Papiers Matisse — Blue Botanical Cutout Art Print

Papiers Matisse — Blue Botanical Cutout Art PrintNot because it's blue, but because it refuses to fade back. A single cutout leaf does the talking, and once it's up, the rest of the room quietly arranges itself around it. The walls feel calmer. The sofa looks more considered. The mess on the coffee table feels less like mess. Hang it on a clear stretch of wall in a living room, bedroom or study somewhere it can breathe. Off white plaster, pale oak and soft grey textiles all love it. Linen, boucl and

A trailing houseplant nearby leans into the botanical mood without competing

The colour is cheerful without tipping into loud

The blue acts like ink on paper

terracotta pots and a bit of brass

Looks especially good in a real wood frame on a warm white wall

What not to do: don't crowd it with other busy prints or loud patterns

Skip anything too slick or corporate beside it — chrome

soft pink ceramics or a bit of rattan

more travelled

and breakfast gets a quiet co-conspirator

She's facing away

or on the back wall of a breakfast nook