Amber home decorAmber hour at home

Amber home decor works because it copies the best light of the day. Around six in the evening everything in a room turns honey-coloured for about twenty minutes, and these pieces are a way of keeping that going after the sun has gone.

Start with the light itself. A glass pendant in olive with a soft globe underneath, and a fringe lamp in ochre velvet that glows more than it shines. Then the brass candlesticks, tall and slightly uneven, which look better the more the candles drip.

Scent does the rest. The amber candle from La Jolie Muse sits in a dotted glass jar that is pretty even unlit, and Diptyque Ambre is the one to keep coming back to. Finish with an amber glass dish for rings, matches or butter, depending on the room. It's a small edit, and it changes how a room feels at night.