How to Style a Reading Corner You Will Actually Use

A reading corner does not need much space. It needs a comfortable chair, decent light and a small sense of being set apart from the rest of the room. Get those right and it becomes the seat everyone fights over.

The three things that matter

Start with a chair you can sink into. Add a warm light source at shoulder height, a floor lamp or a small table lamp, so you are not reading by the main ceiling light. Then give the corner a little something of its own, usually a print, to mark it out.

Choose art that suits the mood

A reading nook calls for something calm and a touch personal. A quiet figure, a soft palette, nothing too loud. It should feel like a corner made for slowing down.

The print that fits

Our Reading Woman print is exactly that, a woman in a striped knit lost in a book, painted in warm neutral tones. It suits a reading chair, a bedside wall or any quiet corner that could do with a little company.

More like it in our living room wall art and bedroom wall art. Sold unframed so you can choose the perfect frame for your space.