Trompe L"Oeil

When I started in design a while ago I was printing wallpapers by hand for a designer. I liked the work and particularly working with paint and color, it developed and I was designing wallpapers for some time. So when I received an email this morning from Found Home Store who shared with me these trompe l'oeil wallpapers I was amused.

I have always found this technique of painting that deceives the eye and creates illusions of space and places fun. Deborah Bowness has taken this idea and applied photographs to wallpaper. Now we can cover a wall with an illusion of a bookcase, or a row utility chairs along a wall in a dressing room. Or we can dress a room up with a wallpaper photo of a classical wall complete with the carved skirting, dado and damask wallpaper. The other fun idea is of a posh frock hanging up in the corner.

Lots of humor in these papers and would be so fun to see the wallpaper of bookshelves in a corner of Starbucks or a super minimalist room with the classical wall, so lots of ideas to play with.

A Special Home

What makes a home? A place to live, relax and enjoy time with loved ones? Why do we decorate our homes and make them beautiful?

This past week, having spent the time with my mother, I always walk into her house and feel it is a true home, comfortable, beautiful, well arranged and so many things well thought out. It is comfortable in the sense that there is always a table at your elbow to place a drink and a book, there is always enough light to read but never glaring or overhead. It is comfortable in that how the furniture is positioned it is best for conversation and sharing. There is color and there is light.

It is my favorite house, my favorite home and I always feel best here.