From the doorway, the vertical reads clean. Up close, not polite. The scratchy ink lines and bright blue washes start showing themselves, and the room gets a bit louder in a good way.

Put it up and the room stops feeling settled. The blues lift cooler walls, the mustard and terracotta warm everything sitting around it, and the loose lines give a quiet room a heartbeat.

It works best on a wall you walk past every day hallway, living room, study. It needs a bit of breathing room either side; don’t crowd it with shelves or busy patterns.

Pair it with plain linen, oak or walnut, tan leather and a single mustard cushion. Books and a reading lamp finish it off.

Don’t hang it next to other busy illustrations or strong florals it wants the spotlight. On canvas the ink lines sit slightly softer, with the texture of the weave showing through.