Buy the bird painting for the story. Keep it for the coral orange. The bird is the hook, but it’s that big block of warm orange behind it that changes the temperature of a room. Hang it and a plain wall stops being background. It brings colour up to eye level without needing more furniture or more clutter. Best on a short kitchen wall, in a hallway, or above a small desk where you pass it every day. Pair it with painted cabinetry, oak or walnut, rattan and linen, and simple stoneware. Don’t crowd it with other strong colour blocks or busy patterned wallpaper give it a quiet wall and let the orange do the talking. As a canvas the thick paint marks read softly and the edges feel relaxed.