Regatta by Raoul Dufy Art Print Size:100x80cm / 40x32in kitchen or living room without

kitchen or living room without darkening it

dry humour rather than a punchline

stoneware mugs and a row of open shelving

Keep the rest of the wall quiet — busy patterned wallpaper or another bold graphic poster nearby will compete with the colour blocks instead of letting them sing

Quiet walls suddenly have a focal point

Regatta by Raoul Dufy Art Print Size:100x80cm / 40x32in kitchen or living room withoutStart with the orange; it'll wake every linen and pale oak around it. Dufy's regatta carries warm pinks, washed blues and soft sand across the picture, so the room picks up on that warmth almost straight away. What changes when it goes up is the temperature. A quiet, neutral room stops feeling beige and starts feeling like a bright summer afternoon there's movement on the wall and the eye keeps travelling across the sails. Hang it where it can