Open the curtains at mid-morning; the warm brown will handle the drama. A room that has gone a bit polite gets its personality back, because this cow is looking straight at you and there is no ignoring it. Hang it in a kitchen, a back hallway or a family sitting room where people pass close enough to see the whiskers and the muddy nose. It sits happily with painted cabinets, scrubbed timber, checked cotton and old enamelware, and the pale sky behind the animal keeps a small room from feeling heavy. Do not bury it in a busy patterned wall or crowd it with other big faces; one strong character per wall is plenty. Stretched over a wooden frame and ready to hang straight from the box.