By mid-morning, the tiger stops looking decorative and starts working. The room feels a touch braver, a touch warmer, and a lot more loved. Soft sage behind, cream below, a rust-and-dark-green tiger holding the centre — calm enough for a nursery, characterful enough for a grown-up hallway. Hang it at child eye-level above a low dresser, or higher above a cot or single bed where it can be looked up at. Pairs well with oak, cane, cream linen and soft wool rugs. Keep the surrounding shelf restrained — a couple of board books, a small plant, a stoneware lamp. Don't surround it with cartoon prints or competing animal posters; let this one be the friendly face on the wall. Stretched over a wooden frame and ready to hang straight from the box.