This interior by designer and stylist Carlos Mota jumpstarted two great ideas for our space. We wondered:  Is that a painting or a framed chalkboard, wiped out in the most purposely smudgy way, with nude drawn on it? We love the idea of a chalkboard framed to be a constantly changing artwork. And especially a nude smack in the middle of a living space, which can’t help but cool it out.

We thought of Carlo Mollino’s nudie mirror

And Jean Cocteau’s Villa Santo Sospir

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We kept this image by Japanese Photographer Yumehara Hokume on our fridge for YEARS.

And of course, Matisse just had REAL ONES hang out…

top image via Desire to Inspire