Seasons' Home
Autumn

By changing the colors, materials and accessories in a room, one can create a totally different feeling without spending a lot. Choosing basic shapes that do not have any specific style goes a long way. In the third transformation of my flat, I used the same furniture and refinished them to match the new scheme.

I like autumn best because its golden riches speaks not of the innocence of spring, nor the power of summer, but of the mellowness and kindly wisdom of approaching age.

The third transformation of my flat was autumn. A painting by the famous Ming Dynasty painter Lu Zhi (1496-1576) entitled "Sparrows on Plum Blossoms," now hangs on the feng shui divider. The antique Thai wooden Thepanom or angel, casting an interesting shadow, replaces the painting on the wall. Thai manuscript box serves as a small table beside the floor cushions.

In the vestibule, a large antique Thai painting hangs on the feng shui wall facing the entrance door. Wood slats serve as doors to a pair of cabinets with a narrow niche with glass shelves for books and other small decorations. The large silk flower arrangement in mauves and dusty pinks overhangs above the seating banquette. A Chinese black lacquered chest is displayed in a back-lighted niche.

I am very fond of the ladder that I converted into an etagere. The height of the ladder balances the tall dry flower arrangement on the other side. An antique wooden Burmese monk watches the candles on the unpolished travertine table top.

Left: The dry flower arrangement in a clear chemist bottle seems to float by the use of uplighters. Below this are white corals from Zamboanga, Philippines and the red fan coral I bought in the Sunday Market in Bangkok. The antique Thai wooden chofa or "Tassle of the Sky," is a roof finial.

Right: A vignette in the bedroom with a Burmese seating Buddha on top of an acrylic and stainless steel lamp.

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