Three things it does fast: ground soft peach, sharpen pale oak, wake the hallway. The room reads warmer the second this goes up the peach sky lifts pale walls, the washed blue water cools any clutter, and the row of pastel houses gives the eye something cheerful to land on. Hang it at eye level on a quiet wall, or above a console where keys, books and a small lamp can sit underneath. Pair with pale oak, rattan, linen and a stripe or two; brass handles read nicely against the soft pinks. Don’t crowd it with heavy florals or another statement landscape let the harbour do the talking. Stretched on a wooden frame and ready to hang straight from the box.