Start with the soft pink; it’ll wake every plaster and timber surface around it. The villa stairs, deep blue pool and warm tan figures pull a room straight into holiday mode.

What changes is the energy. A neutral room with linen sofas and pale wood suddenly feels sunlit and easy, like the windows have opened onto the coast. The deep blue gives it backbone; the pink keeps it friendly.

Hang it where you spend daytime hours above a sofa in the living room, on a feature wall in a sunny hallway, or in a kids’ room or playroom where the swimmers do the most work.

Pair with pale linen, rattan, light oak, white ceramics, and the odd terracotta pot. A blue-and-white stripe cushion or two will pick up the pool and tie everything together.

Don’t crowd it with other busy figurative pieces or compete with strong patterns on the wall behind. It’s the headline act. Wrapped on a sturdy wooden stretcher, ready to hang straight from the box.