What’s the living room missing? Dusty blue with some nerve.

This is a quiet room with a confident voice. The blues do most of the work, the hydrangea pulls the eye, and the warm brown of the little table stops the whole thing turning cool. Hang it and the room feels considered without feeling fussy.

It suits a calm wall above a sideboard, between two windows, or as the single piece behind a reading chair. Eye-level, plenty of breathing space around it. Don’t crowd it.

Pairs well with linen, oak, aged brass and stoneware in cream or clay. A muted rug helps. So does a side lamp for the evening.

Don’t try to pair it with another big statement piece on the same wall it wants the room to itself.