With a bold cat portrait, scale decides whether the living room wakes up. Go too small and the joke gets lost; go large and the room finds a clear focal point. The cream background keeps things light, while the leopard pattern and the dark cat give you contrast without going moody. Hang it on a fairly plain wall — off-white, plaster pink, soft sage — so the cream of the print blends in and the cat's face does the work. Pair with velvet, leather, brass and warm timber. Skip pattern-on-pattern: keep the sofa or upholstery underneath it solid. A black frame sharpens the typography and the cat's outline.