Once the soft blue enters, the whole room stops apologising. A vintage Japanese botanical study from Ogino Issui's Ōyō Sketchbook brings a quiet, deliberate kind of decoration to walls that have been keeping their head down.

The room gets a focal point without getting louder. The dusty pink ground warms a cool space, the blue calms a warm one, and the small bird gives the eye somewhere to land on the way past.

Hang it at eye level in a hallway, above a small console, or on a study wall where you actually sit and look. It earns its keep on a single-piece wall.

Pair it with pale oak, linen, stoneware and brushed brass. Plaster or chalky off-white walls flatter the pink edge.

Don't crowd it with busy florals or strong graphic prints — it wants room to breathe. Looks especially good in an oak frame.