Courtesan Beneath Pines by Hiroshige Canvas Print

Courtesan Beneath Pines by Hiroshige Canvas PrintHere's the trick: let the courtesan cut through all that linen. Drop this onto a quiet wall and the room slows down. The dusty greens and warm sand tones do most of the work, while the blue and pink kimono gives you a single, confident focal point. Hang it at eye level above a low console, a writing desk or a slim bedside table, ideally on a chalky off white or soft plaster wall. It pairs naturally with pale oak, dark walnut, linen, paper lampshades

and one or two deep red ceramics on a shelf

Don't sit it next to anything loud or graphic — it wants quieter company

The kitchen reads as a proper

painterly surface intact and softens the edges of the composition

The deep green wallpaper and rosy pink sofa do most of the heavy lifting on colour

which is useful in tall rooms or above a low piece of furniture

or on a tall narrow wall in a bright living room

Buy abstract for the story

Stretched over a solid wooden frame with a matte canvas surface

and a mustard chair stops looking like a mistake

Curtains soften

a sideboard or a low console