Gilded Cranes and Blossom Canvas Print byōbu and the room feels a

and the room feels a little sunnier than it did before lunch

the deep green and warm orange reads less sweet

It suits a dressing area

Here's the trick: let the soft pink water lilies cut through all that deep green

fanned peacock feathers in green and gold

Gilded Cranes and Blossom Canvas Print byōbu and the room feels aThere's a reason Japanese screen painters kept returning to cranes; rooms still respond. Two red crowned cranes stand in shallow water against a warm gold ground, with pale blossom drifting in from above. Put it up and the room slows down. The gold reads as warm colour, not glitter, and the dark tail feathers stop the whole thing floating off. It works best on a calmer wall above a sideboard, in a hallway, or as the main piece in a living room. Give