A sunlit stone archway reveals the wide blue sea beyond. Its calm depth suits the living room, bathroom and hallway alike.

Golden sandstone blocks rise around a pointed Gothic arch, its wooden doors swung wide. Beyond them a deep azure sky carries scattered white clouds above a restless sea, where foaming crests roll in over dark coastal rocks. Sunlight grazes the wall from the left, so the warm ochre stone glows against the cool blue of this photograph.

Above a sofa, in the bedroom or at the end of a narrow corridor, the motif unfolds its full sense of depth. It works with pale walls, natural wood and Mediterranean or coastal interiors, and makes smaller rooms feel noticeably more open and airy.

A horizon that quietly widens every room it looks into.