There’s a reason Jean Bernard kept returning to cats; rooms still respond. A small sketch like this lowers the volume of a room without flattening it the eye lands, settles, and moves on. It brings a quiet, lived-in feeling to walls that would otherwise read as too clean or too new. Hang it at eye-level above a writing desk, a bedside table, or a low chest of drawers. It earns its keep in snug corners, hallway nooks and rooms where you read. Pair with old oak or walnut, linen, aged leather, brass fittings and a few worn books. Avoid hanging it beside loud, high-contrast modern work the pencil shading needs a calmer neighbour. The canvas weave softens the graphite further, giving it the feel of an old studio drawing.