I was reading an interview in House & Garden (a magazine I chose for a bit of a change) with designer Ann Boyd of Ann Boyd Design Ltd London, about her newly re-designed cottage. She was describing her affinity for propped pictures and mirrors. Known for a simple aesthetic, Boyd explained her love of the ‘propped’:
A peculiarity of the cottage is that many of the mirrors—and pictures—are propped against the wall rather than hung. Ann enjoys the sense of possibility this creates— “It looks as if you might move them, though you probably won’t”—and that it leaves the walls relatively empty. It is also, she adds, a good way of concealing unattractive pipes.
The use of propped pictures and mirrors can be employed in rustic, prim, and homey interiors, alike. I enjoyed the interiors below—the use of propping to convey a rest or calm, or a sense of intricacy and depth with the shelf and mantle. So interesting, any application in your house?
Mary McDonald (Design). Robert Trachtenberg (Photography).
Hattie Wolf & Abby Rizor (Design). Thibault Jeanson (Photography).
Ellen O’Neill (Designer).
Betty Lou Phillips (Designer).
Photos Courtesy of House Beautiful.
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