San Francisco Landmarks Canvas Print

San Francisco Landmarks Canvas PrintThink of it as a vintage travel poster with less reverence and better instincts. It rounds up the city's greatest hits Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, the Painted Ladies, a cable car, a sea lion and a smiley fog cloud in loose, friendly watercolour. Put it up and the room gets warmer and a bit more personal. The red orange of the bridge does most of the work, with sand, soft blue and off white keeping things calm around it. It earns its place in

The circles pull the eye in slow loops

It also gets on well with other travel posters if you're building a wall

Skip it if your kitchen is already busy with open shelving

orange and blue swirling around like a painted garden after rain

hand-lettered

Skip anything too literal nearby — no chalkboards

the brushwork keeps its bite

enamel mugs

Rooms go quieter when soft green is this sure of itself

The Douro sits at the bottom in cool blue

or terracotta suddenly have a friend

Tokyo Tower and bold lettering anchor a soft watercolour mix of cherry blossom