Vintage Tea Gathering Canvas Print

Vintage Tea Gathering Canvas Print'Too safe,' said nobody standing in front of deep green. This is a vintage afternoon tea, painted from above scones, jam, lemon, lace doilies and china teacups laid out on a rich green cloth. A kitchen or dining wall that was reading polite suddenly feels lived in. The green grounds the room and the cream linens, lemon yellow and warm brown of the scones lift it without making it sweet. It belongs above a kitchen sideboard, on a breakfast nook wall or

cream cotton

it lifts the mood without shouting

Skip glossy modern art and busy gallery clusters nearby — this one wants room to breathe

Keep it for the brick red

Pairs well with cream or deep green cabinets

Don't crowd it with busy patterned wallpaper or another bold animal print right next to it — this one is the sweet thing in the room

Pair it with natural materials: rattan

Quiet bedrooms and dressing rooms feel a touch more playful

The room shifts from sensible to a bit more playful

linen bedding in cream or soft pink

painted finish that suits the hand-drawn style

Don't try to calm it down with sage botanicals or coastal prints — it will eat them alive