Rooms go quieter when deep green is this sure of itself. The peacock and the gold flowers do the work; the walls just hold them.

Put this up and the room feels more considered. Lamplight catches the gold, the dark background pulls everything inward, and the eye settles on one wall instead of skimming the whole room.

It earns its keep above a sideboard, on a chimney breast, or at the end of a hallway where you want a proper full stop. Portrait shape means it slots between two windows or above a slim console.

Pair it with warm timber, deep green or oxblood upholstery, aged brass and a single ceramic vase. Heavy linen curtains, a low lamp, a dark rug.

Don’t fight it with another busy pattern on the same wall, and skip cool greys nearby they flatten the gold. Stretched canvas on a wooden frame, ready to hang.