Japanese Poppies by Sakai Doitsu Art Print

Japanese Poppies by Sakai Doitsu Art PrintA bedroom this pared back can take one serious deep red. The white poppy holds the top, the red and blue blooms sit lower, and the leaves do the heavy lifting in green. The cream ground keeps everything soft, so the colour reads as confident rather than loud. Hang it at eye level over a low chest of drawers, or to one side of the bed where it can breathe. It works with pale oak, cream linen, paper shades and ceramics in off white or clay. Skip

ideally at eye level above a console

Works best in kitchens

Leave the kitchen wall blank if you like cautious rooms

home office or creative corner

nothing else going on

It softens stiff rooms and gives plainer rooms something to talk about

deep red textiles

The mustard pulls warmth out of pale walls

so the room needs to be willing to play

Works above a sideboard in the living room

Heritage paint colours — clay pink

a low ceramic lamp and a single trailing plant