
And yet, coming out of the bathroom and being greeted by a blank white wall seemed a little odd. Here was a space begging to be filled. The question was, what should we put there? That space is very much a corridor and any frames on the wall risked being dragged off when passing through. Then one day, at Chez Jeannette, I had a revelation.
Never been to Chez Jeanette? It's a great bar about 15 minutes walk from the apartment that looks like this:


Anyway, I was having a beer at Chez Jeannette, and there's a quincaillerie (hardware shop) opposite. Outside, they sell plastic table cloths by the metre with all sorts of hideous designs. Fruit, flowers, pastels, bleuh. Then I saw it. My revelation. One of the table cloths was a giant mountain scene with exaggerated purple colours, saturated trees and a huge swathe of blue sky. I'm not very good at visualising things for interior decorating, but I knew immediately that is what our blank kitchen wall was crying out for. After spending thousand of euros having the place renovated, the final touch cost... 10 euros. Add a few euros for extra-wide double-sided sticky tape, and our tablecloth had become a giant poster.

So, it may not be a permanent feature, but as a last-minute near-zero budget final touch, I'm really (very) happy with it.
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