Under the magnifying glass


Details can be more revealing that a giraffe in a room; they are the essential and unsuspected clues that spice up any space, any room: the way a light is shed on a given item to enhance the dramatic effect, the fabrics used for a couch or a carpet... Carefully chosen bits and pieces will help define the broader picture in the end and give consistency and unity. Think of the room as a canvas, as a pointilliste painting where the whole picture reveals itself once you step back and see all those tiny creative and inspired dots come together. Then again, a magnifying loop will still help you spot all the details you did not see in the first place.

A few home decoration pictures found around the Net perfectly illustrate the point and I keep going back to them because the details achieve a final goal of completeness and design satisfaction that quite fascinate me:



In this picture, the black framed windows play the part of framed pictures whereas the white framed pictures could be small windows looking onto the world; I like the idea of an inversion of roles. 



Here the wooden covered ceiling could again be the symbol of Alice in Wonderland (what is it with her lately, WHAT is it? Has anyone seen a deck of cards around this post, by the way?), where what was down - hopefully the floor - is now up. Interesting reversal of situation again where it would be tempting to "walk" along this corridor...on your hands.

Introspection is always good (right?), so I bravely went around the house and framed two details that I give you as small eye candy to sweeten this page, your reading and, most importantly, your day:



A bit of kitsch in the house is here to make us smile and put everything into a playful perspective: the kissing characters you will find in any cheesy souvenir shop around the country are sweet, tacky and look down on all visitors to welcome them. You are lucky that the red heart sticker that was stuck by an innocent hand on the entrance door pitifully fell  to the ground some time ago - and disappeared (has anyone thrown it away? I dare not ask...). It was here to remind our guests that this was the house of love. 

I forbid you to laugh. Watch out, if you laugh, I will know where to find you.



Now, more seriously: the paper flowers you see in the background are a present from my parents; they are delicate and romantic. Should I ask for more when I find all fake flowers to be of bad taste and utterly unnatural (well, of course!)? In this country of flowers, the paper flowers are the echo of the live buds - that you can actually see in the foreground. 

I tell you, never underestimate details and keep a magnifying glass in your pocket at all times (don't forget the house keys, they could be useful too).

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