Van Gogh's Almond Blossoms Is the Most Underrated Print for a Reading Nook

Everyone reaches for Starry Night. Almond Blossoms deserves the same shelf space — Van Gogh painted it in 1890 as a gift for his newborn nephew, and the blue-and-white palette is calmer and easier to live with than almost anything else in his catalog. It's the rare piece of famous art that actually works as background, not a centerpiece.

Because the original has been in the public domain for well over a century, reproductions like this one are a completely legitimate way to bring museum-grade art into a home without museum-grade pricing. This version comes finished on a wooden frame, sized to sit comfortably behind a sofa or above a reading chair.

Pair it with warm lighting and it does most of the work of "making a room feel intentional" on its own — no need to build an entire art collection around it.