How to decorate your home with a puzzle
24/03/2026
Decorate a cottage, a country house, or your dream vacation home, perhaps by the lake, in English style : here are Puzzle Arte’s suggestions for changing the style with a jigsaw puzzle.
What distinguishes the British Style is a dreamy atmosphere, undoubtedly influenced by the rainy climate and therefore with slightly gloomy tones. Indeed, English landscapes always exude a subtle melancholy, a nostalgic undergrowth reminiscent of 19th-century French Impressionist paintings.
Not only can the natural landscape become the theme of the English style: let’s try to move the subject towards a different interpretation, taking as an example the interiors and the shades of wood, warm and enveloping colours that blend wonderfully in a cottage or in a house furnished in the English country style .
Let’s discover three suggestions for artistic paintings to hang to decorate in English style with a puzzle , choosing from the puzzles available on our site.
Here, we offer you the reproduction of the famous painting The Bar at the Folies Bergère by Manet, The Dance Class by Degas and an ancient 17th-century map that replicates the world at the time of the conquerors, an illustration full of precious miniatures.
The painter Edgar Degas is among the most original of the Impressionist artists , preferring interiors to outdoors and vegetation. Indeed, his fragmented style of color reflects the light, caressing the skin of his ballerinas, the fabric of their tutus, and the slats of the stage of his unforgettable ballets.
The exploration of color and luminosity translates instantly to the protagonists of Degas’s paintings: through quick touches of color, the painter captures the image of the ballerina on the canvas, “photographing” her as she laces up her shoes or rehearses. This moment captures the frame , or rather, the ideal fragment that encompasses the entire solar spectrum in combination with the nuances of the room.
The result is a riot of warm, enveloping colors, ideal for decorating the kitchen, living room, or bedroom in an English-style jigsaw puzzle . And why not, even the bathroom, which features an Art Nouveau ceramic bathtub?
In particular, Degas’s The Dance Class was exhibited in photographer Nadar’s studio in 1974, during one of the first Impressionist exhibitions; the warm, soft colors of the wooden parquet interact beautifully with the whiteness of the ballerinas’ tutus, while the chromatic flash of the ribbons and hairstyles provides a lively effect that creates a contrasting color effect.
The 1000-piece puzzle reproduction is the ideal hanging picture to decorate your room in perfect British style.
Our advice is to hang it near checked wallpaper or Scottish tartan prints, next to curtains and the headboard. To decorate the living room with paintings , simply place the Degas puzzle next to the tea set, or above a console table decorated with themed wallpaper.
Still within the realm of interior design, to furnish in English style, you can orient yourself towards “bar” or “living room” paintings. Considering a typical 19th-century bar, the subject of Édouard Manet’s celebrated painting The Bar at the Folies Bergère comes into play , probably one of the most striking manifestos of the Impressionist movement.
An everyday theme, that of the bar and the local: the puzzle lends itself very well to being hung in the kitchen, in a typical English dining room, but also next to the warmth of the fireplace.
The puzzle faithfully reproduces the interior of the Parisian bar , including the waitress whose gaze accompanies the visitor as they decide on their drink. The waitress’s manner behind the counter is comforting and relaxing. Her attitude is as welcoming as the warm hues of the painting’s composition.
Behind the protagonist, a huge mirror reflects the packed audience of the venue, a quilt of pops of color that looks more like a meadow in bloom than a gathering of people.
Hanging paintings like these in the kitchen or dining room means welcoming guests with a hospitable mood and creating a friendly and relaxed atmosphere.
To decorate a home in English style, the secret lies in hanging artistic puzzles like this one, rich in warm shades inspired by wood and ebony, with a few hints of light in the model’s diaphanous skin.
Doing a puzzle with someone has a strong playful element. It’s above all a game and an opportunity to get together as a family and share a constructive and fun moment.
Putting together a puzzle with friends is also an opportunity for an unusual and unconventional themed evening. Why not dare and try your hand at Henry Hondius ‘s 1000-piece World Map puzzle ?
This is a puzzle copy of a mid-17th century relic.
This map dated 1630 is a precious furnishing accessory for decorating the living room and bedroom in English style .
The soft colors and the sober, delicate palette reminiscent of the filigree of ancient maps pair well with blue wallpaper, small squares, and floral patterns, depending on your taste and imagination.
English style is characterized by a strong vintage and retro feel, especially in the choice of recycled materials and objects like porcelain basins and jugs. This map will be the perfect furnishing accessory!
The British style mood takes inspiration from the typical landscapes of the moors, the expanses of shrubs and lavender, but also from the impetuous cliffs of the paintings of Turner and the English Romantic painters .
You can add flowers and aromatic plants to create a completely green and natural décor and perfume the room. To best coordinate and match the colors, we recommend bunches of lavender and daisies, poppies, and sunflowers, which pair beautifully with the wood tones of the interior.
Instead, to furnish a country house in English style , in addition to choosing natural colors, it is advisable to create contrasting effects between cool and warm shades: for example, the combination of the orange of the parquet and the blue of the sofa upholstery is perfect, two colors only apparently distant from each other.
Electric blue and orange are two complementary colors, like yellow and purple (perfect in the kitchen) and red and green (always ideal in the dining room and in a convivial environment).
By playing with these structural solutions and decorating with an art puzzle , you can renovate your home in British chic style, without spending a fortune.
