Call it playful if you want; we call it better walls. This whimsical San Francisco scene takes a quiet living room wall and turns it into the bit of the house people actually stop and look at. Hang it above a low sofa or a painted sideboard and the room feels lighter and a touch more curious. It works best on a soft off-white or pale sage wall, somewhere with daylight to lift the pinks and greens. Pair it with linen upholstery, pale oak, woven baskets and ceramics in cream or terracotta. Don’t crowd it with other busy patterns or another loud feature piece let it be the one bright thing in the room. Stretched on a wooden frame, ready to hang straight from the box.