We all know that mirrors are useful for getting dressed, flossing, and doing your makeup — basically any activity that requires checking yourself out. And they are of course imperative for getting ...

Decorative painting has long been used to add pizzazz to bare spaces, although the techniques have come quite a long way from the Paleolithic cave paintings in Lascaux, France, or the murals that ...

It’s well known that Henri Matisse was a champion of decorative painting — or perhaps I should say, the decorative in painting. His admirers will have in mind the words from his “Notes of a Painter” ...

Ceilings were once a symbol of grandeur and opulence, adorning grand buildings, churches and palaces with their intricate and elaborate designs. We still find ourselves looking up in awe at these ...

Big, red, tiny, or shiny, I have to admit: I am obsessed with balls. To be clear, I mean the decorative balls that adorn the world (and objects) around us. Truth is, I’ve never encountered an ...