Seen beside pale oak, the Paris street scene loses its postcard nostalgia and gains a bit of grit. The cream buildings, sage trees and that quiet green bicycle do the heavy lifting it’s calm without going cold.

Put it up and the room reads softer. Walls feel warmer, the sofa looks a little more settled, and the corner you keep meaning to sort out starts to make sense.

Works above a sideboard or a small console in a living room, in a hallway where you want one good thing to look at, or in a home office that’s tired of being beige.

Pair it with linen, rattan, a cream lamp base, a single sage cushion, and pale oak or limed timber. A small terracotta pot of herbs nearby ties it together.

Don’t park it next to anything loud a hot-pink abstract or a heavy black-and-white photograph will flatten it. Let it be the quiet bit. The canvas reads matte and soft, so the watercolour washes don’t pick up glare.