The Italian technique of panfrying a chicken with a weight on top yields a bird with an utterly crispy skin and succulent flesh in less than half an hour. It works for all manner of poultry.
Read MoreA Spiky Red Block Wall
French artist Didier Faustino created this spiky red wall reminiscent of a cartoon explosion as an art installation on the grounds of a 1950’s villa designed by architect and sculptor André Bloc . We love it for the ideas it gives us about doorways and walls: a wall painted that fab red/orange would make a wondrous “welcome” OR…
Read MorePurposely Askew Tiles on Floors and Walls
“Breaking the expected pattern” is an ongoing theme that is threaded throughout Improvised Life, in all aspects of our lives. It tends to show most concretely in interiors, in floors and walls.
Read Moredig this swell red brick floor (like alexander calder’s)
This lovely brick floor spotted at Style Files reminded us of the floor Alexander Calder installed in the huge windowed studio he added on to his Connecticut farmhouse. It was made of the most ordinary of materials – sans mortar or cement.
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