Prothonotary Warbler by Audubon Art Print

Prothonotary Warbler by Audubon Art PrintEven the linen in here starts looking expensive next to warm yellow. A hand coloured Audubon plate of two Prothonotary Warblers turns a quiet wall into something with a bit of story. The cream ground keeps things calm, the green leaves do the heavy lifting, and the small bursts of yellow lift the whole room without shouting. Hang it above a writing desk, a console in the hallway, or beside a reading chair in the bedroom. It plays nicely with oak,

Drop this on a wall and the room gets a personality

A faithful reproduction of Henri Matisse's 1953 paper cut-out

Don't crowd it with other busy scenes — one quiet botanical or a plain framed print is plenty

a turquoise pool and a wide

It loves chalky off-white walls

and skip strong red or pink accents that will fight the mustard and blue

this wants the room to step back a little

Hang it eye-level in a kid's room

Put it where a quiet picture would have looked polite and dull — a study

then opens into a thousand pinpricks of dahlia

painterly tiles and hanging utensils crowding in around it

It plays well with simple line drawings