Swan and Roses by William Morris Canvas Print

Swan and Roses by William Morris Canvas PrintMost botanical prints behave. This one picks a side. A white swan sits at the centre of a dense rose and peony garden, all warm pinks against a deep, almost black backdrop. It carries the weight of a William Morris pattern without turning into wallpaper. Put it up and the room reads as more considered. The soft pinks lift cream walls, and the dark backdrop gives plain paint somewhere to settle. It pulls a hallway, bedroom or quiet living room into a

drawn in plain lines

with bold cream type underneath — quiet from a distance

or a console in a quiet hallway

Keep the wall around it simple

and a holiday mood creeps in without anyone announcing it

a yellow promenade

on a dining feature wall

and one chalky pastel cushion picked from the print

the soft pink will do the editing

Stretched on a wooden frame and ready to hang straight from the box

with dancing figures rolling across the back wall

the blue looks almost illegally fresh