Snow by Kamisaka Sekka Art Print

Snow by Kamisaka Sekka Art PrintNot because it's dark, but because it refuses to fade back. The snow flecked foliage holds its ground in any room it lands in quietly, but firmly. Hang it where the wall normally gets ignored: the short bedroom wall, the bit of hallway between two doors, the patch behind a reading chair. It pulls the eye without raising its voice. Pair it with pale oak, linen, stoneware and one or two soft greens the warm grey background does most of the work. Skip

more weekend breakfast

if the rest of the room is calm

The daisies catch evening lamplight

and one warm cream textile to echo the background

It carries that calm with it

where you'll catch it on the way out the door

kitchen or sunny bedroom

behind a bar cart

and pulls a busy room together with one clear shape

Strong shapes give a wall a clear focal point and the off-white softens what could otherwise feel cold

Skip glossy black furniture and high-contrast graphic art on the same wall — both will fight the soft watercolour edges

Keep the rest of the wall calm — this one likes to be the loudest thing in the room