Stitched Pattern Study Canvas Print entertaining decor Pair with blond wood

Pair with blond wood

hand-lettered in confident black script on soft white

The sky reads as one unbroken field of blue

wool throws and a stoneware lamp

What not to do: don't crowd it with other busy patterns or competing illustrations — it needs a bit of quiet around it to land the joke

Stitched Pattern Study Canvas Print entertaining decor Pair with blond woodRooms go quieter when deep red is this sure of itself. The stripes, dots and zigzags do all the talking, so the rest of the room can settle down around them. Put it up and a neutral room stops feeling underdressed. The sage, cream and dusty pink soften the walls; the red and mustard give the eye somewhere to land. It works as the single source of colour in an otherwise quiet scheme. Hang it above a sofa, a bed or a long console, at roughly eye level.