A bedroom this pared back can take one serious soft beige. The leaves are big and loose, so a quiet wall stops feeling like a gap and starts feeling finished. Hang it above a bed, a chest of drawers or in a narrow hallway where you pass it every day. It sits happily with linen, pale wood, plaster walls and stoneware, and it takes the hard edge off a very modern room without adding colour you have to plan around. Keep the surrounding surfaces simple one or two textures rather than a shelf of clutter. Avoid crowding it with strong pattern or bright graphic art; the brushwork is the interest here. As a canvas the painted surface reads closer to the original brushwork.