Trellis with Black Cat by William Morris Canvas Print

Trellis with Black Cat by William Morris Canvas PrintSome botanical prints match a room. This one resets its pecking order. A wide eyed black cat plants itself in the middle of William Morris's roses and bluebirds and refuses to apologise for being there. Put it up and the room loosens. The pattern reads as a classic Morris trellis from across the room, then the cat lands the joke up close. It softens stiff rooms and gives plainer rooms something to talk about. It earns its keep in a hallway, a

A stoneware lamp or a chunky ceramic vase nearby echoes the painted vase without copying it

Skip it in nursery-soft

or a slim console in a hallway — eye-level or just above furniture

and antique rugs

a stack of books — so the colour stays the loudest thing in the room

while the deep purple awning and figures give it enough weight to hold a wall on its own

chalky pink or a soft sage wall

fabrics look richer

above a desk in a home office

the red type does the heavy lifting

blue walls

It sits well above a console