A Whole Great Big Fun Thing by Tomi Ungerer Art Print

A Whole Great Big Fun Thing by Tomi Ungerer Art PrintSeen beside pale oak, the storybook frog loses nostalgia and gains grit. The picture stops being decoration and starts being a small daily prompt: read more, fuss less, take the boat out. Hung over a child's bookshelf, a reading nook or a study desk, it adds warmth and a bit of dry humour to an otherwise sensible wall. The soft greens and sky blue keep it calm rather than loud, so it works in nurseries that have grown up a bit and in grown up rooms

the red floor in the painting picks up tiled floors and rugs

sitting flat against a blush background

and the whole room shifts from polite to playful

painted bookshelves

A hand-drawn Tokyo skyline that swaps neon and noise for soft towers

then the dark green start doing damage

Give it a bit of breathing room either side

The cream background keeps the wall calm

Let it remind you of the joy and pride in crafting delicious meals for loved ones

olive oil bottles and anything sage on the wall

Framed in black or oak it lifts cleanly off the paper

A green velvet armchair would not complain