In 1928, this would have felt radical. It still does. A Louis Wain kitten with saucer eyes, painted on a sky-blue background, with a hand-lettered caption that almost everyone reads twice.

Put it on the wall and the room shifts. A kids’ room loses its catalogue-bought stiffness. A reading nook gets a bit of mischief. A kitchen corner suddenly has a personality.

It earns its spot above a low bookshelf, beside a child’s bed, on a hallway wall where it greets people at eye level, or in a study where you’d like a little warmth and a little wit.

It sits happily with painted wood, gingham, woven baskets, soft cream walls, and warm timber. Anything that feels handmade works.

Don’t try to make it sophisticated. It isn’t, and that’s the point. Skip the moody charcoal walls and the very serious modern art on either side. Stretched on a sturdy wooden frame, ready to hang straight from the box.