Call it cheerful if you want; we call it better walls. Two apricots — one whole, one cut to show the stone — painted in soft, confident brushwork on a warm cream background.

It brings warmth and a bit of appetite to the wall. The orange lifts a pale kitchen without shouting, and the cream background means it never fights the room around it.

Best above a kitchen counter, beside a breakfast nook, or in a pantry where you want something simple and warm rather than a wordy print or a stock botanical.

Pairs well with cream cabinets, oak shelving, brass tap fittings, terracotta floor tiles, linen tea towels, and stoneware in earthy tones.

Don't pair it with cool grey kitchens or hard-edged black-and-white photography — the warmth gets stranded and the print starts to look out of place. Printed on thick fine-art paper with rich, true colour.