Studies in Botanical Ornament by William Morris Art Print

Studies in Botanical Ornament by William Morris Art PrintThere's a reason William Morris kept returning to botanical pattern; rooms still respond. Put this print on the wall and the space slows down the sage greens settle the eye, the cream peonies lift it, and the symmetrical moth gives the whole room a quiet centre of gravity. It works hardest above a low headboard, a bedroom chest, or at the end of a hallway where you want a pause rather than a punch. Pair it with linen bedding, oak or rattan furniture,

Go small and it reads as a side joke

Ernst Haeckel's 1904 plate of sea anemones brings a curious

The deep blues take over

Avoid loud florals or busy gallery walls right next to it

or on a bedroom wall where you want something with a bit of personality

It's mustard yellow and navy with a point of view

Framed in oak

Unlike most typography art

and it can also carry a stair landing on its own

The orange brings warmth

Hang it where you walk past it often: by the kettle

The chart lays out dozens of mushrooms — toadstools