Diamond Painting Kit Strawberry Cream Parfait, Full Drill Round Diamond Art for Adults, 40x55cm DIY Craft Kit, Kitchen Wall Decor Gift

Dessert is one of the few things a kitchen wall can be about without anyone rolling their eyes at it. This diamond painting kit is a parfait in a tall glass, caught in the second before a spoon goes in and wrecks the layers.

Strawberries stack against the inside of the glass in ruby and blush, whipped cream swirls between them in soft off-whites, and a band of golden granola breaks the sweetness up with something coarse and toasted. The reds carry the piece, but it is the pale layer that does the quiet work, keeping the whole thing from collapsing into a wall of pink. At 40 x 55 cm the berries are large enough to shade one at a time, highlights and all, instead of reading as a single red mass from the doorway.

Twenty-three DMC colors, 225 through 3861, is what buys you the gradient in the cream. Plenty of dessert designs flatten the whipped layers into one flat white; here there are enough neutrals in the range to keep the swirl looking soft enough to put a spoon through.

The details

• 40 x 55 cm (15.7 x 21.7 in), portrait orientation
• Full coverage, round drills
• 23 DMC colors, DMC 225 to DMC 3861
• Adhesive canvas with printed symbols and color legend
• Sealed, numbered, DMC color-coded drill packets
• Stylus pen, grooved tray, wax refill and tweezers included

Straight talk

Roughly 25 to 35 hours of placing, so give it a month of evenings and do not start it the week before you want it hanging. Round drills are the forgiving kind and the cream has large blocks of near-identical color, which makes this a sensible second or third kit rather than a first one. The canvas ships rolled, so flatten it under something heavy overnight before you peel anything back. No frame is included.

The spoon never goes in, the layers stay exactly where they are, and the kitchen keeps the best part of dessert on a permanent basis.