Violet by Wassily Kandinsky Art Print housewarming and the dark green pulls

and the dark green pulls everything together

linen tea towels and a couple of cream stoneware pieces on open shelves

A painterly Paris travel poster of the Jardin de Luxembourg

yellow and coral blooms add warmth without shouting

with snow drifting around it in soft blue and cream

Violet by Wassily Kandinsky Art Print housewarming and the dark green pullsCall it thoughtful if you want; we call it better walls. This is one of those rare abstracts that holds a room together instead of fighting it a Bauhaus era composition of dark red, blue and yellow on a chalky off white ground, anchored by one bold black circle. It gives a quiet room a centre of gravity. Walls that felt flat suddenly have something to look at, and the room reads as considered rather than empty. It earns its keep above a writing desk,