Manarola Cliffside, Cinque Terre Art Print

Manarola Cliffside, Cinque Terre Art PrintPut bluntly, your living room can carry more soft blue than it thinks. This is Manarola, one of the Cinque Terre villages, with painted houses stacked on a cliff above a swimming harbour. The colour does the work apricot, butter yellow, pink and rust against a hazy sea. Hung up, a quiet room gets a holiday window. The eye lands on the village, follows the cliff down, then settles on the water. Best at eye level on a clear wall above a sofa, a console,

Florals and stripes alongside are fine — this print can hold its own

Eye-level is best — this dog wants to be looked at directly

a dressing table or a chest of drawers

glossy finishes — it wants air around it

and the result is calm without being sleepy

Celebrate the quirky charm of your kitchen with this playful pickle jar illustration

chrome or painted timber

Skip the gallery wall here — this one wants room to breathe

the orange warms

The pinks are soft enough to sit in a calm room

Skip the matching pasta-and-wine poster set next to it

Keep the wall colour calm — off-white