Bold Bloom on Checkerboard Canvas Print

Bold Bloom on Checkerboard Canvas PrintPut bluntly, your living room can carry more red than it thinks. A giant painted tulip in deep red and hot pink sits on a black and white checkerboard that ripples like a fairground floor playful, loud, and very confident. Hang it where you want the room to wake up: above a sofa, at the end of a hallway, or behind a writing desk in a study. It works best on a quiet wall chalky white, soft grey, or deep black so the colour and pattern can do the

a fizzing bottle of champagne

Skip serious modern abstracts or moody landscapes nearby — this one wants to be the one that makes you smile

the yellow cap lifts the eye

so it likes a vertical run of wall more than a wide stretch

Soft pink and lilac warm a neutral wall

a rising sun and a fanned rainbow above

brass taps and stoneware

Louis Wain's blue cat stares straight out

A simple oak or off-white frame keeps the holiday-poster feel intact

cream linen and a single brass lamp

Hang it in the loo and the room finally has a personality

Avoid heavy gothic styling alongside it — black candles