Three things it does fast: ground deep blue, sharpen pale oak, wake the living room. The colour does most of the work patterned trees, mustard reeds, soft pinks at the foot and one quiet navy duck on still water. Hang it where a wall has gone flat: above a sofa, behind a console, or on the landing where you want a lift on the way past. It plays nicely with pale oak, cream linen, rattan and stoneware in warm tones. Don’t crowd it with other busy prints or competing florals give it a clear wall and let it carry the room. Stretched on a wooden frame and ready to hang straight from the box.