After: A view of the same doorway to the hall after MINGARI's designs found their places on the walls.
Lines, angles, curves and colors reshape the doorway to the hall and add interest to the kitchen entrance on the left. The center circle (black/white) is not painted but actually an appropriately selected wall-mounted light fixture. Oh, and yes, the dog is real too.
The colors resonate from the kitchen and then resound across the family room with musical rhythm and energy. On the upper left wall is the start, or end, of an abstract mural that runs the length of the room.
The ceilings, not to be forgotten, suggest celestial bodies with a solar and lunar presence. A subtle combination of color and sheen, the blue and white "sky" embraces modernistic geometric forms and symbols.
Two spiral chairs flank the fireplace, one upholstered in red, the other shown here in blue. The composition on the wall behind was painted by MINGARI before the chairs arrived at the home, demonstrating a strong connection with his client's desires and tastes. Note how the red shape appears to be translucent.
The focus of this wall is the entertainment center. As such, the mural above simulates the energy and excitement of a Hollywood movie premiere: its beacons flow and radiate with vibrant color and light. The circular design element just below suggests another, albeit nostalgic, entertainment reference — a needle on a vinyl record.
The left side of the mural shows a half moon shape with three abstract "birds" clinging to its edge. A fourth "bird" doubles as the needle on the record to the right. All four symbolize the human members of the family in the form of their exotic feathered friend, Bobby — truly a family with joie de vivre!
Before the final furnishings were installed, this view reveals that the family Dalmatian, "Dotty," has been immortalized in abstraction. Can you "spot" her on this wall?
Other shapes on the wall seem to "skew" the doorway, while overlapping squares and rectangles create illusions of translucency. What color is the sky in your world?
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