Midnight Muse in Bloom Canvas Print album cover a deep navy door

a deep navy door

Eye-level is best — give it room to breathe

a dining nook feels more like a private joke

rattan and bouclé without fighting them

above a reading chair

Midnight Muse in Bloom Canvas Print album cover a deep navy doorIn the 1960s, this would have felt radical. It still does. A black cat sits dead centre in a riot of orange, blue and yellow wildflowers and somehow the room behind it gets brighter the moment it goes up. Walls that felt a bit flat start doing more work. The orange pulls warmth out of timber and rattan; the blue cornflowers calm the whole thing down so it never tips into shouty. Works best on a wall you actually walk past a kitchen, an entryway, a