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10 Original Ways to Paint your Home

1. Paint the baseboards or the stairs (or both) Grafic black & grey baseboards with a yellow touch to energize the whole 2. Paint Geometric Figures DIY tutorial on  VintageRevivals ’ blog 3. Paint the doors 4. Paint one or two bands on the wall 5. Paint just one wall or a block © Jo Pesendorfer © Sophie Hanniet 6. Paint the furniture tone-on-tone 7. Paint the moldings   8. Paint the ceiling 9. Paint half of the wall 10. Paint… a canvas If you don’t dare to paint the whole wall, try the light way: just paint a canvas with a plain color (here the  Blue  by Klein) Or just buy the Pantone canvas !

Inside… Víctor Goikoetxea’s universe

Trained as a painter, Victor Goikoetxea has specialized in the art of trompe l'oeil . He invited us to visit his duplex and gallery both located in Hernani, Basque village on the French border. Discover a world where art and decoration coexist... Industrial style wall with a rusty effect, made in  trompe l'oeil  for a private customer His House A living playing with the total white. We especially recognize the  Barcelona   Ottoman  from the Bauhaus designer Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1929). Works of art make the décor. Here the miniature sculpture of  Continuum  by Gotzon Huegun which large format version is displayed on the Plaza Zinkoenea in Hernani. The stairs leading down to the bedroom with its paintings and engravings. The bedroom, separated from the bathroom by a wall of glass bricks and white everywhere to create unity. The "stage door" or dedications and drawings of the many friends and colleagues of Victor. His Works and Workshop The polyptych representing th

A desk in the closet

It is not easy to have an office space of your own when you are living in a small space. The solution : put your desk in a closet! A desk in the closet @decocrush @designsheppard @officestylist @decoralos @ spoutgraphics @ marieclaireidées @apartementtherapy @cathdreams @decocrush A Desk in the Wardrobe @marthastewart @manuelidades @ Camara-de-maravillas @ decorainteriores @ donnamoderna @ dcoracao A Desk in the Dressingroom  @officestylist @ Northridge publishing @ Decoralia