Hydrangea by Kamisaka Sekka Art Print

Hydrangea by Kamisaka Sekka Art PrintThis isn't wall filler. It's deep blue with a point of view. Kamisaka Sekka's hydrangea is a botanical study with real composition broad green leaves, a green bamboo post, and clusters of blooms set against a warm gold ground. Put it on a wall and the room slows down. The blue pulls colour out of soft furnishings; the gold ground catches the light in the evening and gives a quiet, lamplit warmth without going showy. Works best above a low sideboard, a

Skip floral chintz and busy patterned wallpaper next to it — the print is already the loudest thing in the room

woven rugs and ceramics in mustard

part lucky charm

Avoid hanging it next to busy

distant Mount Fuji

Black walls calm down

Avoid hanging it next to high-contrast graphic prints or saturated abstracts

Hang it and the room gets a bit of mischief without losing its calm

It works hard without shouting

then opens into a thousand pinpricks of dahlia

Keep soft florals

Keep the wall around it fairly calm: cream