Living in John Singer Sargent's Clouds

Living in John Singer Sargent's Clouds by ninamleung featuring iron outdoor patio furniture

Iron patio furniture / Iron outdoor patio furniture / Outside garden decor / White outdoor / Tommy Bahama outside garden decor / Outdoor garden decor / Serveware / Ariana Teak Round Bowls Set of 4 / Rope Handle Hurricane / Amazon.com : DMI Sports Champion 6-Player Croquet Set Mallet and...

Playing and eating outdoors in the English Countryside on a warm summer day. Doesn't that sound heavenly? 

Living in Lee Krasner's Blue Stone

Living in Lee Krasner's Blue Stone by ninamleung featuring iron candlesticks

Blue tableware / Hermès napkin ring / Garnier Thiebaut french napkin / Blue Pine Needle Cast Iron Tea Set / Canvas polka dot dinnerware / Carlisle Placemat 33x48cm, $6.65 / Iron candlestick, $165 / Desico blue candle, $1.92 / Noir 3 leg table / Kravet blue chair

Living in O'Keeffe's It was Yellow and Pink

Living in O'Keeffe's It was Yellow and Pink by ninamleung featuring hand woven rugs

Drum shade lighting / Hand woven rug / Zara Home jacquard blanket / Mitchell Gold Bob Williams burl bowl / Fragrance candle, $165 / Plain mirror, $96 / Stray Dog Designs hand crafted furniture

I couldn't help but go more with the India theme on this one. Rajasthan is such a culturally rich place with heavy aesthetics. I had to go with it. O'Keeffe's painting could have been influenced by India if O'Keeffe had gone there herself. I like to imagine what would have happened in her work if she had. She was very influenced by her surroundings. If she did travel there India, I think she would have been bombarded and possibly overcome.

Though the painting It was Yellow and Pink is abstract and simple, it has a richness that is very Indian. I see all of these items in a small sitting room. The colors are a bit overwhelming, but, like the painting, they work nicely together.

Living in Drop of Water on the Rose-Colored Snow

Living in Drop of Water on the Rose-Colored Snow by ninamleung featuring glass candle holders

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Glass lamp / Montague Capulet faux fur throw blanket / Staub kitchenware dining / Photo wall art / Pillow Decor funky throw pillow / Iittala glass candle holder, $49 / Folding table

My objective was to find home objects that are a little Spanish for Miro, a little Chinese for this particular painting, and similar to the other inspirations I found. It's a little modern with some fun flourishes. I so want to cozy up with that fuzzy, black throw with a nice cup of chrysanthemum tea! Yum!

Living in Message from Degas

Living in Message From Degas by ninamleung featuring Ethan Allen

Heathfield Co gold leaf table lamp, $915 / 1882 Ltd white dinnerware / Eva Solo kitchenware dining, $82 / Ethan Allen throw pillow / Diptyque black candle / Kelly Wearstler accent chair / Fornasetti accent table, $4,925 / Traditional furniture

I haven't used enough black in my house. It can act as a highlighter or a space definer. I've been especially inspired by this Design Sponge post on using black paint. Helen Frankenthaler uses a lot of black in Message from Degas. It creates a beautiful contrast with the yellowish "river". That contrast creates a starkness that is so like Turpan, hence the desert-inspired home goods I discovered for this post. 

Living in Robert Ryman's Untitled 1961

Living in Robert Ryman's Untitled 1961 by ninamleung featuring hand carved furniture

Flower light, $65 / European bed linen / Fake fur throw / Nikko dinnerware / Jamie Young map globe / Wall mount mirror / Home decor / Jo Malone eucalyptus candle / Hand carved furniture / Round cocktail table

Ryman uses only white but varies supports and textures to communicate different thoughts and emotions. A room can do the same. Color is emotive, but texture can be too. The hardness of the marble coffee table evokes a different feeling than the softness of the knitted throw. Though all these objects are white, they reference different places and things and alter the mood. 

Living in the paintings of Uyghur Artist Abdukadir Dilmurat

Living in the paintings of Uyghur Artist Abdukadir Dilmurat by ninamleung featuring a round ottoman

FOSSIL blue bedding / Wood wall clock / Rectangle tray / Jonathan Adler frame / Pier 1 Imports decorative hardware / Armoire / Karma Living round ottoman / Voluspa Crane Flower Candle in Tin | Gracious Home | Product

This was a fun one! Because Kashgar sits right in between the West and East, it truly holds a vast mixture of goods from both regions. Many of the things shown here are Chinese inspired as well as Turkish inspired. The Uyghur people are of Turkish origin so adding those influences makes sense. 

Living in Henry Moore's Drawing, Reclining Figure

Living in Henry Moore's Drawing, Reclining Figure by ninamleung featuring a black globe

Black globe, $250 / Wool area rug, $845 / H M blanket, $56 / John boos cutting board / Tina Frey Designs fruit salad bowl / One Hundred 80 Degrees ceramic pitcher / Iron home decor / Pier 1 Imports twin bell alarm clock / Vintage end table / Leather accent chair / Staub Cast-Iron Mini Cocotte, Matte Black | Williams-Sonoma

Henry Moore's work is unadorned and unpretentious, devoid of fussiness. His home and work space was likely similar. I chose objects that are utilitarian, yet comfortable, and still have a pure and simple design.  

Living in Louise Bourgeois's Les Fleurs

Living in Louise Bourgeois's Les Fleurs by ninamleung featuring white dinner plates

Arteriors blue light / Rug, $1,270 / 1882 Ltd. white dinner plate / Serveware / Adrienne Landau colorful throw pillow / Red home decor, $310

Cozy, textured, dark, and sculptural.....all of these pieces are so Louise Bourgeois. Imagine touching each of them. They all have a specific feel and they're not just different textures, but they're also interesting forms. Not only do I want to sit in that chair, but I want to feel it. It has a great sculptural form. A room with these objects in it would feel very cozy and comfortable. 

Living in Wang Hui's Scrolls

Living in Wang Hui's Scrolls by ninamleung featuring Denby

Floor lamp / Nordstrom king bedding / Denby teapot / Denby drinkware / Temple of Heaven Special Gunpowder China Green Tea 1000g/35.27 Oz 1... / Modern chair / Jonathan Adler accent table / Blu Dot book case / OCEAN CORAL DIFFUSER & REFILL SET - @MICHAELARAMINC OFFICIAL SITE / DENY Designs Heather Dutton Dunes Throw Pillow / Landscapes Clear and Radiant

Relaxing in the Chinese mountains with a pot of gunpowder tea, a warm blanket, and a book full of eye candy. Sounds pretty dreamy to me! 

Living in Eva Hesse's Drawings

Living in Eva Hesse's Drawings by ninamleung featuring minimalist furniture

Flexible lighting / Silver home accessory / Fossil Tape Dispenser / Sketch Book Postcard Size / Pottery Barn farmhouse desk / Orange22 minimalist furniture

The things Eva Hesse lived with were likely utilitarian, simply designed, and of mostly natural materials. She probably had a great work table and simple seating, nothing pretentious. 

Living in A Bright View of a Dark Time

Living in A Bright View of a Dark Time by ninamleung featuring stacking mugs

Vintage Fondue Set, 2 Quart, Avocado Green, Imperial International,... / Stacking mug / Wooden cradle, $380 / LINLEY traditional home decor, $240 / Throw pillow / Orange home decor / Jonathan Adler round cocktail table

Okay, so this is not just inspired by the Paul Klee painting, but I at least took the palette and what I imagine growing up in Switzerland was like for Mr. Klee. He had to have eaten lots of fondue on low tables next to a warm fire with lots of cozy, furry pillows. Am I right? 

Living in A Girl Reading a Letter.....

Living in A Girl Reading a Letter..... by ninamleung featuring a cream pitcher

Cream pitcher / West Elm gold flatware / Elegant Gold, Silver Wood Chess Set

The rooms Vermeer created were so detailed and so natural, it wasn't too difficult to find modern items to emulate the look. Many of his paintings feature a red woven rug like the one here. In The Girl Reading a Letter By an Open Window, the rug is on a table with a bowl of fruit on top. I like that he brought the rug up off the floor to add some red to the bottom of the painting. Without it, the red curtain would look out of place.

The chess board is a reminder of the checkerboard floors he has in many of his paintings. He often set up his paintings in the same room, with a checkered floor and the same iron window. Look through these paintings and see for yourself how often he used the same light, the same room, and many of the same objects.

Living in View of Toledo

Living in View of Toledo by ninamleung featuring a rectangle mirror

Woven blanket, $795 / Arte italica / West elm / Rectangle mirror / Simon Pearce silver bowl / Be the Light NY Spanish Saffron Heat Candle / Home decor

Dark browns, natural materials, gold decorative touches, all remind me of medieval Toledo. I like to think that El Greco himself had a few items like the one's above.

While we were in Toledo, we learned that trestle tables were first created there. The point was to allow the monks to put their feet up while they were eating so they stay warm. Those darn stone floors are pretty chilly!