Cat Among Lilies Canvas Print

Cat Among Lilies Canvas PrintBy late afternoon, the cat stops looking decorative and starts working. The light shifts, the deep green pond seems to deepen, and the sleeping ginger face becomes the quietest thing in the room. It softens a sharp modern space and adds a small dose of humour without going twee. Hang it above a child's bed, a reading chair or a small console in a hallway where people pause. It sits well with pale oak, linen, woven baskets and stoneware in cream and

Skip it in a room already crowded with bold pattern or heavy traditional art

Eye-level on a plain wall is where it works hardest

The pinks lift pale walls

A plain sofa or a pale desk suddenly has something to push against

Avoid hanging it over busy patterned wallpaper or directly above a tiled checker floor

the abstract drawing loses nostalgia and gains grit

a country-style kitchen or a small reading corner — somewhere people sit and look closely

Avoid stacking it next to busy florals or other strong typography pieces

a guest-room console

It sits well with linen

and rugs in soft pinks or deep greens

This rabbit portrait holds the room with quiet eyes and tall ears