Some portrait prints match a room. This one resets its pecking order. It is a duckling in a feathered flower bonnet, painted like an old family portrait, and it changes the temperature of a wall the moment it goes up. A quiet hallway stops being a corridor. A downstairs loo gets a joke worth reading twice. Because the colours are soft sage green, cream and warm beige, it stays gentle rather than shouty, so it suits painted panelling, floral curtains and cane furniture. Keep the surrounding wall fairly plain and let the piece be the talking point. Don’t crowd it with other portraits or busy pattern at the same scale, or the humour gets lost. As a canvas the soft painted surface reads warmer and slightly more antique.