Here's the trick: let the watermelon cut through all that timber. Modern kitchens lean hard on oak, cream and stone — calm, but quiet. Drop this in and the whole room sharpens up.

The bright pink slice catches the eye first, the deep green stripes hold it there, and suddenly your tea towels and ceramics look like they were chosen on purpose. Morning coffee turns into a little moment.

Hangs best in a kitchen, breakfast nook or dining wall — somewhere you actually use, not somewhere you tiptoe past. Eye-level above a console, sideboard or open shelving works a treat.

Pair it with painted cabinets in cream, sage or a deeper green, butcher-block worktops, woven baskets and unfussy stoneware. A vase of cosmos or dahlias on the counter will love this.

Don't surround it with other loud fruit prints — one bold piece per wall. Let it be the joke that lands.