When the living room feels over-arranged, this kind of cityscape helps. It softens the room without flattening it, and gives the eye somewhere cheerful to land. Once it’s up, the room reads as a bit more lived-in like a flat near a market street rather than a show home. Hang it above a sofa, a sideboard or a console in the hallway, somewhere people slow down and chat. It pairs well with painted timber, pale oak, cream linen and stoneware in soft pastels. Keep the wall around it calm busy gallery clusters or another saturated piece will fight for attention. As a canvas, the brushy painted surface reads naturally, with no glare from across the room.