Black Cat on the Balcony Canvas Print

Black Cat on the Balcony Canvas PrintEven the plaster in here starts looking expensive next to deep red. Open shutters, a black cat on the railing, and a yellow townhouse across the street do most of the work for you. What changes is the energy of the room. Walls that felt a bit flat get a bright, lived in window cut into them, and any warm wood or red textile already in the room suddenly looks deliberate. Hang it on a wall you actually pass above a console in a hallway, beside a reading

Hang it where people sit a while — above a bed

a sideboard or a writing desk — anywhere you want one decisive piece doing the heavy lifting

with the brushwork holding its texture beautifully on canvas

the mint green softens it

The navy sky and yellow moon do the heavy lifting

or pop it in a kids' room or playful kitchen nook

cream or oxblood upholstery

Hang it where you want a room to look thought-through rather than decorated

Three things it does fast: ground warm brown

Best on a wall that's been waiting for something: end of a hallway

yellow tulips and trailing dark green leaves in a proper William Morris pattern

It's at its best on a living room wall above a low sofa