What’s the living room missing? Coral orange with some nerve. This one does the work of a colour scheme on its own: a navy peacock standing in a flower bed, tail fanned across a checked orange background. Put it up and the room stops being polite. Cream walls warm up, green and brown furniture suddenly look deliberate, and a plain sofa reads as a choice rather than a default. Hang it above a sideboard or console, or at the end of a hallway where you see it head-on as you come through the door. Pair it with rattan, warm wood, linen and stoneware. Don’t crowd it with other loud florals or busy patterned wallpaper give it a calm wall and let it talk. As a canvas the painted surface reads softly, with no glazing to catch the light.