Sunburst in the Riesengebirge by Friedrich Canvas Print

When the living room feels over-arranged, this kind of landscape helps. It gives the eye somewhere open to rest, and it lowers the temperature of a room full of cushions, trinkets and competing patterns. Hung above a sofa or a low sideboard, the grey-blue sky pulls the whole wall back and makes the furniture below look more deliberate. It suits a chalky off-white or soft grey-green wall, and it holds up well in low winter light. Pair it with linen, wool, aged leather and dark wood, with stoneware or pewter nearby. Don't crowd it with bright graphic prints or busy patterned art on the same wall; it needs a little quiet either side. As a canvas the surface reads like a painting on the wall, with no reflection to fight the light.