"Art is a shadow of what a person is thinking... a small glimpse of what they hold inside. Little secrets, regrets, joys... every line has its own meaning." - Sarah, Los Cerros Middle School, 1999
A picture can convey a lot of emotions when placed appropriately in a room. It can change the focus,...
My DIY project this week is to paint one of the walls in our living room Orange :) It was relatively easy for us to zero down on this color as we talked wistfully about it all last year. We got our shade from home depot last night and are ready to embark on our first painting journey. All the images...
"And the chandeliers are neat . . .
But their mignon, marblish glare!
We are cold, the parrots cried,
In a place so debonair." - Wallace Stevens
Chandeliers are known for their dramatizing effect on a room. A simple room can be made splendid by just adding an elaborate overhead light.
"White ... is not a mere absence of colour; it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as definite as black.... God paints in many colours; but He never paints so gorgeously, I had almost said so gaudily, as when He paints in white."
--Gilbert Keith Chesterton [British author, 1874–1936]...
Living room - I have a somewhat medium-large living room (as per city one-bed standards), but with a lot of unusable space. I am trying to use the pictures in this ideabook to help me section areas in the living room and make optimal use of the space.
Kitchen - My kitchen is part of the living room...
