Forbidden City Rooftops Art Print

Forbidden City Rooftops Art PrintUnlike most cityscape art, this doesn't wait for approval. The Forbidden City turns up in sunny yellow, sky blue and soft pink, with cobbles, tiled roofs and a little cactus by the door. Hang it in a room that needs a lift a hallway that goes flat in winter, a kid's room, a kitchen diner, a study where the afternoon drags. It works above a console, a low sideboard or a bench at eye level. Pair it with pale wood, rattan, cream linen and one repeated

or in the gap between fridge and worktop

and a vintage rug to soften the floor

so the wall around it can stay quiet

holiday-postcard mood

Keep the rest of the room quiet

the dusty pink keeps it from tipping into kitsch

This modern figurative painting of a tennis player mid-swing is that decision: deep navy behind

and the cream border holds it all together like a museum poster should

Avoid clashing primaries on the same wall — let the watercolour stay the gentle

above a chest of drawers in the bedroom

bedding looks more considered

aged brass handles and a few terracotta pots on the sill