Chrysanthemums by Kamisaka Sekka Canvas Print

Chrysanthemums by Kamisaka Sekka Canvas PrintTest it this way: if the bedroom feels safe, size up. This is a chrysanthemum study from Kamisaka Sekka's Momoyogusa, all soft cream blooms drifting across a warm brown ground, with darker leaves picked out in fine gold. The room slows down around it. Colour stays gentle but the composition has real movement, so a quiet wall suddenly has something to look at. Hang it above a low bed, a sideboard or along a hallway where you walk past it daily. It

so the print holds a wall instead of shouting at it

The bold patterned tiles and pots give the eye something to chew on

hallway or breakfast nook where you want a smile on the way past

Skip it next to busy floral wallpaper or anything heavily patterned — this one wants a calm wall so the cakes can do the talking

orange autumn trees

linen and a touch of black metal

We like a Monet pond best when it comes with a little abrasion

the internet knew how to charm a room — and how to cut

Don't crowd it with other typography or busy colour pieces — the lettering wants room to breathe

or a slim console in a hallway that catches lamplight

Don't crowd it with other figurative pieces — let the colour and the pose do the work

sofas read quieter