Try it above the sideboard; the vertical will do the editing. The long tail pulls the eye downwards, so a wall that felt short and cluttered suddenly reads tall and settled. The soft gold background does the quiet work it warms a north-facing room the way a lamp does, without adding another colour to manage. Hang it in a living room, dining room or the long wall of a hallway, with the bird’s head near eye level. Pair it with dark wood, velvet or linen, rattan and stoneware in warm earth tones. Don’t crowd it with busy pattern on the same wall, and skip tall plants directly below the tail needs clear space to fall. As a canvas the surface picks up the painted-silk softness of the background.