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'I do not get the appeal of his designs. At all.'

livc--I could not agree more.

I agree with white paint. Not only will it help the brick disappear, the shadows will create an interesting texture all while brightening up the room. Anything else you might do to it will almost certainly make the corner look more fussy than you may want. Good luck.

make sure nothing you try to purchase through Clio is back ordered---if it is expect to wait a long, long time to get what you have paid for...

paint it all--including the trim--barn red or dark gray. it'll lend it a modern feel. we did something similar for a client and the result was very nice; especially at dusk with the windows lit up.

nobody thinks that this is one of those ideas best left in the conceptual design realm?

i am not so into this sort of thing; after purchasing a molo soft wall for a client I find items like this more problematic than pragmatic.

This definitely looks like something you might see on MTV Cribs...right after you see the fridge full of Red Bull and Cristal. Sorry to say it but not tasteful in the least.

Paul Rudolph's garage in New Haven is one of the most interesting structures around.

I was intrigued by the post but after looking at the images I still don't really get a sense of the place. As someone who is unfamiliar with the area I would like to see some more images to better understand.

I would argue that the inherent ability to identify the emotional needs and wants of a client is what separates a successful architect from the crowd.

In my experience the dialog between architects and clients becomes far too serious and verbose to really address the simplest needs of the design in an effort to create a space that is timelessly comfortable for THEM (the clients) to inhabit. My advice to a potential client would be to gather images, images, and more images of what you 'want' from your home and find an architect that is flexible and allows your sense of humor and idiosyncrasies to dictate, at least to a certain extent, the climate of the design process.

I am uncertain as to how forms and questionnaires can help cultivate a healthy personal architect client relationship. This seems like a sales pitch more suited to programming commercial space, but hey, I'm just one guy right?

I have that wallpaper.