Paris Skyline by Raoul Dufy Canvas Print

Paris Skyline by Raoul Dufy Canvas PrintSome cityscape prints match a room. This one resets its pecking order. Raoul Dufy's loose watercolour view of Paris brings the Eiffel Tower, the Seine, dotted rooftops and a tricolour flag together in soft blues, dusty pink and pale grey, with rust red accents and a flourish of handwritten script. Hang it and the room reads as travelled and a bit bookish less showroom, more lived in pied terre. It works above a sofa, a long sideboard or a writing desk

and the warm yellow wheat field stops the whole thing turning cold

The top panel is all swirling orange vines with pink and deep red flowers on a near-black ground

The path leads the eye in

a chest of drawers or a narrow console in a hallway

The blue cools things down enough to stop the oranges getting noisy

this kind of botanical study belonged to another kind of home — papered parlours

It also flatters a deep navy or off-white wall

mustard and pale teal — do all the heavy lifting against a creamy background

the matte surface keeps the cream background soft and the cat warm

It adds personality without shouting

A small room that usually feels purely functional now has a moment of warmth — something to half-smile at while you brush your teeth

Don't try to brighten it with high-gloss accents or hard primary colours — they fight the misty mood