Jacob Riis Lodgers in a Crowded Bayard Street
Although I am a cancer researcher by profession, I am in love with interior design and gardens. I recently found yet another British show on house remodeling. The series are available on YouTube at the moment - The £100k House Tricks of the Trade Series. In the past I was absorbed by the Grand Designs series. The difference between the two shows is that in the first one the houses are usually refurbished on a low budget.
There is something therapeutic about taking a dingy, ugly, and dysfunctional living space and turning it into an inspirational environment where creativity soars. Sometimes I wish I could wave a magic wand and erase the ugliness from this world. It is not that this would eliminate the world unpleasantness, crime, grief and wretchedness; however, I believe that practical, beautiful and clean surroundings command more decent and respectful behavior in humans.
I heard long ago the thought that when you treat people as if they were better, they do become/behave better.
I am far away from being a fan of expensive renovations. For me, clean, open, light and freshly painted spaces are a sufficient canvas to create something inspirational that allows the spirit to be free and creative.
Check this Frank Lloyd Wright webpage for more inspiration.
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| Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City (1959), interior, by Frank Lloyd Wright. |
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