Because she loves to create snippets of beauty in her spaces, she designs for herself and no one else. She doesn’t save the best only for her public places; she attends even to corners that no one but her will ever see. She enjoys creating beauty from things that are meaningful to her, or just plain pretty.
She once argued with her husband about the value – to her – of keeping a lamp lit in her powder room during the day. He: irritated by her wastefulness. She: in despair that he did not realize how the lamplight transformed the half bath into the architectural space it was designed to be. Rooms crave personal accoutrements to give them life, to personalize them. Besides, it made her happy every time she passed by that room…the warm glow of the lamp drew her in, if only visually, and with it, it seemed her house had gained a whole other room.
Perhaps only someone with similar sensibilities can understand this.Today she created another pretty little place, where it once was merely utilitarian. It started as a way to give her lovely orchids a humid environment to steep in after her showers, to caress their fragile blooms.
But now the littlest of her orchids is spent of its blooms.
So she will love it in its new, permanent location, and soon transplant it to a slightly larger terra cotta pot. It will adorn her most private, corner shelf and she will enjoy showering with it until it blooms again next year.
