Leave the feature wall blank if you like cautious rooms. This one wants to be looked at, with thick paint, bright umbrellas and a turquoise sea seen from above. The room reads warmer and busier the moment it goes up. Hang it where you actually sit above a sofa, behind a dining table, or at the end of a hallway you walk past every day. Pale oak, linen and rattan calm it down; off-white walls let the colour do the work. Don’t park it next to another loud piece it needs space to breathe. On canvas, the brushwork sits proud and the scene reads almost sculptural across the room.