Against pale plaster, the yellow florals read less sweet, more deliberate. The cream ground keeps things calm while the soft pink checks and pale blue lettering do the heavy lifting.

Hang it and the room reads brighter. A kitchen wall stops being a kitchen wall and starts feeling like a breakfast spot in a small Italian town. Hallways pick up colour without going loud.

Best above a console, a coffee station, or a small breakfast table. Works solo, and earns its keep there.

Pair it with pale oak, white-painted walls, simple ceramics, rattan chairs and linen. Brass fittings warm it up nicely.

Skip the heavy gilt frame and don’t crowd it with other travel posters the stretched canvas keeps the edges clean and lets this one carry the room.