A bedroom this pared back can take one serious soft pink. Hang it and the whole wall warms up the blush background reads almost like a painted plaster finish, and the deep blue-green of the birds gives the room one strong colour to build from. It earns a proper feature spot: centred above the headboard, over a sideboard in the dining room, or on the long wall of a wide hallway. Keep the company simple. Linen or velvet in cream, cane and painted furniture, a little brass, and pottery in soft pink or green. Skip busy florals on the same wall and avoid stacking it with other patterned pieces this one wants room to breathe. As a canvas the soft painted surface reads well from across the room.