Hydrangea Urn in Bloom Canvas Print

There’s a reason flat-style printmakers kept returning to the hydrangea bouquet; rooms still respond. The shapes are simple, the colours sit calmly together, and the eye gets to rest.

What changes in the room is the temperature. A wall that felt a bit flat picks up the soft pink and lime, and suddenly the woodwork, the curtains and the rug look like they were chosen on purpose.

It earns its keep above a hallway console, on the chimney breast in a bedroom, or on the short wall in a sitting room where you want a quiet point of focus rather than a loud one.

Pair it with painted timber, cane or rattan, soft linen, and ceramics in cream or dusty pink.

What not to do: don’t crowd it with other busy florals or strong patterned wallpaper. This one likes a bit of breathing room. On canvas the matte surface keeps the flat-paper feel of the illustration intact.