos of the print and the packaging, and we send you a free reprint. Do not ship anything back without written authorization first. Full conditions in our Returns and Refunds policy.
What we can actually promise
Only what we can deliver. Not one thing more.
Loose prints, unframed and without glass. Sizes 12 × 16, 20 × 28 and 28 × 40 in. Prices in US dollars, before any applicable sales tax. Free shipping within the United States. VEXA, S.C. · Tax ID J88868385 · Canals (Valencia), Spain.
