Lumenorth Canvas Nordic Wall Sconce

Canvas is a Nordic wall sconce with a deliberately blank silhouette: a plain form that the room fills in, rather than a shape that dictates how the room around it has to look. It is the opposite of a statement piece, and in most houses that is the more useful thing to own.

Black gives the sharpest definition against a pale wall and makes the fitting register as part of the scheme. Grey is the neutral that disappears into almost any palette without being noticed at all, which is why it is the safest of the four. White keeps a small room feeling open by sinking into the plaster behind it. Yellow is the outlier of the set: a genuine colour choice that turns the fixture into an accent rather than a fitting, and it works particularly well in a hallway or a child's room where a little cheerfulness is worth more than restraint.

All four share the same silhouette, so a house can mix them room by room without looking undecided. Mount one beside a bed, a pair along a corridor, or a single one in the corner of a room that the ceiling light has never properly reached.

• Form: deliberately blank Nordic silhouette
• Colours: black, grey, white or yellow
• Grey is the safest neutral; yellow the deliberate accent
• All four share the same silhouette and can be mixed
• Designed to be filled in by the room rather than dictate it
• Best for: bedrooms, hallways, living rooms, offices and bathrooms
• Ships worldwide with tracking, delivered in 3-14 business days