Test it this way: if the living room feels safe, size up. This abstract is built to lead a room — a warm brown backdrop holding a cluster of peach, cream, mid-blue and quick black and white scribbles. Hung on a plain wall it lifts the whole room; the warm brown reads almost like a soft second wall while the blue and peach step forward. Best above a sofa, sideboard or long console where it has room to breathe. It pairs with cognac leather, oatmeal linen, walnut timber and a little aged brass. Keep neighbouring objects quiet — a single stoneware vase, a low lamp. Don't hang it next to another busy artwork or a heavily patterned rug; it wants to be the loudest thing in the room.