Crested Grebes by John James Audubon Canvas Print Color:Silver Skip the busy gallery wall

Skip the busy gallery wall and the bright colour clashes

Don't drown it in other busy florals — let the print be the patterned thing in the room

all sat staring back at you

or in a sunny kitchen with pale walls

a ceramic or two

Crested Grebes by John James Audubon Canvas Print Color:Silver Skip the busy gallery wallStart with the soft cream; it'll wake every oak surface around it. The print brings a quiet, slightly scholarly feel into the room without taking it over. What changes when it goes up is the pace of the room eyes settle, conversations slow, the wall stops being just a wall. The pair of birds gives the eye somewhere specific to land. It works best above a console in a hallway, over a low sideboard in a study, or on a calm wall in a quiet living room.