Sunlit Sanctuary with Pup Canvas Print

Sunlit Sanctuary with Pup Canvas PrintWhat it adds isn't clutter. It's loose brushwork tension in the right places. A pink bedroom with thrown open blue shutters, cacti on a sideboard and a small dog curled up on striped sheets it brings holiday warmth into a room without trying. Hang it in a bedroom, a sunny living room or a bright hallway where the morning light hits. It pairs happily with painted wood, rattan, terracotta tile and blue and white textiles. Avoid hanging it next to cool

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

or stand back as a quiet neutral

Hang it where you sit and stay — above a reading chair

alone in a row of cinema seats

painterly and a bit William Morris by way of a London market stall — cream poppies

It's a vintage French Riviera travel poster

and a low side table in brass or warm oak

Hang at eye level above a dresser

Don't crowd it with heavy florals or another statement landscape — let the harbour do the talking

the white snow gives it air

Don't drown it in other patterned art — this one wants to be the loudest thing in the room

The black grounds the room