Autumn Night by Kamisaka Sekka Canvas Print Size:35x28cm / 14x11in a dressing table or a

a dressing table or a reading nook

What changes when it goes up: the room gains a focal point that feels lived-in rather than styled

Old books and stoneware help

It earns its keep in a nursery

A chubby black cat reads the morning paper on the loo

Autumn Night by Kamisaka Sekka Canvas Print Size:35x28cm / 14x11in a dressing table or aSomewhere between Kamisaka Sekka and Japanese woodblock, this autumn night scene refuses to behave. The thatched cottage sits in deep warm grey, the moon glows pale, and silvery grasses sweep across the foreground in fine hand drawn lines. Hang it and a room slows down. Edges soften. A busy hallway starts to feel considered, a bedroom feels quieter. It hangs beautifully above a low console, a sideboard or a bed headboard, with a metre of clear wall on