I’ve spent way too much time at home in recent months, often having little else to focus on than this rather small interior environment. In this case, small changes can make a big difference. I mounted the picture ledges shown above just today, part of my ongoing campaign to decorate using my own photographs, chosen… Continue reading Home Improvements
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Home Decor: Small Touches
^ Another find from my latest Bombay trip: someobody had the bright idea to apply traditional Kashmiri papier-maché painting to far more durable (and also traditional) stainless steel housewares. The results include charming, colorful, bathroom-safe items like these. ^ Per Jonas’ suggestion, I hung part of the Tibetan prayer flags in the bathroom, which was… Continue reading Home Decor: Small Touches
Decorating in Italy – Asian Style: Adding Some Eastern Touches to Our Lake Como Home
When we moved to Lecco, we consolidated the contents of our household from Milan with Enrico’s parents’ stuff from their apartment in Rome (they were by then retired to a much smaller place on the seaside in Abruzzo). In this way we acquired some beautiful furniture, fixtures, knick-knacks, and paintings – all lovely stuff, but…… Continue reading Decorating in Italy – Asian Style: Adding Some Eastern Touches to Our Lake Como Home
Finishing Touches
When we moved into our apartment in Milan in 1991, we were young and just getting started in life – which is code for "didn’t have much money". Our furniture all came from Ikea, with supplementary storage: the old trunks we had shipped our stuff in from the US. Our light fixtures for years were… Continue reading Finishing Touches