Patchwork Cat in the Miro Style Canvas Print pen-and-ink drawing Skip the busy floral wallpaper

Skip the busy floral wallpaper and the gallery cluster of small frames — this quote wants one clean wall and room to breathe

or in a galley hallway where you want a jolt of colour

the pinks and yellows do real work

This print works best on paper

and the pink stops it tipping moody

Patchwork Cat in the Miro Style Canvas Print pen-and-ink drawing Skip the busy floral wallpaperFrom the doorway, the cat reads clean. Up close, not polite. The blocks of yellow, blue, red and green sit on a chalky off white ground that looks scratched and scuffed, with confident black lines doing all the heavy lifting. Put this up and the room loosens. A quiet wall stops being polite. Conversations get a bit more colourful. It earns its keep above a sideboard, behind a desk, or on a kids' room wall where the rest of the styling is calm. Works