Open the curtains at mid-morning; the bright orange will handle the drama. This is a room-changer rather than a quiet filler: one wall goes from flat to full of energy, and the rest of the furniture suddenly looks deliberate. Hang it on a plain painted wall in a hallway, kitchen, playroom or home office, ideally over a low sideboard, bench or toy unit so the dog sits at child eye-level. Pair it with off-white walls, pale wood, navy or deep blue textiles and simple glossy ceramics. Don’t crowd it with other loud colour or patterned wallpaper, and skip anything gilded or fussy nearby. As a canvas the colour reads softer and the edges stay frameless and relaxed.