Leaping Carp by Hiroshige Art Print

Leaping Carp by Hiroshige Art PrintOn a mid morning afternoon, the soft blue looks almost illegally fresh. Two carp lift out of the water and the whole wall feels cooler, calmer, more considered. Hang it on a quiet wall where it can breathe above a low console in a hallway, over a writing desk, or on a calm bedroom wall opposite the bed. It sits well with pale oak, walnut, linen and stoneware, and lifts plain off white or soft grey paint. Skip it next to busy florals or hot, candy

It earns its keep above a record player

Avoid hanging it next to anything moody or grey — it wants warm light and warm company

frameless edge that suits a relaxed kitchen wall

Kitchens get a wake-up

off-white paint

or above a small console

terracotta and washed sea-blue

' said nobody standing in front of deep blue water and coral rooftops

Framing options available to enhance its minimalist style

the bright vertical street will do the editing

Hang it where people sit and talk — above a console in the hallway

It also sits well in a child's room without feeling babyish