Hilltop Villa in Summer Canvas Print

Hilltop Villa in Summer Canvas PrintEven the linen in here starts looking expensive next to soft peach. The room calms down, the corners feel sunnier, and that whitewashed villa pulls the eye without shouting. What changes is the temperature. A neutral room reads warmer. A blue leaning room gets a friendly counterpoint. The little figures dotted across the hill give it life without busying the wall. Hang it at eye level above a sideboard, a low bookshelf, or a console in the entryway.

The aged off-white ground reads as warm rather than blank

with a soft texture that suits the painterly brushwork

and the whole wall feels considered without trying too hard

confident object on the wall

This soft pink rose teacup and saucer study lifts a quiet room without changing its mood

Keep the surrounding wall fairly clear — this piece does better with breathing room than with busy clusters of brighter

Hang at sitting eye-level above a low chest of drawers

with a black cat sat dead-centre on a striped floor

A flat hallway gets a punchline

a den or a long hallway and the room takes on a calm

and the deep background pulls warm light around it in the evening

The deep blue ground softens harsh modern surfaces