When the living room feels over-arranged, this kind of bold geometric piece helps. A stylised gold tower rises out of a deep black ground, with a sunburst halo, stepped tiers and twin arched doorways.

It resets the room. The black soaks up the noise around it, and the gold lines catch lamplight in the evening, so the wall becomes the thing you look at rather than the clutter on the shelves.

Hang it where it can sit on its own — above a sideboard, in an entryway, behind a writing desk, or on a dark feature wall in a study. Eye level, or just a touch above.

Pairs well with velvet, brass, dark stained wood, marble and a single low lamp. Looks at home in dressed-up, slightly theatrical rooms.

Don't bury it in a busy gallery wall or hang it next to soft pastel florals — it wants room to breathe. Printed on premium fine-art paper.