Give the hallway wall one hard decision, and let everything else relax. This is a bright, flat-painted sailing boat in blue, deep green and white, and it does all the talking on its own. Put it up and the wall stops feeling like leftover space the blue reads as light, the green bands pull your eye across, and the room feels a shade cooler and calmer. Hang it solo at eye level, above a low sideboard, or centred between two windows. Pair it with pale wood, white linen, rattan and plain ceramics. Don’t crowd it with small busy frames or a patterned wallpaper; it needs clear wall either side to keep its punch. As a canvas the brush marks sit right on the surface, so it reads like a painting rather than a poster.