What’s the bedroom missing? Soft green with some nerve. Not a loud green, but one that holds its own against a wall of cream. The room settles the moment it goes up. The wide open middle gives your eye somewhere to rest, so a busy corner reads calmer and the ceiling feels higher. Hang it above the bed, above a low console, or on the long blank stretch of a hallway where nothing else is competing. Pair it with oat linen, pale wood, matte ceramics and a wall in cream or off-white. Keep it away from heavy patterned wallpaper and don’t crowd it with small framed pieces, or the quiet space in the centre stops doing its job. As a canvas the washed green softens further and the edges feel hand-painted.