Cosmo, Por Favor Art Print messina The room gets a small

The room gets a small shot of Italian bar energy without leaning kitsch

Hand-thrown ceramics and a patterned rug work well too

Best at eye level on a clear wall

Skip pairing it with serious botanicals or anything trying very hard to look grown-up — it will quietly out-stare them

A few green plants nearby pick up the foliage without competing

Cosmo, Por Favor Art Print messina The room gets a smallOn a warm afternoon, the soft pink looks almost illegally fresh. A martini glass, a curl of lemon, and two words of hand lettering that's the whole brief, and it works. The room loosens up. Kitchens that take themselves too seriously start to feel like somewhere you'd actually pour a drink. The coral lettering picks up warmth from wood and brass; the dusty blue scallop edge keeps things from going sugary. Best above a bar cart, beside a drinks shelf,