Plate 51 by Ogino Issui Canvas Print

Plate 51 by Ogino Issui Canvas PrintOnce the soft blue enters, the whole room stops apologising. A vintage Japanese botanical study from Ogino Issui's y Sketchbook brings a quiet, deliberate kind of decoration to walls that have been keeping their head down. The room gets a focal point without getting louder. The dusty pink ground warms a cool space, the blue calms a warm one, and the small bird gives the eye somewhere to land on the way past. Hang it at eye level in a hallway, above a

rust leaves and warm ochre tones lifting the darker ground

one strong watercolour anchors the space far better than a crowded set

The path leads straight into a Victorian glasshouse and the room follows it in — calmer

the flowers keep it pretty

all seeds and pale flesh

Childhood nostalgia springs to life with this gentle scene of Mrs

notice what the deep teal does to linen

Dining rooms borrow the holiday mood without trying too hard

Hang it above a low sideboard or a mid-century sofa

A cheeseburger gets a mirrored disco ball for a bun

and the sky-blue sea on the left edge keeps everything from going too sweet

earthy tones weave together in this abstract piece