What it adds isn’t clutter. It’s vertical tension in the right places. A warm, painted scene of a Cairo courtyard at sunset, with the pyramids in the distance and a pool full of people just below.

On the wall it does the work of a small open window. The room picks up the warm orange and sandstone, the deep purple sky settles things down, and the turquoise pool keeps everything from going too sleepy. Quiet rooms suddenly feel lived in.

It sits well above a bed, a console or a desk. The portrait shape gives it height without needing a huge wall.

Pair it with linen bedding, terracotta pots, rattan, warm timber and a lamp or two. Anything sun-baked and slightly worldly will agree with it.

Don’t crowd it with other busy travel posters or competing sunset scenes.