Pink Florence Courtyard Cafe Canvas Print

The black frame matters first; it tells the living room you’re serious. It gives all that pink, blue and cream a hard edge, so the piece reads as art rather than holiday memento. Hung up, the wall stops being background. The colour bounces around the room and pulls the eye up, which makes a small or dark living space feel taller and livelier. Put it above a sofa, a sideboard or on the wall you see first from the doorway. Pair it with painted wood, rattan seating, terracotta pots and plain cushions in one or two of the print’s colours. Don’t crowd it with heavy patterned wallpaper or a row of other busy pictures; it needs a bit of quiet wall to work. As a canvas the painted surface reads softly, with no glare from side light.