No, the deep blue-green doesn’t soften the room. It defines it. A ginger and white kitten sits inside a William Morris-style floral pattern, with cream and peach blooms threaded through dark foliage and exhibition typography across the top and bottom.

Hang it and the wall stops being a background. Pattern starts doing the work that paint or a feature wall would normally do, and the room feels considered rather than busy. The kitten gives it warmth so it never tips into stuffy.

It sits well above a hallway console, beside a reading chair, or at the end of a bedroom. Eye-level or just above is the sweet spot.

Pair it with warm timber, linen, soft wool, brass fittings and stoneware in cream or oat tones. A small lamp nearby helps the foliage glow in the evening.

Don’t crowd it with other dense pattern on the same wall let it lead, and keep neighbours quieter. Wrapped on a wooden frame, the deep tones read well across the room.