Wooden House Plants - Medium Redcap Mushroom

• The caps are a warm coral-red scattered with cream spots, the classic fairy-tale toadstool look, and the enamel gives them a glassy sheen that catches window light.
• A smaller mushroom tucks in beside the taller one, so the piece reads as a little family rather than a single object.
• The stems fade from cream into soft brown and mossy green at the base, as though rising out of the forest floor.
• The back and edges are left as bare, pale wood, so the grain shows along the sides and you can see where the colour stops and the timber begins.
• It is flat-backed and free-standing, so it sits happily without a stand or hook.

The body is mango wood, a timber with a warm honey tone and a visible, flowing grain. The printed-looking artwork on the front is sealed under rich, glossy enamel, which gives the colours depth against the matte wood around them. Because the wood is a natural material, the grain and tone will differ slightly from one piece to the next.

It suits the places where small, characterful things tend to gather: a bookshelf between spines, the end of a mantelpiece, a window ledge, a desk or a bedside table. Beside a plant or a stack of old books, it takes on a quiet woodland-corner feel. It also pairs well with other natural textures such as linen, clay and dried grasses.

The red cap with white spots has long been a fixture of European folklore and children's illustration, appearing in fairy-tale clearings and beneath hedgerows. It has become shorthand for the enchanted woods of storybooks, which is why a single mushroom can bring so much playfulness to a room.

Dust it with a soft, dry cloth. Keep it away from damp, as untreated wood edges dislike prolonged moisture, and avoid abrasive cleaners that could dull the enamel finish.