Thru Space | Beyond The Beige
Bored with your doors? Think magic.
Doors: they get you from A to B, from one room to another.
Murals: they get you from A to B, one reality to another.
Ah, what a great combo! A fun mural on the door leading to your garage, for instance, can give you a little Narnia action as you go to your car.
You don't have to do the whole door to add a little fun.
• Mural an existing door. Choose a trompe l’oeil type thing to add space that isn’t really there (like some nice Italian winding street… or whatever takes your fancy).
• Invent a door: unify a space broken up by several boxy elements. Thermostats and electrical panels and pantry doors, for example, could turn into a fruit vendor’s cart.
• Grunge it up as a dungeon entrance, faux barn wood, or a heavily verdigris’d slab of copper.
• Transmute aluminum to wood for your garage door
• Give depth to a mural panel in the garden by adding a broken arch. Add trellis, clematis, fountain... go to town!
Chicago has many examples to draw from - just take a wander down any street to see a range of interesting doorways and framing options!
