Put bluntly, your nursery can carry more soft blue than it thinks. This is one of Beatrix Potter’s original Peter Rabbit watercolours Peter caught upside-down in the garden netting, radishes overhead, jacket askew. Hang it and the room settles into a quieter, more story-led mood. Children’s spaces stop feeling like a primary-colour catalogue and start feeling like somewhere a book gets read at bedtime. Best above a low bookcase, a changing table, or beside a reading chair. Pairs well with oak, pine, linen, gingham and soft cream rugs. Skip the cartoon prints and neon alphabets nearby this needs a little quiet around it to do its job. The canvas weave adds a gentle storybook softness to the watercolour washes.