Could it be that the great Mexican architect Luis Barrigan created a study with an unexpected, roughly-painted rather expressionistic trompe l’oeil window to brighten a windowless space? It LOOKS that way in this image we found at Aqqindex. It got us casting about for abstract optical illusions we might employ at home, the opposite of the usual trompe l’oeil that…
Read Morehiding furniture with fabric
Sometimes there’s no way around keeping a piece of furniture in your place that you’re not crazy about; you either need it (like a file cabinet or storage chest) or you can’t get rid of it just yet (you’re keeping it for the next place). Here’s an example of using a great fabric to hide…
Read Moreour lesson in pink (paint)
We never would imagined how beautiful and NON-kids room pink walls could be until we saw pictures of a house designed by the great Mexican architect Luis Barrigan in 1947. Pink upon pink balanced by yellow, wood, dark floors…. expanded our view of a color we’d inadvertently made short shrift of… With thanks to the…
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