Sunlit Italian Hillside Canvas Print

Sunlit Italian Hillside Canvas PrintWith a sunlit hillside village, scale decides whether the kitchen wakes up. Go too small and the cypress trees and red rooftops disappear into the wall; go to a proper size and the whole room feels warmer and a little Italian. The wildflowers and yellow fields pull in pale wood, cream tile and anything with a bit of terracotta. Hang it where you cook, eat or walk past often a kitchen wall, a sunny hallway, or above a sideboard in the dining room. Pair

Frame it to enhance its Impressionism style

a reading chair or a chest of drawers in a bedroom

the warmth needs space to breathe

Don't try to lighten it with pastels or beachy linen — fight the mood and you lose it

A home office stops feeling like a corner of the spare room

Keep neighbouring walls calm — plain off-white

stoneware and pale oak

The white of the dog opens the space

Skip the serious botanical studies and heavy oil-style landscapes nearby — they fight with the joke

Skip the chintzy florals next to it — they fight the joke

a pale oak vanity

all-grey schemes and clinical white walls — this piece wants soft light