Try it above the sideboard; the vertical will do the editing. The gold background lifts a dim wall the way a lamp does, and the blue-green peacock gives the room one clear point to look at. Hang it in a dining room, bedroom or entryway where people slow down enough to notice the small painted blossom and seed heads. It sits happily with dark wood, rattan, velvet and green glazed pots, and it likes a chalky off-white or deep green wall behind it. Don’t crowd it with other patterned pieces or busy wallpaper this one wants a bit of quiet either side. On fine-art paper the gold reads soft and slightly aged rather than shiny.