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[mpregeminem]

the thing is i love living under a rock #myrock. people will ask you howwww can you not know about this?? it's because of my rock next question

[lamignonette]

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[anachrosims]

just in case anyone forgot how wildly colorful Georgian interiors could be, even among the working class to the wealthy:

[anachrosims]

and EVEN WHEN things were more muted/neutral, the neutrality was OFFSET by ACCENT COLORS and HIGH CONTRAST between the wood tones and everything ELSE

ALSO AMERICAN COLONIAL INTERIORS POPPED OFF, Y'ALL (IN TERMS OF COLOR/COZINESS)

PEOPLE USED WHITEWASH AND COLORFUL TRIM OR EVEN JUST COLORFUL FURNITURE IF THEY COULD AFFORD TO DO SO

AND DON'T GET ME STARTED ON FRENCH AND BRITISH AND AMERICAN WALLPAPERS

"ELIZABETH" YOU CRY, "WHY ARE YOU BEING SO EXTRA THIS MORNING?! IT'S MONDAY"

Because, my friend, my war on GREIGE will NEVER end.

Historic interiors were filled with LIFE and LIGHT and COLOR. ALWAYS HAVE BEEN.

Part of the reason we don't see a lot of textile art is because, frankly, textiles tend to degrade over time - especially ones that had utility! And yes, pigments and weaving and dying all boosted the expense of things, when we were finally reliably block-printing fabrics and broad reams of paper, it was no longer just the wealthy who could afford pretty patterns!

In the Americas, a far wider variety of pigments also became available because of the abundance of... well, a shitton of flora and minerals, some of which weren't as common in Europe.

WHY THE HIGHLIGHTER COLORS? you ask.

CANDLES.

Those colors reflect candlelight and natural sunlight REALLY WELL.

Humans LOVE bright colors, it's NOT just a thing for kids. We live in a brilliant, vibrant, multifaceted world. We ALWAYS have.

(STOP MAKING YOUR HISTORIC SIMS 4 BUILDS BE BLAND. STOP IT.)

[periodinteriors]

On the subject of Colonial America: don't forget, even if you couldn't afford wallpaper, wall stenciling might still be in reach!

(If ever you have the opportunity to visit the Stencil House at the Shelburne Museum in Vermont (pictured above at 3, 4, and 5), I highly recommend.)

And that's before you get into American painted murals:

Embrace the decorative arts, folks!

[spectrologie-deactivated2023041]

Millie Amber

[birdblues]

instagram.com/thejungalow/

[the-evil-clergyman]

Illustrations from The Fairy Book by Warwick Goble (1913)

[requiem-on-water]

“Metamorphosis of Consciousness” (2025) by Chiharu Shiota | Ph: Sunhi Mang

mixed media for solo exhibition “Silent Emptiness” at Red Brick Museum, Beijing, China

[amuseoffyre]

One of my favourite photos from my trip to Warsaw in 2006

[junglejim4322]

I live a very balanced life of noticing things nobody else does and not noticing the things that literally everybody notices

[redlipstickresurrected]

Youran Tang aka Sleell11 (Chinese, based Chaoyang District, Beijing, China) - 思绪 (Thoughts), 2022, Paintings: Digital Art

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Checksy aka Checksy Choi (South Korean, b. South Korea) - The Elusive, 2025, Paintings: Acrylic on Canvas

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[blondebrainpowered]

Cat paw prints in the medieval floor tiles of the 12th century CE St Peter Church in Wormleighton, England

[raoul-dufy]

The Grid, 1930, Raoul Dufy

Medium: oil,canvas

[fortner]

Isolation is crazy bc I feel like I have one foot in every community I could potentially be a part of, but the rest of me doesn’t fit anywhere

[lumituomi]

Blue Works

Lumi Tuomi