Call it playful if you want; we call it better walls. This is the piece that stops people mid-sentence: a Highland cow, painted in loose brushstrokes, ginger-brown coat against a soft off-white background. Put it up and a plain wall turns into the bit of the room people comment on. It works above a kitchen counter, along a hallway, at the top of the stairs or in a child’s bedroom. Keep the company simple: painted timber, cream linen, stoneware, chunky knits and a few black metal details. Don’t crowd it with other big characters or heavy pattern, and skip busy wallpaper directly behind it. The paper version keeps the brushwork crisp and the background clean and bright.