Buy a landscape for the story. Keep it for the soft green. A faithful reproduction of Monet’s 1880 painting, this is the kind of picture that quietly changes the temperature of a room. The colours are dusty and sun-bleached pale green, oat, hints of lavender and the brushwork is loose enough to look different at different times of day. Hang it where the eye lands often: above a bed, behind a writing desk, or on the long wall of a hallway. It works best with natural materials linen, pale oak, wool, plaster and walls in off-white or warm stone. Avoid pairing it with anything graphic or high-contrast nearby; the picture is soft on purpose, and bold neighbours flatten it. Stretched on a wooden frame and ready to hang straight from the box.