Call it calm if you want; we call it better walls. This peacock among bamboo and peonies brings deep blue, soft green and gold to a wall that has been sitting empty for months. It gives a room a still, unhurried centre without shouting, and the aged cream background keeps everything warm rather than cold. Hang it in a bedroom above the headboard, at eye level in a hallway, or on a narrow wall between windows where the vertical shape has room to run. Pair it with dark stained wood, cane, linen in deep green and a stoneware vase or two. Don’t crowd it with busy patterned wallpaper or a row of bright graphic posters this one needs a little quiet either side. Printed on premium fine-art paper, unframed or framed in real wood.