Before anyone mentions pop art, notice what the hot red does to walnut. Wood warms up next to it, and a plain off-white wall stops looking flat. The room gains one clear focal point, so everything else can stay quiet. Hang it in a living room above a sideboard, in a hallway where you pass it daily, or on a narrow chimney breast where the tall shape has room to breathe. Pair it with velvet or boucl seating, dark timber, chrome or brass, and cream linen. Keep the surrounding shelves light. What not to do: don’t crowd it with other strong colour pieces, and don’t hang it opposite patterned wallpaper. As a canvas the red reads a little softer and matt from across the room.