Try it above the bed; the vertical will do the editing. The room gets quieter almost immediately the wide stretch of soft grey-blue reads like open air, and the single white bird gives your eye one place to land. It suits rooms where you want less noise: a bedroom, a bathroom, a landing that never gets much light. Keep the surroundings simple. Pale linen, off-white or soft blue walls, light timber and matt ceramics all sit well with it. Skip busy patterned wallpaper behind it and avoid crowding it with warm gold or bright tropical pieces, which pull against the cool tone. As a canvas the painted texture carries right to the edge.