Test it this way: if the hallway feels safe, size up. This is a painted Tuscan travel poster in soft pink, deep green, mustard and a strip of sky blue colour you commit to rather than tiptoe around.

On a quiet wall it does the work of an open window. Plaster, cream and oat-toned rooms warm up immediately, and a sleepy corner suddenly has a focal point. Evening lamplight pulls out the pinks and gold.

Hang it in a hallway, above a sideboard, in a sunny kitchen, or as the one bright thing in a calm bedroom. Eye-level on its own, or anchoring a small holiday-themed wall.

Pairs well with rattan, painted wood, linen, terracotta pots, stoneware and brass. Pale oak floors and chalky off-white plaster walls let the colour sing.

Don’t crowd it with other busy patterned prints this one wants room to breathe. Stretched canvas keeps the painterly brushwork feeling close to the original.