Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix Canvas Print

Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix Canvas PrintA kitchen this pared back can take one serious orange. The path of cactus, wildflowers and red rock pulls warmth straight into the room, then the clear blue sky keeps it from tipping into too much. Hang it where you want the day to feel sunny kitchens, hallways, breakfast nooks, a sunlit corner of a home office. It sits well above a console or a run of low cabinets, and likes pale oak, rattan, terracotta tile and warm white walls. Skip pairing it with

this festive cocktail poster belonged to another kind of home — a hostess bar cart

a low chest or a reading chair where you actually spend time

Looks especially good in a wood or warm-brown frame

It pulls the cream

neutral space without tipping it sugary

soft lilac

Eye-level above a worktop

more painterly surface

What not to do: don't sit it next to a sincere landscape or a pastel nursery print

lit by candles

Don't bury it next to busy patterns or other strong graphic prints

and the deep green background pulls warmth out of timber floors