40 cm suora empire-varjostin aqua red Tuffley -poimutetussa puuvillassa, GP & J Baker

The aqua red color is way more saturated in person than I expected from the photos, and it plays nicely against my dark walnut table lamp. The 40cm empire shape throws light wide enough to actually read by, not just glow decoratively. Really pleased with how the seaweed pattern reads up close.

The gathered cotton has this subtle texture up close that flat shades just don't have, and the aqua red reads more teal in daylight than I expected. It's a 40cm empire, so it throws light wide across the whole sofa rather than pooling in one spot.

Swapped out my plain beige shade for this one and the aqua red pattern instantly perked up the whole corner. The 40cm empire shape throws a nice wide pool of light, and the mid-century seaweed motif gives it that vintage feel I was after.