Fanny and Alexander's father dies and the movie turns sad and menacing. Odd, that the interiors are now light and airy.

Alexander confesses his lies.

The ghost of the dead father appears in a ray of sunlight.

More movie interiors. This time "Fanny and Alexander". I am of Swedish linage, so I have an affection for this decor. Doesn't hurt that it is very rich.

The drawing rooms decked out for Yule. The predominant colors are Victorian Red and Green. All the ladies are wearing some variation of red - from garnet to peach. And everything is dark. "Merry Christmas"

The Reading of the Christmas story.

Alexander sneaking into his grandmother's bedroom.

A traditional Swedish Christmas display.

Found this lovely idea for upscaling vintage paper in this case maps, at http://goodbonesgreatpieces.com/blog/ makes me think of how butterflies fly all over the world on delicate wings.

I had planned on doing a lot of painting this week-end, but a summer cold has laid me low. And instead of painting I did a little looking at Style.com for some pretty things. Burberry Prorsum has some beautiful colors for their resort collection 2011.

Still interested in wallpaper? How about Cole and Son? They have a reasonable substitute for Sherlock's palm frond walls. This image of Kate Spade's shop I found at stylebeat.blogspot.com

I just finished watching the first season of the BBC's modern retelling of Sherlock Holmes. The series opens with Watson, lost in a drab, overly bright world of endless concrete. Once he meets Sherlock, however, he finds himself in a darker more exciting place. Every nook and cranny, backed with wonderful, gaudy wallpaper.

In this scene, a bored Sherlock makes target practice of a smiley face painted on the wall. Holmes, "Do you have to take in out on the wallpaper?" Sherlock, "The wallpaper had it coming."

A ghostly forest for the suicidal pink lady.

Even the bad guys get fun backdrops.

A few images from http://www.periodarchitecture.com/ Clay Chapman's website. This firm does structure masonry and timber framing. My romantic heart delights.

A beautiful and massive papercut by andy singleton called dust clouds in the eagle nebula

found at http://ofpaperandthings.blogspot.com/