A few years ago the artist Kate Mears wrote a book  called A Year Around Our House. It is the kind of book we all long to write but it is rare to have both the writing and the artistic skills to be able to do so. It’s simply text and paintings, and wonderfully done. This is January: The Fireplace, Drawing Room. The text says: ‘This room is so beautiful it is flooded with sunlight, which is why I keep painting it. It is also the only time it is warm.’ Here is Kate Mears’s website. We now sell her cards in the shop.